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    The Glories of War There are many short stories and poems written about the glory of war and the pride and bravery one should feel in dying for one’s country. Jim Northrup and Wilfred Owen are both soldiers who served their country, the former in Vietnam and the latter in World War II. These men’s individual experiences led them to view warfare in a realistic manner that is contrary to the classic image war is allotted. These experiences also led to these two men to write about these realities in

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    desires for worldly pleasures at sea. Through this, the connection between the suffering in the beginning and the glories of God are connected between the beginning and the latter half of the poem. While The Seafarer discusses his endurance through the dreadful conditions, a tone change in the middle of the story causes a changed focus onto the spiritual pleasures that emulate the lasting glory of heaven compared to the temporary grandeur on earth. With the harshness of the sea representing the cruelties

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    to war and dying for other people is not glory or what people makes you believe in; through tone, mood, and similes Rise Against is trying to convey that everyone is proud of

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    Gold And Glory

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    Along with these possessions comes the glory and ultimately the respect from their homeland. God, Gold, and Glory served as vital motives for the European conquest of the Americas. It becomes evident that one does outweigh the other when considering the

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    die for your country. “To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est”. From this line in the poem the message is evident because it describes how people continue to go to war to fight

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    exemplifying the ‘glory’ and honour of dying in battle for one’s country, during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean war (1853 -1856). However not all war poetry signifies heroic propaganda, Wilfred Owens poem Dulce et decorum Est, provides a contrasting theme and illustrates the traumatic and distressing influence war has upon men, during the conflict

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    Pope regarded war as an enjoyable and exciting experience, and implied that “com[ing] back with a crutch” was more desirable than returning unscathed and “be[ing] out of the fun”. Pope encourages injury as evidence of soldiers’ bravery- as some sort of souvenir. Danger is described as a “game”- boldly comparing the terrors of war to a “show”, and encouraging the reader not to “take a seat in the stand”. On the contrary, Wilfred Owen, who served in the war and suffered from PTSD, wrote ‘Dulce

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    just a game of nobility. As kings and dynasties moved their pawns around the map, conquering here, and losing there, valor and glory remained at the forefront of the professionally trained career soldiers that dominated the European regular armies. From various sources it is now seen that the whole concept of war was forever altered around the First World War

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    over everything, striving for glory and dying an honorable death in battle. Achilleus on the other hand, seems to define heroism through his own individual needs. For Achilleus, being a hero means receiving gifts and glory for himself, while becoming a hero to settle personal vendettas. The hero’s responses to fate demonstrate their two differing stances

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    Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” and Lovelace’s poem “To Lucasta, Going to the Wars” have different perceptions of war. Owen explores the ideas of depressing and dark tones while explaining his trauma were Lovelace tests his perspective of war through love and honor. These poets express their ideas when using imagery and diction to convey depressing emotions and love. Owen has uses imagery serveral times throughout his poem to explain his traumatic event. For example, the narrator writes

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