By Leeza Filonenko
 Please help yourself to
the Irish soda bread,
HOWEVER…
 Do not eat any of it until
the end, I will let you
know when
 Time of political tension
 This tension had been
building until 1801 when
Ireland became part of
the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland
 Tensions erupted in 1916
with the Easter rising
and Proclamation of the
Irish Republic
 The years between 1870
and 1914 were a time of
both “the spreading of
both national separatism
and countervailing
imperialist movements,
which often generated
clashes between ethnic
groups” (Biagini 201).
 Michael
Davitt and
Charles
Steward
Parnell were
popular Irish
political
figures
advocating for
home rule of
Ireland
 Home rulepartially
autonomous
rule of Ireland
 Charles Stewart Parnell
 Protestant Politician
 Unified Ireland
regardless of religion or
social status as Irish
based on nationalism
and independence
 Denounced by Michael
Davitt and Catholic
Church for extramarital
affair
 Symbolism of maroon
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and green
First seen in Dante’s
brushes
Maroon- Davitt
Green – Parnell
Maroon represents the
government of Ireland
Green represents Ireland
itself
 Seen in Clongowes when
teams are white and red
roses of York and
Lancaster- British roses
 Stephen thinks about a
green rose, and how it does
not exist, but maybe
somewhere
 He is talking about a free
Ireland, it does not exist
equal to England
 Foreshadows its potential
existence
 Symbolism of maroon and
green
 Seen in Dante’s dress:
mostly maroon with green
detail
 Shows that with the fall of
Parnell she is mostly for
Davitt, the government,
and the Catholic Church
and who they deem proper
 Still supports the idea of an
independent Ireland,
though it is not her first
priority.
 Upper class mainly
Protestant
 Catholics were the
common people but a
few held leadership
positions
 Change in ability to
change status- status
could be determined by
profession and merit
rather than hereditary
 Stephen’s father’s falls from
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his position
Auctions off his property
In the beginning, Stephen
refers to his father as a
gentleman.
Now refers to others as
“gentleman”
All is not lost for Stephen,
can go to school and
advance his position by
career
 “Didn’t the bishops and priests sell the aspirations of this
county in 1829 in return for catholic emancipation? Didn’t
they denounce the fenian movement from the pulpit and in
the confession box?” (Joyce Portrait 33).
 For the ability of Ireland to practice and teach Catholicism ,
hold government and military jobs, the Catholic church
supported England, which gave Ireland much a smaller
position in government
 Fenians, Mr. Casey being one of them, were a militant
nationalist group
 Mr. Casey is showing the fallibility of the Church and how
it should not be involved in government affairs
 Mr. Casey
 Dante
 Example of Dublin “type”
 Example of Dublin type
of secular nationalist
of Catholic orthodox
 Believes in Irish
 Believes in Catholic
nationalism and
Church and G-d before
autonomy before all
all
 Is a Catholic unless the
 Is a nationalist unless the
church becomes involved
church is against it
in nationalism
Shows how humans are not one or
the other but shades of grey
 Imagine you are in Dublin in 1914
 You have worked and anticipated for your autonomy,
worked for your rights, your basic “daily bread”
 You finally get it
 Now I’m not letting you use it
 How do you feel?
 You may now eat the bread if you so choose
 Any questions?
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