Juno and the Paycock

uno and the Paycock OCaseys women in Juno and the Paycock are knock break through and admirable characters. Juno and bloody shame Boyles lives arent re e precisey pleasant in this 1920s influence which is separated into three acts which contain a mixture of both tragic and z both elements. Juno, the wife of Captain Boyle, is the make of ii children who are in constant pauperisation of attention from her. Further untold, as the mulct continues this deal of attention grows with the facts of financial difficulties, the pregnancy of bloody shame (daughter) and also her sons, freedom fighter, death in the remove.OCasey clearly collections that Juno certainly has her work disrupt out for her, as she is not merely the angiotensin converting enzyme psyche in the family who has a job, and also she is the stick out-wife and must visualize her family by making all the meals, liberation to buy the groceries, doing all form of house work and looking after the family in g eneral. For example, on scallywag 8 she says, I killin meself workin, and also on scallywag 12 she says, Your poor wife slavin to declare the human activity in your mouth these two references show scarcely how hard Juno works to keep her family happy and alive. This is not made whatever easier when Mr.Boyle spends any money Juno has saved, in accept for any decent future for the family, on alcohol in the local pub. then Juno cannot afford any type of luxuries for herself as she definitely does deserve it. The scantness is unvarnished on page 12 in Junos comment to Mr. Boyle, eat your eat it may be the last youll situate for I dont subsist where the next one is goin to come from. provided even this will not reasonableness concern for Junos commandments when on page six we learn that Juno is against Trade Unions, When the employers capitulate demented victim, the Trade Unions go wan betther be sacrificin a hundred. Then bloody shame tells her that, a principles a p rinciple, except Juno stays realistic and thinks well its all comfortably and well having principles if you can afford them. She is the one who operatems to keep the family as a social unit and this is evidently shown when Juno says, I dont know what any o yous ud do without your ma. Juno is a well prize member of the family and might even be superior to Mr. Boyle and Joxer, a family friend, because when the pair is talk on page nine, Mrs. Boyle enters and both are said to be stupefied.After this, she offers him an egg, and he makes the excuse that hes in a desperate hurry this may be because he does not motive to spend much time at that place with Juno. Also the fact that Mr. Boyle lies on page thirteen nearly the fact he was drinking may indicate he was scared of Junos reaction if he had take a crap told the truth, except later on in the very(prenominal) page we bewitch that Juno will take no nonsensical from her husband when he says he doesnt want any food and sh e just says, Nobodys goin to coax you-dont think that. This suggests shes a strong person, and if she doesnt take ruffle from her husband, she wint take any nonsense from anyone else. maverick is a man who relies on a adult female to bring him all that needs, displaying men to be controversially the weaker sex. He uses his sickness to demand Juno to bring him supply of water, when he could have easily fetched one himself.Even worse though, is that he is generally very bad-tempered towards his mother, constantly asking her to do things for him, which wears Juno down and makes her irritable, and ensures that she is nearly al paths in a bad frame of legal opinion because she is never in this state unless roily by a family member, so she has her causes for universe in bad moods whereas Mr. Boyle has none whatsoever. Then, when she specks out to Johnnys complaining, it is with fervent remonstrance, she cries, who has kept th home together for the olden few years totally me? A n wholl have to bear th biggest part o this trouble, but me? but whinin an whingin isnt goin to do any good. this point is typical of the way Juno reacts to and deals with life. Juno knows what is important in life and when Johnny talks about his principles, Id do it agen ma for a principles a principle. To which Juno replies Ah, you lost your outgo principle, me boy, when you lost your arm thems the only sort o principles thats any good to a workin man. This shows she thinks that fighting for your earth and getting injured or anxious(p) isnt leaving to solve anything, but bring grief, and more work.Junos prospect on life is ultimately more important than the others. She has not lost in principles, like her children, but she acknowledges whats going on in the world about her which may be the fact of the poverty they live in and the restrictions because of this and also her family which she cares for so much. bloody shame seems like a overconfident girl who knows what she is doing all the time, but when Bentham decides to move on her, she loses this spirit. Before this, Mary was stressful to mend herself and lift herself out of her surrounding environment.This is shown when on page 12 she talks about her principles and wants to belong in the upper class, but feels where she lives may be degrading her. She was of all time willing to be challenged for example trying to better herself and becoming fully strong- ideaed towards the end. Mary also becomes very much like her mother as the play proceeds and we see Marys other side, the side who works and it is shown that her mother and she have been brought closer together throughout the story. She now confides in her mother and this is shown at the end when she talks to Juno about Jerry.Also, it is world-shaking that Mary is reading Ibsen plays as they are realistic and unromantic which is similar to this play, but contrasts with her life in general. I see Mary as an admirable person because of these p oints, but she is not totally aware because she buys all sorts of luxuries with the money. Religion in Ireland was a very important thing and Mary and her family were catholic. Having sex before marriage was a sin in the eyes of a catholic so Mary was seen as a locomote cleaning woman in her culture, and Jerry Devine is one of the people who criticises her for this. My God, Mary, have you fallen as low as that? he says when finding out she is pregnant, as would any man in 1922 if they met a woman pregnant with an illegitimate child. Throughout Juno and the Paycock, Juno is colligate to the virgin Mary. The Virgin Mary is an first mother figure. OCasey likens Juno to the Virgin Mary especially with reference to her relationship with Johnny the link is strengthened when, at the end of the play, Johnny is murdered, just like the Virgin Marys son.Additionally, OCasey gives Juno the same name as the Roman goddess, wife of Jupiter, King of the gods. Throughout the entire play, she battles against poverty, ignorance, indolence and deceit all to keep her family from disintegrating. The dictionary definition of the word heroine is a woman with the attributes of a hero. We expect our heroines to visualise more than those around her and with this in mind I would contend that Juno is indeed the heroine of the play.