Contentual Counter Poles in J. M. Synges "Riders to the Sea"

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Würzburg, course: Englische Kulturwissenschaft, language: English, abstract: Riders to the sea offers numerous analysis perspectives due to its various topics ranging from the depiction of the sea, through religion, to gender roles and many more. Therefore, the present term paper aims to give an detailed insight into the main contentual counter parts of Synes play in order to show the different cultural, political and personal conflicts an Irish family was faced with at the beginning of the 20th century.