As both sides of the families started to begin a war amongst each other, she soon starts to give up, ‘I want my family back’. On the other side, Julian Hayden defending his son, Frank Hayden, who is considers a war hero in Montana. At this very position, we realize Julian puts family loyalty above justice. Firstly, Julian’s prior knowledge for the crimes committed by Frank Hayden for allegedly raping ‘that little Indian girl’ has him putting family loyalty over justice. The relationship between both families during the funeral of Frank Hayden, have both families standing on opposite sides.
In the scene before the battle of Harfleur, he unites himself with his men, he says “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition”. Another speech Henry V made is “once more unto the breach”, the meaning of this is ‘let us try again, one more time’. The breach is the gap in the wall of the city of Harfleur, which the English army held under siege. Henry was encouraging his troops to attack the city again, even if they have to ‘close the wall with English dead’.
Comparison of ‘Vergissmeinnicht’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ Thomas Roddy Poetry often comes from feelings of strong emotions which can be seen over centuries of time with Shakespeare’s frustration of love in his sonnets, to John Donne expressing his relationship with religion. The First World War understandably brought a period of strong emotion, due to the futility, and produced some of the great poets, such as Wilfred Owen. On the other hand, World War Two was underway and the newspapers were asking “Where are the war poets?” and so the likes of Keith Douglas were titled as soldier poets. Therefore, Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’[1] and Douglas’ ‘Vergissmeinnicht’[2] seems like an appropriate comparison of these two periods. Poetry did develop and change after World War One as the 1930s brought a stress-free period where there was almost a silliness about poetry, with a lack of concern with social decay and more of an embrace in popular culture.
While Tybalt is Juliet's cousin, Bernardo was written as Maria's brother and protector, creating a closer familial, Male lead kills both. Anita / Nurse Friend and confidante to the female lead. However, Anita is also Bernardo's girlfriend, which adds considerable interpersonal conflict. Both know about the romance between the leading characters, but choose not to subvert it. In fact, Nurse aids Juliet in her secret marriage to Romeo.
" " " " " " Opposing Laws: A Study of Sophocles’ Antigone " In Sophocles’ play, Antigone, we see a struggle between two brothers deaths. According to Antigone, because human beings are forced to make difficult decisions between opposing laws; divine law becomes the most valuable. Yet the issue of the play goes beyond that conflict and touches the universal conditions of suffering, religion, and loyalty to family." " " In the early stages of the Prologue (1-84), Antigone shows devotion to her family through the burial of her brother. According to Antigone’s own speech:" " " …Creon buried our brother Eteocles with military honors, gave him a " " soldier’s funeral, and it was right that should: but Polyneices,
His immediate appointment of Macbeth to replace Cawdor will eventually mean his own death. The witches too betray Macbeth by tempting him with prophecies, which turn out to be false. It is only at the conclusion of the play when Macbeth has been defeated that he realizes how the witches have operated,’ these juggling fiends…that palter with us in a double sense.’ Macduff demonstrates a deep sense of loyalty by fleeing to England and organizing an army to defeat Macbeth. As a result of his act of heroic loyalty to his country his family are brutally slaughtered. Lady Macbeth manifests a misguided loyalty to her husband.
Writers used the spirit of the revolution to distinguish their poetic sensibilities. The affects of war are apparent in my review of the following sources on the subject of war and rebellion in Mary A. Favret’s “Coming Home: The Public Spaces of Romantic War,” Nancy Rosenblum’s “Romantic Militarism,” J.L. Talmon’s “Introduction and Romanticism” in Romanticism and Revolt: Europe 1815-1848, and Samuel Coleridge’s “Fears in Solitude.” Although these works concern themselves with different themes, the central subject depicted in each is the perception of war from those who were involved—directly and indirectly—and the ways in which they were affected. Favret’s chapter depicts war from the perspective of the English public and discusses the effects it had on the domestic front, as well as the ideology of the “war-widow”. In contrast to this, Rosenblum’s article explores the perception of war from the view of the solider and the tension between “Romantic militarism” and liberalism.
After reading war poems we are able to get a true idea of how horrific war was and learn of its negative consequences. The main idea in war poems becomes apparent when reading Wilfred Owen’s poem, Dolce et Decorum Est. In the last stanza, the lines: “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old lie: Dolce et Decorum Est, Pro Patria Mori” demonstrates the main idea. ‘Dolce et Decorum est’ is a Latin saying, which means ‘it is sweet and right’. The poet is saying that people should not talk about war as enthusiastically as it gives the impression that war is glorious.
Antigone was very heroic and brave at first, Creon now punishes her, and she does not fight back, but she simply badmouths her father. “O Oedipus, father and brother your marriage strikes from the grave to murder mine (7.40-41) says a coward Antigone. Creon, on the other hand who is supposed to be the strong king of the land, does not manage to control his anger, and fights his own son in an argument. This can be considered a sense of pride, since Creon did not want to change his opinion. Part of being a tragic hero is having a destruction.
They were to be completely placid never raising a hand in violence while men were strong, heroic, leaders of the household. The work by Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, depicts a story where women aren't successful in their behavior resulting in a sister's death by her own brother because she mourns for her dead fiance in which he previously had killed. The brother's loyalty is rendered in favor toward his nation more than his own blood sister. This invented moment was purposed to create the idea of strong vs. women. David uses gender to get his point across that strength and weakness is natural.