Theme or Issue: Il Postino. Dancing at Lughnasa and Lies of Silence – Comparative Course Higher Level

The three texts that I hold studied on my comparative degree course are the novel, Lies of Silence by Brian Moore, the playwright, leaping at Lughnasa by Brian Friel and the film, Il Postino by Michael Radford. The theme or issue that I have studied is deject it on and conjugation. The authors of the texts used notice instants to jump our consciousness of whop and marriage. In saltation at Lughnasa, the main signification in which we fuel see dearest is when Chris and Gerry dance. This has a somewhat sentimentalist aspect, although their love consanguinity is unstable and they are not married.Gerry does not pay much vigilance to his love small fry, which he had with Chris Michael. This is explicit from all of the unkept promises he do to him the most memorable being a bicycle Ill get you a bike. Similarly, the love consanguinity between Beatrice and Mario in Il Postino has an unmistakable romantic quality to it. The romantic aspect to Gerrys relationship with C hris is apparent when they dance together. However, the fact that this relationship consists only of the occasional romantic interlude means that it never accreditedly develops.The romantic aspect of Mario and Beatrices love and marriage is more pronounced and spontaneous. However, there is no examine of a romance ever taking go under between Michael and moire in Lies of Silence, as we are very aware of his rea word of honors for marrying her the air she looked and the way some new(prenominal) men envied him. It is also idle that there never ordain be romance between them as Michael is having an affair with a late Canadian journalist called Andrea. Another key moment that heightens my awareness of love is in Il Postino when Pablo Neruda and Mario go to the cafe, which is run by Beatrices aunty Gloria.This suggests to Beatrice that Neruda and Mario are intimate fri ratiocinations. Nerudas influence ultimately proves critical by teaching Mario about metaphors, he enables him to conquer Beatrices heart with romantic language. This is the main moment and is the reason why Beatrice acknowledges Mario in the first place in turn starting the whole relationship. In contrast to the other two texts, only in Il Postino does a third company intervene to develop a loving relationship Il Postino is imilarly preposterous in terms of another character (Beatrices aunt) endeavouring to bring an end to their relationship. She puts a cynical interpretation on Marios metaphorical language, relation Beatrice When a man starts to touch you with his words, hes not faraway off with his hands. While it may be argued that in Dancing at Lughnasa Kate opposes Gerrys relationship with Chris in a similar manner, she compose acknowledges the positive aspects of Gerrys influence on her sister Her whole brass instrument alters when shes happy, doesnt it?They dance so well together. This makes me aware of the different kinds of love in the texts Gerry and Chris and a sisterl y love. From the outset of both Lies of Silence and Dancing at Lughnasa it is clear that the key individualized relationships in both texts rest on frail foundations because neither is built on genuine love. In Lies of Silence, the frailty of Michaels marriage to moire is evident from an early point in the text when we see his preoccupations with Andrea, the young Canadian journalist with whom he is having an affair.In Dancing At Lughnasa Gerrys relationship with Chris is even off more fragile as he comes and goes as it suits him and proves to be abruptly unreliable, even being unaffected by the presence of the love child (whom he barely knows) he has had with Chris. In contrast to both of these texts, the marriage between Mario and Beatrice is actually based on genuine love. By version and studying, the theme of love and marriage in all three texts do me aware of the realistic state of and the lack of love in, some marriages.Another key moment is in Lies of Silence when Micha el is forced to choose between his married woman and a few strangers in the hotel, which he managed. This key moment portrays a sense of betrayal in love and marriage. Michael finds himself in a real predicament. He places Moires life in danger by deciding to ring the police. This key moment is the climax of the text as it shows us that Michael really does not feel any emotion for Moire at all. This is the significant point where the breakdown of communication is in clear focus. On the other hand, in Dancing at Lughnasa, Agnes and Rose migrate to London in order to save their family.This shows two contrasting love relationships. As well as that, both Lies of Silence and Dancing at Lughnasas main key moments are at the end of the texts where their destinations are decided. Both Michaels relationship with Moire (Lies of Silence) and Gerrys relationship with Chris (Dancing at Lughnasa) ultimately end unhappily, causing the female protagonists considerable anguish, with their inner ag gravator in both cases involving a degree of depression. The last key moment in Lies of Silence in relation to love and marriage is when Michael decides to issue with his mistress for London and says his goodbyes to Moire.Similarly, the last key moment in Dancing at Lughnasa in relation to this theme of love and marriage is when Gerry leaves to promote in the Spanish civil war never to return to Chris and his son Michael. Moire suffers from bulimia before she marries Michael, but their failed marriage inevitably compounds her personal problems. Chris failed relationship with Gerry similarly causes her great distress, with Kate vividly recalling her sisters rile the previous winter Remember last winter? all that shit and lamenting in the middle of the night?She predicts that Chris will again lose it into one of her depressions after Gerry leaves. In contrast to both of the other texts, Marios loving relationship with Beatrice ends happily however the last key moment in terms o f the theme is Marios unfortunate death at the hands of fate leaving Beatrice isolated and alone along with the other two main female protagonists. In conclusion, the authors use of key moments has helped heighten my awareness of love and marriage showing both its positive and disallow aspects. By Caroline Heraghty scored a B2 pic