Dear Modernity
Lexicon 1/2
Scene I
The life is beautiful.
The school year is drawing to a close and summer is beginning.
Sinead, Gregory and Niall have
successfully passed their leaving certificate exams.
The world is their oyster now.
Goodbye to the...
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Dear Modernity
Lexicon 1/2
Scene I
The life is beautiful.
The school year is drawing to a close and summer is beginning.
Sinead, Gregory and Niall have
successfully passed their leaving certificate exams.
The world is their oyster now.
Goodbye to the little family farm in
Lusmach and hello Dublin, the capital.
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what a relief.
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getting up at 6am to lead the cows out into the field before breakfast.
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I can not stand it any more.
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don t bite the hand that feeds you.
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”= expression meaning do not act against those who help you.
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money is quite an issue at the moment.
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Scene II
The three students receive a visit from a very mysterious woman, Hybris, the incarnation of modernity.
Hybris presents
them with her world of overconsumption and the Brave New Market World.
Soon, differences appear between the three
friends.
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I am proud of you.
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forget about what you have experienced so far.
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«Learn, my goo
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