- Tibalt
- May 14, 2017
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What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee
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I'm not sure that I entirely agree with the 'This is a metaphor for the Irish Civil War" read - to me it felt more like the opposite, that the Irish Civil War is a metaphor for the relationship between these two men, a relationship that hasn't ended but instead continues on painfully and spitefully. Trying to explain why all this bad blood exists, this complicated history with no true hero or villain, where no one is completely justified even if you agree with them - and yet, there they are, still living on that same dreary island together. Even if you view the movie as Padriac being abruptly cut off by his best friend for no good reason, he's the one who intentionally does the worst thing in the movie by telling Declan his father is dying just to spite Colm. And if you view the movie as Colm trying to set a boundary for his own mental health, his self-destructive behavior and inability to reinforce those boundaries in a healthy way was going to end tragically even if he hadn't unintentionally killed Jenny. Neither of them can really let go of the past or forgive the other, but they still have to be neighbors, just like the rest of Ireland.
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