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Our character analysis of Frank (from The Faith Healer) in class today revealed many of his main character traits: he’s detached and narcissistic, yet compelling and charismatic. Grace and Teddy can’t help but… Continue reading
Our character analysis of Frank (from The Faith Healer) in class today revealed many of his main character traits: he’s detached and narcissistic, yet compelling and charismatic. Grace and Teddy can’t help but… Continue reading
Grace Hardy, as she’s describing the birth of her stillborn son, is sticking the truth of the matter to Frank. According to Teddy, Frank wasn’t even present at the birth, but Grace places… Continue reading
Teddy to me is intriguing as he displays a severe amount of dramatic irony. His untouchable showman persona has a leak of vulnerability. He’s boastful on having control, yet he seems the pitiful… Continue reading
The two minute piece that I have chosen for class comes from Frank’s first monologue, starting on page 7 with “And the people who came – what is there to say about the?…”… Continue reading
A showman who’s lost his way, Teddy tries to sell himself as a mentor figure to Frank. However, he is barely able to deal with the problems wrapped inside of his own mind.… Continue reading
The monologue that I chose is from Frank’s first monologue and is a section devoted to his description of Grace. I love this part of Frank’s monologue because it’s our first glimpse into… Continue reading
I’ve been developing fairly involved opinions about religion and denominations, but I’m not sure how in depth I’d like to get here. I will say that it’s terribly disheartening the things people do… Continue reading
(I’m leaving Kelly’s gender open so I’m going to be using the pronoun “they”). Kelly Michaels grew up in a middle class family in East Belfast. Their parents are stuanch unionists but Kelly,… Continue reading
First and foremost Connor is very loosely based on Connaire Mor who is the protagonist of The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel. Connor is a 21-year-old man who is traveling across Ireland in… Continue reading
They say that St. Swithin’s Day (15th July on this side of the pond) is the one that dictates the course of the weather for a given summer. That’s still 5 days away,… Continue reading