Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Irishness and Colm Toibin
2.1 Definitions of Irishness
2.2 Colm Toibin’s Conception of Irishness
Chapter 3 Existence Predicament of the“Other”
3.1 Female in Ireland
3.1.1 Victims of Male Desire
3.1.2 Resister to Oppression Power
3.2 Gay in Ireland
3.2.1“Other”Position in Heterosexual Family Pattern
3.2.2 Search of Self-identity in the Seaside House
3.2.3 The Failure of Self-identity Building after Back Home
Chapter 4 The Pursuit of Peace
4.1 Allusions to the Troubles in Northern Ireland
4.1.1 Agamemnon’s Sacrifice of His Own Daughter
4.1.2 Clytemnestra’s Vengeance
4.1.3 Orestes’ Killing of His Mother
4.2 Expectation of Ending Violence
4.2.1 Orestes’ Sense of Loss:The Aftermath of Violence
4.2.2 Ianthe’s Newborn:The Hope for Peace
Chapter 5 Irishness in Two Legends
5.1 Behind the History
5.2 Irish Famine and Emigration
Chapter 6 Conclusion
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