To what extent do you agree with the comment that Hugh O’Donnell’s role is just to provide comic relief?
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008It could be argued that although O’Donnell seems to play the major part of comic relief in the first Act of the play, he also presents some more serious themes to us. It would be naive to assume that comedy was Friel’s only intention regarding the presentation of O’Donnell, as he helps Friel to achieve [...]