William Butler Yeats was encouraged from a young age to pursue a life in the arts. He attended art school for a short while; but soon found that his talents and interest lay in poetry rather than painting. Born and educated in Dublin; Ireland; Yeats discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. He felt an internal struggle with the contradictions he felt in his nature and in life; and spent much of his life seeking out a philosophical system to resolve this conflict. In 1922 "The Jealousy of Emer" premiered in Amsterdam; and like many of Yeats plays featured Japanese-style masks. The story is based on a legend from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology about Emer; the wife of the notorious soldier Cuchulain. The play picks up at the close of "On Bailes Strand"; during Cuchulains fight with the sea.
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