Compare and contrast how Owen presents the horror of war. In this essay I am going to compare and contrast how Owen presents the horror of war. We are going to be looking at two of Wilfred Owen’s poems “Dulce et decorum est” and “Anthem for doomed youth” Two very dark poems laced with the horror of war‚ Both poems are dark and disturbing and use persuasive language such as metaphors‚ rhetorical questions and alliteration to get their point across‚ that war isn’t great and glamorous like all young
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How does Dickens manipulate sympathy for his characters in Great Expectations and why? (Focus on chapters 1 and 39) Great Expectations is a novel that was written by Charles Dickens and published in the late 19th century. It was firstly published in serial form in ‘All The Year Round’‚ which was Dickens weekly literary magazine. It was founded and owned by him and published between 1859 and 1895 throughout the UK. It is a coming of age novel as it follows the story of a boy into their break of
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quite how the Wingfields have. Amanda Wingfield and her two children‚ Laura‚ and Tom‚ are all trapped within the confines of their apartment‚ they each have their own methods of escaping from the complications of the outside world. Tom smokes and drinks while Laura avoids school and work‚ instead losing herself in the fantasy of her glass menagerie. Amanda lives vicariously through her children and yet seems trapped in the memories of her past. As the play continues‚ the reader begin to see how these
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How does Poe use language and character to create tension in ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’? Edgar Allen Poe is considered to be a master of writing macabre stories. Poe generally writes using this theme which shows he is comfortable with writing morbid dark tales. He is able to write short stories which are full of tension – one main example being ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. The genre choice being ‘short story’ automatically creates tension. Compared to a general ‘novel’ they are massively different. A short
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William Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" was based upon Arthur Brooke’s poem - "The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet" (1562). He wrote a play that the audience already knew - Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy originally written in 1599. The opening of the play creates tension‚ which is followed throughout the ply by the dramatic irony of the chorus giving the prologue to the play‚ making the audience start to wonder when things will happen. "Who will fall in love?" "Who will die?" "Who will
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Consider the impact of a disabled person in a household. You might contrast the consequences of different disabilities or illnesses on a family. For example‚ what is the impact on a family of disabled children‚ adolescents‚ or adults who may suffer from mental retardation‚ cancer‚ muscular dystrophy‚ or diabetes? Discuss the family as a system with mutual and interactive consequences for each other in their blame‚ comfort‚ support‚ etc. in the care of the disabled individual. What factors promote
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Do we have any sympathy for Macbeth at the end of the play? Our first impressions of Macbeth are that he is a hero‚ he is brave and fearless‚ and although we get this impression we also get the feeling that he is ruthless. We get this impression from the way he is referred to when his name is first mentioned. Macbeth has just been in battle against "The merciless Macdonwald" and a Captain is talking about how Macbeth and his fellow Captain‚ Banquo‚ performed in battle. While Macbeth is in battle
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man’s heart. The narrator kills an old man who did nothing wrong. The only thing that made the narrator kill the old man was the old man’s “vulture eye.” If it weren’t for the literary devices used by Poe the tale would not be what it has become. He creates an atmosphere of horror and tension by focusing greatly on the different
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How does Owen make you feel about the experience of war and which words and phrases make that happen? Owen makes us‚ the reader‚ have a sympathetic feeling towards the men that fought in The Great War. He uses imagery‚ repetition and many metaphors to convey his experiences with us throughout the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est. A sense of determination‚ confusion‚ chaos‚ terror and gloom strikes one‚ about how harsh the war would have been. The author gave me a feeling of betrayal and guilt throughout
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How does Shakespeare create Tension in act1 scene 1? In King Lear‚ Act I establishes the nature of the conflict between Cordelia and Lear‚ among Goneril and Regan and Lear‚ and between Gloucester and Edgar. This first act also establishes the twofold nature of Goneril‚ Regan‚ and Edmund‚ while demonstrating that Cordelia and Edgar are good characters. The remainder of the play’s central characters also make an appearance in this act. At the start of the play Lear intends to divide his kingdom
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