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    “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield is an example of a modern short story because it fits all of the four criteria we discussed in class. The story emphasizes subtle characterization, implies facts and psychological truths, emphasizes revelation, and has examples of dramatic irony. The first criteria of a modern short story is that the story emphasizes subtle characterization rather than fast-paced plot. “The Doll’s House” does emphasize this subtle characterization in many ways. One example

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    The author begins the story with a line that sets the entire story. The first line of the story is, “The truth of the matter is: I have managed to make my wife very, very small.” The narrator goes on to explain it was not intentional and the miniaturization was an accident. The author then has the narrator give background information and explain the story of what happens to his wife and himself. The story ends with the extreme measures the miniature wife has taken upon herself to torture the narrator

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    During the course of Dulce et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen, the Horatian image of a glorified and idealized war is stripped away to reveal the bitter and vicious nature of a new era in the history of conflict. Language and imagery are employed to great effect in conveying this notion, in the rejection of the ‘strong and patriotic soldier’ stereotype, the description of the chlorine gas attack, the portrayal of the agonized and dying soldier, and the final scathing invective against those who exalt

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    A Comparison of Dulce Et Decorum Est and Exposure Traditional war poetry gives the idea of patriotic idealism of war. This style of poetry implies that war is patriotic and that people who fight for their country are honorable. But many of the poets do not portray war as it really is, by glossing over the gory details with attractive images. Many traditional war poems were written before the war to persuade and encourage young boys to become loyal soldiers. Many of the soldiers were taught

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    Disabled by Wilfred Owen

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    The poem ‘Disabled’ is written by Wilfred Owen who was an English poet as well as a soldier. On the 4th of June 1916 he was commissioned as a second Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment, during WW1. This poem was influenced by his first-hand experience in the war, as he understood about the harsh reality of it. In this essay I will be analysing the poem by Wilfred Owen and I will be discussing Owen’s perception and bitterness of society at home, the recruitment officers who let him sign up underage

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    loved ones, the safety of their homes. “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke is a short poem about the patriotism of English soldiers during WWI. The author uses very specific diction, syntax, personification, and imagery to leave an impact on the reader and show what it means to give back to your country. Diction and syntax are the base of all good poems, to convey emotion and create a mood and tone of all writings. First of all Brooke say things like ¨her¨ in ¨The Soldier¨ rather than saying England

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    Wilfred Owen 's work has a recognisable purpose of portraying the destructive capacity of war, and its ultimate futility. Owen himself identified, as a soldier and his career, as a war poet were his ability to communicate his purpose successfully to the reader through his writing style, technique and use of vivid visual imagery in his poetry. The ideas of loss and betrayal are the main focus of Owen’s poetry by using of many poetic techniques. In Owen’s poem Dulce Est Decorum Est (Dulce) he describes

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    Poetry is a powerful expression of human experience that can impact political actions and have major repercussions on a global scale. Siegfried Sassoon was a poet that realized the true power and capabilities of poetry and what it could accomplish. Sassoon used his gift of poetry to advance humanity’s views on war and help them better understand the terrifying imprint it left on the world. Siegfried Sassoon is remembered for the fury that his poems encompassed. He wrote poetry during World War I

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    Rupert Brooke, in his poem “Peace” addresses the value and honor of fighting in war. Brooke hopes to inform readers that war is a gift and that those who are able to fight should do so willingly, with great pride and honor. He adopts a passionate and serious tone in order to appeal to the feelings and experiences in his intended audience of young English males. Brooke challenges his intended audience by combatting their pessimistic beliefs of war. Brooke’s sonnet “Peace” was written during an

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    In All Quite on the Western Front we get to experience and live though Paul Baumer’s life during World War one. We get to be involved in his everyday struggles and emotions while his is serving his time in the war. We will also get to see the challenges that he faces during the war that becoming a lesson. At the age of nineteen Paul and his friends were sent off to go fight in the war. Paul knew that fighting in a war will come with a lot of responsibilities and end with a lot of traumatic events

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