The two poems that I be comparing and contrasting in this essay are Disabled and Mental Cases both by Wilfred Owen They are both poems that are about the after effects of the horrors caused by the First World War In Disabled Owen puts across the thoughts of a young man who has lost his limbs and been confined to a wheelchair after suffering injuries in the war Mental Cases on the other hand describes soldiers who had developed post traumatic stress after the war Owen used his own experiences to
The Victorian Era was a period of great change in many areas of life for example The Industrial Revolution There were many problems in society Famous authors in this patriarchal society were well known for being social commentators that serialised their works through newspapers Charles Dickens wrote Hard Times which is full of criticisms on pollution monotony and lack of creativity Similarly Mary Barton is a novel that was written by Elizabeth Gaskell criticising the poor conditions in which th
The Things They Carried is an ambitious collection of short stories about the Vietnam War But that description while wholly accurate is completely inadequate The stories penetrate deeply into the complexities of the phenomena of war to an extent that may be unparalleled so affixing it with the label Vietnam War stories potentially obscures the many themes that are woven into the text What makes Tim OBriens book particularly powerful is the way he uses the prism of war to illuminate larger truth
In this Essay I will be Comparing Dulce et Decorum Est And Anthem for Doomed Youth by Willfred Owen The Soldier By Rupert Brooke and Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare showing how each one presents the issues of war In the two poems Dulce et Decorum est and Anthem for Doomed Youth both written by Wilfred Owen the authors main purpose was to expose the true horrors of the war and to challenge the romanticized view of war that the poet Rupert Brooke had Owen used familiar imagery techniques
Explore how Shakespeare dramatises Richard III attitudes towards women Shakespeares Richard Duke of Gloucester is multifarious personality with his ambition to gain the crown of England driving his actions throughout the play Richard is a viciously self interested man seemingly uncaring about the pain that his plotting causes others Richard III follows Richards rise to power and the trail of betrayal mistrust and destruction he leaves in his wake A key theme throughout is the struggle for power