Deus Caritas Est

The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway's first published novel, released in 1926. The novel displays the effect that the horrors and casualties of World War One had on the character's views on love, justice, religion and morality. The Sun Also Rises follows the characters Brett Ashley, Bill Gorton, and Jake Barnes, two of which greatly exemplify the great affect World War One had on the religious faith of those who it harmed. This shift in their religious and moral views dictates how they cope…

The poems “Dulce et decorum Est” and “The letter” are written by Wilfred Owen during WW1. Owen started writing these poems when he suffered an injury during the war and had to go back to England to recover. These poems have a similar message about war as Owen seems to give a firsthand experience about war in these poems which draws the reader closer to Owen. In the poem Dulce et Decorum Est, Owen presents war as violent, inconsiderate and simply pointless. He uses a variety of different…

The central idea of the poem “Futility” by Wilfred Owen is war. Owen’s choice of title ‘Futility” highlights his views on the subject. That being - war is pointless and bears no honour or glory. Owen stresses that war only causes destruction and death. The poem is about a soldier who has recently died on the front line of the war. Although we as readers do not know who the dead soldier is; it appears that the speaker knows him and his background well. The speaker wants to move the soldier’s…

Literary compositions have the influential capability to depict the punitive truths of warfare and shape the reader's perspective. The harsh realities of war are portrayed through World War 1 poetry composed by Wilfred Owen enhancing the readers understanding of the bleak realities of war and its traumatic effects on the soldiers. The poems “Mental Cases” and “Exposure” illustrates the psychological trauma, the brutality of nature and loss of faith of which the soldiers faced as grim veracity of…

Guy Masterson - A Master of Poignant Poetry Guy Masterson brings the trenches of the Great War to life in his one-man show Anthem for a Doomed Youth, one of four performances in his #LestWeForget series, at the Bakehouse Theatre this Fringe season. Whether performing solo or with an accompanying cast, he consistently brings excellent productions to Adelaide and this is no exception; the show features Masterson expertly and passionately presenting a moving compilation of poems and prose from…

Wilfred Owen, an English soldier during World War 1, experienced horrific events during the war, and decided to write about the nightmare that he experienced. Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est,” is a testament to the nightmare and horrors of war. Through visual, auditory and gustatory imagery, Owen brings his readers back to the time of war, and into his nightmare. Owen uses visual imagery to reduce the men from heroes to weaklings. They are now weak, fearful, and sick. In the poem, Owen writes,…

‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War 1. The title of the poem literally means “it is sweet and proper”. The theme of this poem is patriotism because through the use of propaganda, people felt more patriotic and were happy to die for their country. Owen used a lot of language techniques to effectively convey his message to the readers. Here are the language techniques that he used in this poem and its supporting evidence: Rhetoric Words like “guttering”,…

In the poem The Man He Killed the author Thomas Hardy writes about war. This poem can be determined as an anti-war poem. The speaker of the poem is talking about their experience in war. This poem mainly focuses on the negative effects of war. The writing structure and the diction being used in this poem has a big impact on the main meaning of the poem. Thomas Hardy writes, “ Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have sat us down to wet Right many a nipperkin!” The speaker’s…

the same. In this short essay I will be describing how writers protest war using imagery, irony, and structure. Writers use imagery to protest war to allow readers to visualize what is occurring in more detail. In Wilfred Owen's “ Dulce et Decorum Est” Owens uses imagery to describe the pain soldiers felt the lethal gas. “ He plunged at me , guttering , choking, drowning.” (16) Stephen Crane is another author that uses imagery throughout his writing “ War is kind” he uses wonderful imagery to…

How does The Charge of the Light Brigade and Exposure show the writers’ opinions on war? The Charge of the Light Brigade (written by Alfred Lord Tennyson) was set in the Crimean war and the battle of Balaclava. Exposure however was set in the middle of World War 1, the poet Wilfred Owen was a soldier on the frontline during this war. Unfortunately, Wilfred Owen passed away exactly one week before ‘D’ day. This difference in contexts leads the poets’ to portray war in different ways. Tennyson…