Seamus Heaney: "The Other Side", "Act of Union" and "The Ministry of Fear" The schizophrenia of the two Irelands and the question of cultural identity TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Seamus Heaney 3 1.2 Heaney's Ireland: The Political Background 3 1.3 Heaney's poetry 3 2. The Other Side 5 2.1 Structure 5 2.2 Sources of Identity and Difference between the Neighbours 5 2.2.1 Religion 5 2.2.2 Land 6 2.2.3 Mutual dependence of both sides 7 2.3 The message of The Other Side 8 3. Act of Union 9 3.1 Structure 9 3.2 Cathleen ni Houlihan, the conqeror and their offspring 9 3.3 …showed first 75 words of 5289 total…

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