Key Moments (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Three central themes of Banshees of Inisherin
Three central themes of Banshees of Inisherin
Isolation, pride, human need for connection
Colm's line ending friendship with Pádraic
Colm's line ending friendship with Pádraic
I just don't like you no more
Tone established by opening rejection
Tone established by opening rejection
Absurdist
Colm's quote revealing existential anxiety
Colm's quote revealing existential anxiety
I have this tremendous sense of time slipping away on me
Colm's threat if Pádraic doesn't leave him alone
Colm's threat if Pádraic doesn't leave him alone
I'll cut off my own fingers
Irony in Colm's finger threat
Irony in Colm's finger threat
Would destroy artistic tools to preserve artistic legacy
Dominic's question to Siobhán
Dominic's question to Siobhán
Would you ever fall in love with a boy like me?
How Pádraic describes seeing the severed fingers
How Pádraic describes seeing the severed fingers
They were just there... like they were pointing at me
Pádraic's cruel lie to music student
Pádraic's cruel lie to music student
Your mammy's died. Hit by a bread van
How Dominic dies in the film
How Dominic dies in the film
Body found in lake (suicide implied)
What Dominic's death represents
What Dominic's death represents
Consequence of community neglect of vulnerable members
Pádraic's final statement about their conflict
Pádraic's final statement about their conflict
Some things there's no moving on from. I think that's a good thing
Colm's final response to Pádraic
Colm's final response to Pádraic
Thanks for looking after my dog
What burnt house symbolises at film's end
What burnt house symbolises at film's end
Their relationship - reduced to ashes but still present
Pádraic's character transformation in film
Pádraic's character transformation in film
From sympathetic victim to capable of cruelty