Some Desperate Glory

portrays Churchill as a trustworthy leader. This lasting impression gives British citizens a cause willing to fight for. He finalizes some of his points with, “...if we fight to the end, it can only be glorious.” By creating an image of defeat over Germany, the people would be more encouraged to fight. Having a positive ending, that comes with heroism and glory, is important to convey to the nation. Germany is descending upon Britain, bringing along, “...the foulest and most soul-destroying tyranny

fight with swords, their experiences in combat were beyond appalling, and some might say, beyond describable by words. Poetry, however, is a very powerful form of expression, and when written by someone who has experienced the horrors of war, it can deeply convey the grim reality of war. Utilising personal experiences and pre-war ideology, World War I poets Wilfred Owens and Rupert Brookes’ were able to recreate the glory and horror of the Great War through their works ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ and

foremost before interactions occurred there was reasoning behind conquests. The root of conquest can be narrowed down into three categories. These categories are God, glory, and gold. Religions that are big on conversion looked upon conquest as an opportunity to gain more believers, therefore pleasing their god more. Glory was as simple as glory for the homeland to claim increased land. Lastly, just like today humans wanted riches. Striking gold meant just that, becoming rich. Along with each conquest brought

‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ deviates from standard, iambic pentameter meter, (true iambic pentameter has 10 syllables and 5 stresses per line; Owen’s poem adheres to 9, 10, or 11 syllables per line, although some lines have less) and this technique gives the poem a chaotic, hard-hitting quality. Owen also uses commas, dashes, hyphens, and exclamation points to effectively distort the flow of words and sentences. For example, the exclamation “Gas! GAS! Quick

* Essay When you associate anything with New York City it is usually the extraordinary buildings that pierce the sky or the congested sidewalks with people desperate to shop in the famous stores in which celebrities dwell. Even with my short visit there I found myself lost within the Big Apple. The voices of the never-ending attractions call out and envelop you in their awe. The streets are filled with an atmosphere that is like a young child on a shopping spree in a candy store. Although your feet

When Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer captures the interest of people by combining an ordinary life of a football player with the life of an American soldier. Putting two different settings in one story let Krakauer mold and form the two themes into one. Pat Tillman became the knot that Krakauer uses to unify the life of an ordinary American citizen to an American soldier. He puts down his helmet of a football player to take up a helmet of an American soldier. Because of Pat Tillman’s life, Krakauer

like, the poem implies. So, don’t give me that lie that it is glorious to die for one’s country (Which is the translation of the title-Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori). “My friend, you would not tell with such zest, To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro partria mori.” While war has been presented as glorious and honorable in literature for centuries and Lovelace’s poem reflects this, Owen’s poem takes a different turn towards the modern in literature

Hector as the Ideal Homeric Man of Homer's Iliad        Homer's Iliad enthralls readers with its’ valiant heroes who fight for the glory of Greece. The Iliad, however, is not just a story of war; it is also a story of individuals. Through the characters' words and actions, Homer paints portraits of petulant Achilles and vain Agamemnon, doomed Paris and Helen, loyal Patroclus, tragic Priam, versatile Odysseus, and the whole cast of Gods. Ironically, the most complete character in the epic is

Article 48, so therefore no party could gain a majority for the German economy to get back on its feet. Hitler took advantage of these times of hardship and promised these desperate people what they wanted, employment and a way out of these poverty times. Hitler was the only option left, and is desperate time people look for desperate politics to solve these problems. Weimar The Weimar Republic came into being on November 1918 and was born in the throes of military defeat and social revolution. In

Wilfred Owen-a soldier on the front line in World war one- who composes his emotions and experiences on the battlefield into poetry. He in his writing shines a light on suffering of the soldiers in the unpleasant environment. The poem, Dulce et decorum est starts off with giving us an upsetting image of the troops and their conditions. They are described as ‘’Bent double, like old beggars under sacks’’. Use of simile in the first line of the poem compares young men to old beggars and reminds us