Essential Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle English Notes
Leaving Cert & Junior Cycle English Revision Notes | Enda’s English Notes
When Furlong gets home from the convent, Eileen tells him that he missed mass. She also asks what he got from the nuns and we see that Mother Superior has put £50 in the envelope, which was a large sum of money in 1985. Eileen says, ‘aren’t they very good?’ This highlights how easy it … Read more
In Chapter five, Furlong returns to the convent to deliver a big order of coal. It is a Sunday morning and the town is quiet as he makes his way through the convent except for the singing he hears coming from St Margaret’s next door. He makes his way to the coal house and the … Read more
“Iago is an evil villain with no redeeming qualities.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your answer with reference to the play, Othello. Iago, the machiavellian ensign from Shakespeare’s Othello is one of the most intriguing characters in English literature and one who divides opinion among critics to this … Read more
“Shakespeare’s Othello highlights the weakness of human judgement.” Discuss. Shakespeare’s Othello is one of the most intriguing plays in English literature, highlighting how easily humans can be manipulated by those with ulterior motives. The weakness of human judgement is exposed through the characters of Roderigo, Othello and Cassio, as their gullibility and poor judgement inadvertently … Read more
The author uses the bleak image of crows at the beginning of the chapter to create a dark and sinister tone. We get a description of the crows scavenging for food around the town and how they perch in the trees outside the local convent at night. The link between the crows and the convent … Read more
Chapter 3 begins by describing the beginning of Christmas in the town as the people get ready for the festivities. The description of the Virgin Mary kneeling passively in the town’s nativity scene is symbolic of the role of women in both religion and in Ireland at the time. The people of the town gather … Read more