so it becomes clear that Sassoon is being ironic and attacking the earlier views of the war - held by ’smug faced crowds at home’ The tone created by the tetrameter‚ reveals an ironic subtext within the 1st stanza‚ which initially seemed very positive : ’simple’ - could be interpreted as indicating stupidity ’grinned’ - arrogant...cocky....mind my french :-) These are clear criticisms of earlier perspectives of the war. In criticising positive views of the war‚ Sassoon joins the ranks of :
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updated production line‚ ceramic ovens‚ and etc. Factories under his project became first class in world ceramic industries. The action made Siu Fung corner the China‚ and raise many investors’ interest. At the end of 1993‚ Siu Fung went public and Siegfried Lee had been praised as Hong Kong’s youngest self-made billionaire. In 1994‚ Siu Fung took one step further and formed a 660m yuan ceramics tableware company‚ Siu-Fung Concept. However‚ the project was too aggressive and overspending‚ it is impossible
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Generals Die in Bed by Charles Yale Harrison Teaching notes prepared for VATE members by Robert Cole CONTENTS 1. Introduction Page 1 2. Ways into the text Page 6 3. Running sheet Page 8 4. Characters Page 12 5. Issues and themes Page 16 6. A guided approach to selected passages Page 18 7. Further activities for exploring the text Page 22 8. Key quotes Page 25 9. Essay topics Page 29 10. References and resources Page 30 References in this guide are to Harrrison‚ Charles
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teeth used in war are cone shaped‚ cement objects placed next to each other in rows to prevent tanks from passing through. The Siegfried Line is a four-hundred mile defensive barrier from World War II made up of dragon’s teeth‚ concrete bunkers‚ gun pits‚ and tunnels that stretch from Belgium to Switzerland. Although the dragon’s teeth and other defense on the Siegfried Line held up against the French‚ dragon’s teeth were no match against the United State forces when they attacked the barrier. This
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Examine the way Shakespeare presents power in the character and actions of Lady Macbeth. In this Controlled assessment I will be trying my hardest to examine the power‚ actions and emotions of Lady Macbeth throughout the entire play. ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare is a very unusual play‚ the characters aren’t part of your expectations especially Lady Macbeth. Shakespeare made a clear opposite feature between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth‚ which is a very challenging yet effective technique. Shakespeare’s
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Swan Lake Act 1 After a beautiful musical introduction‚the opening scene is set in a splendid park with an enchanting fairy-tale castle in the background.prince seigfried and his friends are seated and enjoying a party to celebrate his coming of age whilst peasants come to congratulate him and are encouraged by the princes tutor to dance for his entertainment.the princes mother now enters and announces it is time for her son to marry and that he will be choosing a bride at a ball the following evening
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In Poems "The Man He Killed"‚ "Reconciliation"‚ and "Dreamers"‚ the Authors Show That Man Kills Because He Must In the chosen poems‚ Thomas Hardy‚ Walt Whitman‚ and Sigfried Sassoon each have a common viewpoint: war brings out the worst in man‚ a feeling buried deep inside the heart. Even with this clotting of the mind due to the twisting ways of war‚ a flicker of remorse‚ a dream of someplace‚ something else still exists within the rational thought. These poems express hope‚ the hope that
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German Expressionism “… the expressionist film is primarily a visual phenomenon‚ a mise-en-scene of fear and desire. Internal conflicts and ambivalences are projected on to an external world that has become foreign and strange‚ a process that finds expression in the destabilization of the subject at the center of the narrative…” (Hake‚ 2002: 31). In light of the following observation by Hake‚ this essay will be looking at her statement and how it can be applied to the 1920 film The Cabinet
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Donald Sassoon emphasizes in Becoming Mona Lisa‚ the Mona Lisa has managed to maintain its status as the world’s most recognizable work of art. The author notes that many who visit the portrait find themselves wondering just what makes it so special. The lady in the portrait is not particularly beautiful and the painting itself is beginning to look its age. Yet despite all this‚ art historians continue to write and argue over the painting‚ and tourists continue to visit it in droves. Sassoon suggests
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EN 102 April 7‚ 2013 WWI Paper: Draft One In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” written by Wilfred Owen‚ the audience is introduced to the horrifying experience of a gas attack in World War I. Owen goes into excruciating detail on every effect of the gas‚ and describes almost everything about the physical state of the infected‚ dying man. Thousands of soldiers were exposed to gas in the war‚ and unfortunately‚ many of them died from the effects. The first attack that the Germans unleashed on the
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