- MA in Literature & Culture at University College Dublin.
BA in English & History.edit
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T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land presents the reader with a waning world; establishing a central theme of dissatisfaction, where apathetic juxtapositions, accompanied by a chaotic structure portray the cityscape as an unfamiliar environment.
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With in-yer-face theatre, according to Alex Sierz, 'Violence becomes impossible to ignore when it confronts you by showing pain, humiliation and degradation [….] Violent acts are shocking because they break the rules of debate; they go... more
With in-yer-face theatre, according to Alex Sierz, 'Violence becomes impossible to ignore when it confronts you by showing pain, humiliation and degradation [….] Violent acts are shocking because they break the rules of debate; they go beyond words and can get out of control. Violence feels primitive, irrational and destructive. Violence onstage also disturbs when we feel the emotion behind the acting, or catch ourselves enjoying the violence vicariously.' Discuss this statement in relation to McDonagh's work. (Alex Sierz, In-Yer-Face Theatre, pp. 8-9)
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An essay discussing violence in 'Watchmen' and 'The Dark Knight Returns' as means to solve social, political, and other issues.
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A paper on 18th Century Venetian society, its theatrical functioning, and its people as public actors.