Archetypal, Identical, Similar? Seamus Heaney’s “Punishment” Revisited
“Punishment” by Seamus Heaney reflects upon the relationship between a prehistoric girl killed in a ritual and two modern Irish girls punished as a consequence of political strife. My point is that Heaney’s poem cannot be taken as a one-sided approach to identity, to stereotypes or archetypes. The i...
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Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses
2008-06-01
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| Series: | ABEI Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.fflch.usp.br/abei/article/view/3672 |