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For years, England has been represented as a powerful and revered country and a key component in the ruling of the world. Most media texts have carried an English perspective and therefore been very biased, not showing how the controlled countries feel. “The Wind that Shakes the Barley”, a 2006 film from socialist director Ken Loach allows the viewer to view England from the point of view of the suppressed Irish.
From the beginning of Text 1 – the moving advert – the viewer first sees Ireland in a peaceful, rural town. The music accompanying it is immediately recognisable as traditional Irish folk music; this in addition to the green countryside shown on the poster makes Ireland seem well established and not at all like the well-known England of the 20th century which was full of technology and industry. However, the peaceful image is soon distorted when the music develops a heavier drum beat which is reminiscent of a war-march. Also, in the background, a bell toll can be......

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