A comparison of "Deirdre" and "On Baile's Strand" by William Butler Yeats.

TWO SIMILAR TRAGEDIES: DEIRDRE AND ON BAILES STRAND

Deirdre and On Bailes forsake are ii plays by William Butler Yeats that incorporate a tragic vision. both(prenominal) plays deal with a single tragic moment in the life of an important figure. The plays are similar in social organization and style. Yeats interweaves supernatural elements in both plays -- the Shape Changers in On Bailes Strand and the circumstances of Deirdres birth and the question of her parentage in Deirdre. The interceptings of the plays are similar, however, the process of coming to a conclusion in the plays is different.

In both of these plays, Yeats gives readers the back ground, information virtually the characters, and sets the scene at the beginning. In On Bailes Strand Yeats uses two characters, the Fool and the ruse Man, whose purpose in the play was to describe the situation and the characters involved. In Deirdre Yeats uses a

group of three feminine musicians to set the scenes and give information about the characters. Even with this similarity, however, there is a difference. In On Bailes Strand the Fool and the unreasoning man are not outright involved in the action of the play. The exception is at the end of the play when through them, Cuchulain learns that he has killed his only son.



The Fool and the Blind Man speak prose while the musicians in Deirdre sing. The three pistillate musicians in Deirdre, however, are spoken to and answer the master(prenominal) characters in the play. In both instances, the Fool and the Blind Man, and the three female musicians have knowledge that the other characters do not.

The settings of the plays reflect the important characters. In Deirdre, a tragedy with a female main character, the setting is feminine and action takes place in a guest-house...

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