Essential Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle English Notes
Leaving Cert & Junior Cycle English Revision Notes | Enda’s English Notes
Later that night, Sive is doing her schoolwork in the house, while Mena is washing a shirt and Mike is stitching. There is a knock on the door and we see that Thomasheen and Sean Dota have come to visit. The stage directions tell us that Sean Dota, ‘looks for a moment gloatingly at Sive,’ … Read more
After Mena and Mike leave the stage in a hurry, Nanna is seen on stage alone, smoking her pipe, which she has to hide from Mena. While alone, a man named Liam Scuab enters. He is described as ‘good looking and manly.’ He tells us that he saw Thomasheen running away from the house and … Read more
Mike enters and tells Mena about the good day he had at the fair and we can see that their fortunes have improved in recent times and that business is good. However, when Mike says, ‘money is the best friend a man ever had, ‘ the audience would be aware of the danger of the … Read more
Thomasheen Sean Rua, who is a matchmaker comes to visit Mena and it is clear from the stage and directions and his first few lines that he is up to something. He enquires whether Mena is alone or not before entering the house. When he is sure that no one is listening he tells Mena … Read more
Act 1, Scene 1 (Introduction to Sive, Mena and Nanna) Act 1, Scene 1 (Thomasheen comes to visit) Act 1, Scene 1(Mena Proposes the Match to Mike) Act 1, Scene 1 (Liam Comes to Visit Sive) Act 1, Scene 2 (Sean Dota Visits Sive) Act 1 Scene 3 (Mena and Thomasheen Threaten Nanna) Act 1, … Read more
The play begins with the stage directions, which give the impression that this is a house where money is scarce. We see that the older woman in this scene is hiding the fact that she is smoking a pipe, by trying to conceal the pipe when the other woman enters. Nanna Galvin is the mother … Read more
Script: This is the words spoken by the characters written by the playwright. The characters use the script when performing on stage. Playwright: This is the person who writes the play. William Shakespeare and Willy Russell are examples of famous playwrights. Characters: Characters are the people in the play that drive the plot forward. Playwrights … Read more
In TEXT 1, Jeanette Winterson extols the virtues of the arts, arguing that artistic activities are beneficial both for individuals and for society in general. She also gives her views on the relationship between art and money. Write an opinion piece, suitable for publication in a broadsheet newspaper, in which you extol the varied virtues … Read more
This is the last scene of the play and the tension has dropped after the chaos of the trial. The scene is back in Belmont, which was far removed from the chaos of Venice and Lorenzo and Jessica are awaiting the return of Bassanio from Venice and Portia from the monastery. Portia and Nerissa are … Read more
Act 5, Scene 1