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Poetry of William Butler Yeats: On Baile's Strand

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Yeats, William Butler

Yeats, William Butler
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
On Baile's Strand:

In On Baile's Strand, perhaps the most dramatic and completely
stage-worthy of all Yeats' plays, King Conchubar, on account of Cuchulain's
bravery and unruly temper, makes him swear an oath of obedience. The actions
of the Fool and Blind Man provide a continuous counterpoint to the
altercations between Conchubar, who represents wisdom, and Cuchulain, who
represents impulsive heroism. In the end, Cuchulain is forced to fight and
kill his own son, begotten of Aoife. He learns from the Blind Man, who is a
kind of horrible parody of ...

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