undherstand, dhrink, afther, thrap, wather.*Repetition is used by the speakers, often for emphasis, or as a substitute for articulate development of a statement. It is used particularly at times of stress, and for comic effects either in exaggeration or in quick repartee. e.g- ‘I wont hole me tongue, I wont hole me tongue’ - ‘let me alone, let me alone, let me alone.’- ‘I dont believe it , I dont believe it, I dont believe it.’play 2Exploration of Historical, social and cultural elements of Juno and the Paycock. HistoricalNationalism and socialism*Since 1800 (the year of the Act of Union with Great Britain with no independent parliament of her own, but with members elected to the British Parliament. For some time this parliamentary party (until 1891 led by Charles Stewart Parnell) had been agitating for Home Rule for Ireland-that is, the power of governing herself within the British Empire. Not all Irish people agreed with this aim-some ‘nationalists’ , wanted total independence and an Irish republic. Others, ‘unionists’, wished to continue the union with Great Britain. Irish nationalists were of two kinds-nationalists pure and simple who wanted an independent Ireland, and those who were more aligned with the Labour movement. Starting from an Irish interest, O’Casey became drawn more to world socialism than to Irish nationalism, though at that time both forces were working together for revolution in Ireland. After a truce and negotiations in 1921, a treaty was signed giving Southern Ireland the status of a domination with restricted self-government, to be named the Irish free state. Some Irish saw this as a respite from war; others, the entrenched or ‘die-hard’ Republicans, saw it as a debasing compromise and determined to overthrow it. They as ‘irregular’ forces, now fought not the British, who had gone away, but the legitimate Irish forces, i...
