The Irish Literary Revival opened up Irish culture not only to the people of Ireland but also the rest of Europe and America. In J.M. Synge's Riders to the see, Synge depicts a typical Irish peasant family in Ireland at that time, this depiction of peasant life in Ireland offers a unique look into the culture of the Irish, who were secluded form cities and the main countries of Ireland. Synge also depicts the Irish peasant family in a state of death and religious uncertainty.
             The Play portrays a poor Irish family with an old women who is the mother and two daughters, she also has only one son left after two have died. The family is trying to cope with the loss of another son who was killed at sea. While the family is trying to deal with the death of the mothers other son, Bartley, another son of the mother is planning to go to an action on the main lands. His mother and two sisters beg him not to leave but he thinks that since he is the only man of the house that he should provide for them. But his mother does not want him to go. "Its little the like of him knows the sea... Bartley will be lost now, and let you call in Eamon and make me a good coffin out of the whit boards (Syage 69). This quote shows two things, the first being that the mother knows that her son is not coming back, and she is right. The second is that the seas of Ireland are mean and they have taken many lives. In a way some of the Irish look at the sea as if it were a god, meaning that it can predict life or death.
             The mother is desperately trying to stop Bartley from going on the trip; she also is not giving him a blessing on his trip. One of Barleys sisters, Cathleen says that she should just give Bartley the blessing because he is going to go on the trip regardless. The Irish in general are superstitious people and that is why Cathleen wants her mother to give Bartley the blessing before he leaves. Another reason she wants he
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