If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,— My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. Dulce et Decorum Est is a monumental literary work that introduces themes of undeserved tragedy, suffering, corruption, and futility. Tragedy, by definition, is “a dramatic composition, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character to downfall”, and it is expressed through the use of diction that serves to emphasize the inevitable role that fate plays; words such as “cursed”, “helpless”, and
Here, the enjambment draws attention to the words and helps reinforce the irony. This view point is in contrast to that of “Give”. In this poem the view point is that of the homeless character so we get to see the other side of the story. It is a dramatic monologue in the 1st person so the voice of the character is used to create his feelings and attitudes. For example, he begins by addressing the listener as “dear” in a heavily sarcastic tone we feel is bitter and angry.
The techniques Eliot disposes throughout the poem ineffectively illustrate Prufrock’s social reclusion and cultural detachment. Prufrock’s social and cultural isolation is representational of a combination of his personal attributes and the part they play in holding him back from realising his true potential in life. His bleak view on life is impacted by his indecisive nature where he is always thinking over everything and never acting on impulse. These kinds of occurrences in Prufrock’s mind establish a well-built barrier separating himself, the hopeless individual, from all aspects of society. Eliot conveys these notions to the reader through the development of Prufrock’s introspective identity.
Stradlater, Holden’s roommate, shows phoniness by how he is a “secret slob” also how it annoys Holden to where he gets into a fight with Stradlater over his sloppiness with Jane, which leads Holden to alienating him. Stradlater is a secret slob because as Holden says, “Stradlater was more of a secret slob. He always looked all right, Stradlater, but for instance, you should have seen the razor he shaved himself with. It was always rusty as hell and full of lather and hairs and crap” (35). This is showing Stradlater is a secret slob because he appears all right on the outside, but once someone gets to know him, they know he is slob.
Tom Robinson was found guilty of raping Mayella. Jem is furious and begins to cry. “It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. ‘It ain’t right,’ he muttered.” This quotation from just after the trial shows how Jem has grown up, he is furious with the jury’s verdict.
Attitudes/themes/ideas either frightening or comic narrator warns, "don't laugh”. poem creates a pathetic figure, who will be "deflated” by the years. dismissive tone - suggested in descriptive phrases like "basket of washing” and "daft mush” ^ used to make the punk seem less threatening to the children in the car? Comparisons Give Each of the main characters in these two poems is someone who is not a part of conventional society: Both characters make a scene by getting too close to an audience. Horse Whisperer Both poems bring us face to face with an unusual character and let us learn something about them: focus on physical detail in both poems: suggestion of a change over time, in the main
Those other wretches, how they bled and spewed, And one who would have drowned himself for good, — I try not to remember these things now. Let dread hark back for one word only: how Half-listening to that sentry's moans and jumps, And the wild chattering of his broken teeth, Renewed most horribly whenever crumps Pummelled the roof and slogged the air beneath — Through the dense din, I say, we heard him shout "I see your lights!" But ours had long died
With affairs scattered throughout, Nick shirking any responsibility to “a girl back west” and the recklessness of “bad drivers”, it is a musing on the apparent disintegration of any moral fibre within society. With many American’s feeling alienated and apathy after the horror of WW1, Fitzgerald’s work certainly captures the reactive spirit of recklessness and frivolity as many felt that they “had been everywhere and done everything”. The lavish parties of Gatsby, which encapsulate so effectively the “caterwauling” and velocity of such fast living, suggest the seductive nature of money, but ultimately the “empty house” and the absence at the final funeral highlights the vacuous nature of such
Tom cries “like a baby” because he feels remorse for lying and cheating on his wife. This quote shows how people’s views on material items have blinded them from true happiness. The characters in the Great Gatsby represent the sentiment of America during the Roaring 20’s with the goal of attempting to gain the lavish life style dominated by materialism called the “American Dream” and materialism is evil because it engrosses the heart of Americans blinding them from authentic bliss.
Through these experiences with his mother and aunt’s, Rodriguez starts to believe that his skin tone makes him ugly and unworthy. These feelings show that he believed the fallacy Appeal to Authority. Believing that since they were adults and knew the views of the world that they couldn’t be wrong in their statements. In addition Rodriguez had been a victim of racism while walking with friends. Rodriguez writes, a boy pedaled by and announced matter-of –factly, “I pee on dirty Mexicans” (125).