Unfortunately their rebellion resulted in an intense military conflict with the British army ("The Easter Rising"). ... Edward Fitzgerald, Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone were older leaders of rebellions for Irish independence in the late eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century (Jeffares 130-31). ... This also shows the indifference of the Irish society not to know these great people (Brett). ... " Yeats hails the utter change brought about by the rebellion which gave rise to the birth of "a terrible beauty", the new, independent Ireland. ... Yeats further prai...

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• Grade Level: High School