The Question and Answer section for Easter, 1916 is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
“Easter, 1916” praises the uprising but it does this in a complex and often ambiguous manner. In the repeated line “A terrible beauty is born,” for example, there is both praise and criticism. As Irish historian Fearghal McGarry writes, when...
GradeSaver has a whole page dedicated to the theme of Easter, 1916 :)
https://www.gradesaver.com/easter-1916/study-guide/themes
"The fire at the club," serves as a symbol of the comfort the middle-class in contrast to the Irish freedom fighters.
The stone in the midst of the stream, also serves as a symbol of the freedom-fighters, who are stradfast and unmoving in the...
