... combines the many character strengths in human nature into the leading female role of Juno. This is cleverly done to emphasise his respect and admiration for women in general, and in contrast his contempt for the male in society by the use of Boyle, Juno's husband. It is through the character of Boyle we see Juno's strengths, and it is clear that she, as well as O'Casey, does not hold the male species in much regard, which is apparant in Act III when she claims: "Ah, what can God do agen the stupidity o' men?" Boyle lives in a world of fantasy, dreaming of his days as a sailor and a hero, which in reality never occurred. This is clearly illustrated in Juno's remark in Act I: '...everybody callin' you "Captain" and you only wast in the water, in an oul collier from here to Liverpool...' He also accepts no responsibility for anything, whether ...

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