Máire-An Triail

Príomhcarachtar an Dráma

Is bean óg soineanta í

She is a young innocent girl

Tá sí faoi bhois an chait a máthair

She is under her mother’s control

Is léir go bhfuil saol an-fhótainúil aici

It’s clear that she has a very sheltered life 

Meallann sé í go héasca lena chuid caint filíochta

He easily entices her with his poetic talk

Cuireann sé faoi gheasa

He puts her under a spell

Creideann sí gach a ndeireann sé

She believes everything he says

Tá sí ar bís nuair a deir se……..

She is excited when he says………

Tá sí ar bhóthar a haimhleasa

She is on the road to ruin

Ainmhianta doshrianta na colainne a bhlaiseadh

To taste the uncontrollable lusts of the flesh

Creideann sí sa phósadh bréagach

She believes in a false marriage 

Geallann sí dílseacht do Phádraig

She promises her loyalty to Pádraig

Ligeann sí dó cumhacht iomlán a fháil uirthi- idir anam agus corp

She lets him have power over her- between her soul and body

Treigeann gach éinne í chomh luath is a fhaigeann siad amach go bhfuil sí ag iompar clainne, Pádraig san áireamh 

Everybody abandons her when they find out she is pregnant, including Pádraig 

Déanann a máthair iarracht ar an ngin a mhilleadh 

Her mother tries to abort the child 

Feicimid neart Mháire nuair a…….

We see Máire’s strength when…….

Dhiúltaíonn sí na cáipéisí a shíniú chun a leanbh a thabhairt do na haltramaithe

She refuses to sign the documents to give her child away

Faigheann sí ciall cheannaithe i rith an scéil ón mbladaireacht a fuair sí óna leannán agus óna mháthair

She gets some sense in the story from all the flattery she gets from her partner and her mother

Scriochann sí an deireadh na feide

She reaches the last straw

Dhiúltaíonn Pádraig í agus a leanbh

Pádraig rejects her and her baby

Ghlaonn sé striapach uirthi

He calls her a prostitute

Níl puinn dóchais fághtha aici

She has no hope left

Roghnaíonn sí réiteach uafásach chun éalú óna trioblóid

She chooses a horrible solution to escape her trouble

Ní féidir léi aon dul as a fheiceáil

She can’t see any other way out

Maraíonn sí a hiníon

She kills her daughter

Cuireann sí lámh ina bás féin ansin

She then kills herself

Nach bhfuil táithí aici ar phlámásaí mar Phádraig

She doesn’t have experience with a Casanova like Pádraig

Ón uair sin

From that time on