The Question and Answer section for Juno and the Paycock is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
here are a number of oppositions in the play personified by Juno and Boyle (the paycock). These include the divine versus animality, work versus leisure, female versus male, war versus peace, and free will versus environmental determinism. The...
The dichotomy between Juno and the "paycock" continues in Act III as we see how differently the two respond to suffering. While Boyle can think only of the effect Mary's plight will have on him and his reputation, Juno points out the ordeal their...
Poverty dominates the play, whose characters have barely enough money to stay afloat. The Boyles don't even have enough for Juno to be willing to share tea with Joxer Daly. Jerry Devine states his standards for a husband in terms of money, telling...
