![]() ![]() Synge would become firm friends with W.B. Yeats in Paris, Synge would, at Yeats's suggestion, further develop his naturalistic style by immersing himself in Irish Gaelic culture with visits to the West of Ireland and the Aran Islands which would be the setting for his masterpiece The Playboy of the Western World. His marriage proposal to Cherry Matheson, a young woman from a pious Protestant family, would be turned down because of their opposing irreconcilable religious beliefs.Īfter a chance meeting with W.B. ![]() Synge’s refusal to abandon his core principles would have a serious impact on his personal life. This would become very apparent in his writing and in his religious and political views which would cause deep consternation amongst his family, contrasting their deep-seated ultra- conservative ascendency attitudes. Synge considered himself a Wicklow man and would gain invaluable inspiration from its landscape and people. ![]()
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