PC2 writing task correction

In PC2 I compared the influence of the Vikings and the Plantation settlers in Ireland, while concentrating on the significant differences. I am pretty satisfied with a high percentage I achieved on my test. I mostly madde some mistakes in using the wrong register, so I am going to focus on that for PC3.

While there is an obvious connection between these two items, there are also a number of significant differences. The Vikings and the Plantation settlers were both invaders who settled on Irish land. However, their goals and ways of achieving them were entirely different. The Vikings came to Ireland in the eighth century from Norway. They plundered towns and destroyed monasteries and therefore were seen as rapists and killers by Irish people. Even though they were brutal and violent, the Vikings eventually started to accept Irish customs and build fixed settlements. For instance, they converted to the Christianity, built Dublin and became intrested in politics and trade. On the other hand, the Plantation settlers had completely different aims. Since Ulster stayed Catholic, it seemed unreliable to English king James I. Therefore, he decided to settle English lords on the lands of exiled Gaelic chiefs so as to bring English language and protestantism to Ireland. In contrast to the Vikings, the Plantation settlers were significantly more nonviolent and passive, but their intentions were just as malicious as the Vikings'. As a result of building an English settlement, Irish language started to decline and English became the lagnuage of power and education. In short, the settlers had different strategies and came from thoroughly disparate backgrounds, but both had great influence on Irish culture and their identity.

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