Owen used his poems to deliver the truth about war and change the views of society at that time. He used graphic and gruesome imagery about the horrors of war in order to illuminate his feelings. The horrors of war are most vividly and strikingly captured in the poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est.’ Owen attacks the reader with a barrage of detailed, gruesome, descriptions of life at war. He uses this technique of imagery to force the reader to visualize the truth about war. Owen also seeks to expose the betrayal of the authorities throughout poems such as ‘Disabled’ and ‘The parable of the old man and the young.’ He expresses how they acted with a disregard for the lives of their countries young men.
When the law is taken into the hands of each individual the people live in a state of lawlessness. Lawlessness and cycles of revenge undermine the civilization. This is Aeschylus’s main theme in his play Agamemnon. Aeschylus shows his attitude against war many times throughout his play when he makes references to lawlessness and cycles of revenge that cause unnecessary bloodshed. In Agamemnon, Aeschylus uses his characters to express his political opinion on war.
Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen were both soldier poets during World War I, and wrote about the horrific events of the Great War. In Sassoon’s poem “They” and Owen’s famous poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”, the respective authors deconstruct and critique the glorification of war by the Catholic Church and society through the use of vivid imagery of battle and its effect on soldiers. Sassoon’s “They” attacks the Catholic Church and its beliefs that war is not only righteous, but endorsed by God. This contrast in beliefs is made very clear by the caesura and the line break between the two speakers: the Bishop and the soldiers. The Bishop is convinced that the soldiers fighting the war are combating evil in the name of God.
This line reveals Antony’s hatred towards blood, especially since it is Caesar’s. The presence of blood angers him because the sight of it reminds him of Caesar’s murderers, Brutus, Cassius, Casca and the rest of the conspirators. He does not think Caesar, an accomplished and well-respected man, deserves to die. Therefore, he accuses the conspirators of shedding the valuable blood of a prestigious man. Antony prophesies that Caesar’s death will plunge Italy into chaos, which is an example of violent imagery.
Brittany Kragerud Dale Grauman English 101.33 13 September 2010 To Kill and To Die On earth there are many different opinions about war, whether it is murder or patriotism as well as opinions on life and death and the importance behind it. In reading Kurt Vonnegut’s speech “Fates Worse Than Death” one would wonder what he is demanding his audience to believe. It is quite certain in comparing Vonnegut’s speech to Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” that they both were very strong and opinionated men. Diving deep into the history behind the meaning of Vonnegut and Henry’s speeches there are many similarities and differences that one can see. In reading Kurt Vonnegut’s “Fates Worse Than Death” speech it is interesting to listen to his satirical and almost sarcastic way of delivery.
In George Bush’s ‘war on terror’ speech, George Bush has strongly depicted Al Qaeda as iniquitous freedom haters. He starts by using emotional appeal in his first sentence stating Al Qaeda as “enemies of freedom” to create a sense of injustice towards the audience, which manipulates them to support Bush’s contention and also trigger an emotional response. In his third paragraph, he uses a metaphor to describe Al Qaeda: “Al Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime”. This automatically creates a negative image in the audience’s mind and furthermore, highlights Bush’s main point. Throughout his whole speech, he uses an anger and disparaging tome to reflect Bush’s point of view.
Whilst this is undoubtedly the case the vast amounts of hatred and blame placed on Pope, in particular by Wilfred Owen and other prominent third stage poets, is misplaced. Much more likely this was simply Pope's idealistic and ignorant mindset of the war, and not as is placed heavily upon her, a call to send boys to their death. Pope, in all probability viewed the cases of conscience
Thus, we strongly agree with the assertion. On an intra- and internal level, the politicians and citizenry in some countries had differing viewpoints. For one, in Britain, the general opinion of the British public was to enforce a harsh and strict treaty to avenge their anger caused by all the trials and tribulations of the war. Whence, it was of the British public desire to see Germany suffer and pay heavy reparations for the perceived damage they caused through the war that was extremely emotionally taxing on the people of Britain. Naturally, the people demanded the Germans to disarm and to lose her colonies and industries such as the “Saar” that was rich in coal.
In Liam O’Flaherty’s “The Sniper”, we are exposed to the unfortunate brutality that Civil war inflicts on those involved. It’s ability to pit brothers against each other is a tragic realization that the protagonist in the story must come to realize. The author’s effective use of setting and characterization clearly provides a poignant insight to war that reveals it’s ferocious tragedy. O’Flaherty continually uses setting to create tension within the reader and give a more realistic approach to the nature of war. His short, choppy sentences cause a feeling of hurry, much like the character would have been facing in the story.
By asking a question Owen forces the reader to also question the morality of the butchers responsible for the war and all the death that the war creates. All of the anguish, misery and suffering that the war