to talk about the ethics of war. Now to some minds this phrase “the ethics of war” will likely cause raised eyebrows. “The ethics of war? What can ethics possibly have to do with war? Isn’t war evil?” Well‚ of course it is. War is a terrible thing. The existence and prevalence of war in history is‚ in fact‚ ample testimony to the depravity and wickedness of Man. The conduct of war involves the intentional killing of human beings and the destruction of property. War inevitably causes untold suffering
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the first world war? Wilfred Owen and Wills Hall covey war in their own way adapting to the time and circumstances to put across the horror and brutal reality of war. The two texts I am going to refer to‚ to show this are “The long and the short and the tall” by Wills Hall and "Dulce et decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen writes his poetry to get over the trauma of the experience. He has (like many other poets) the burning desire to get the horror of the war across to other
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Why Do We Crave Horror? Horror is a genre that has been used by many throughout time‚ and more often than not‚ people worldwide enjoy a good thrill. Though the thrill we receive today is a bit more tame than in 246 BC‚ which was a time when gladiators would fight beasts of nature like tigers or even other gladiators. Many gathered to watch the duels with family as something they all could enjoy. To feel the same enjoyment as everyone else. Today we do just that‚ though watching a beheading in today’s
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Devices for Heightening the Effect of Horror and Terror in Short Stories (Yuliya Usenko) ("MS. Found in a Bottle" by Edgar Allan Poe) In June 1883 Edgar Allan Poe won the short-story award with his “MS. Found in a Bottle”. The chairman of the awarding committee‚ John Pendleton Kennedy wrote a report for The Baltimore Saturday Visitor where he gave explanations of their selection: “Our selection of Ms. Found in a Bottle was rather dictated by the originality of its conception
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The Ironic War World War I was known to be the chemist’s war because there were numerous technological advantages in chemical warfare. During the war‚ the Germans introduced the chlorine gas‚ which is a powerful irritant that can inflict damage to the eyes‚ nose‚ throat and lungs. They then introduced the mustard gas that is delivered in artillery shells. Once the gas has settled into the ground‚ it can stay there for hours‚ days‚ weeks‚ and months. All of these gases were extremely painful and
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Once the Civil War had ended‚ many rejoiced and thought that African Americans would be free to live out normal lives‚ but then came the increase of lynching. After the war‚ the Southern economy was in ruins‚ and lynching had allowed white southerners to express their hatred and discontent towards the situation and African Americans were the vulnerable targets for their pent-up anger (Notes). In Southern Horrors‚ Feimster introduces Rebecca Felton‚ who was a wealthy slave owner‚ and Ida B. Wells
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How does John Harding use gothic techniques to create horror in Florence and Giles? Horror permeates much of Harding’s beguiling novel Florence and Giles (2010). In a retrospective first-person narrative foretold by young didactic protagonist Florence‚ Harding’s richly textured novel attempts to masterfully create horror through various gothic techniques. For example‚ Harding employs recurring weather motifs to compel his audience ’It was December now and we’d have had a lot of snow’ says Florence
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The First World War was a time of great loss of life and bloodshed. Wilfred Owen‚ a soldier fighting with the British Army‚ wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum est to describe‚ possibly to the public‚ the horrific consequences of taking part and fighting in the war. During the poem‚ he describes the aftermath of a poison gas attack‚ and the injuries sustained by a soldier whom had inhaled the deadly substance. Owen uses gruesome imagery to vividly show in verse the horrible death the soldier faces‚ in
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Wilfred Owen’s personal experience at war is reflected in his poetry‚ depicting the brutality of war and conflict. He portrays his perspective about human conflicts in his poetry and effectively conveys the truth about the agony of war in his war poems‚ ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ (Dulce) and ‘Mental Cases’. To portray his attitudes towards war‚ Owen uses a diversity of poetic devices to shock and emotionally stir his readers. As a semi-autobiographical recount‚ Owen criticises the suffering and psychological
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the Nazi’s went on their terrifying plan to eliminate the jewish population from the face of the Earth and putting the “Aryan” race as the rulers. Fortunately the Nazis did not achieve this goal and ⅓ of the jewish population survived to tell the horrors of the Holocaust and one of those people is Arek Hersh. Arek Hersh was born in Sieradz‚ Poland in 1929 whose father was a boot maker for the army and had four siblings. In Poland “He remembers going to the park in the summer‚ ice-skating on the river
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