"The Silent One," on the other hand is more vivid with its theme of futility in war for "honorable/heroic deeds," as Gurney emphasizes how "heroes" die in combat and cowards live (Greenblatt 2029). ... His later poems, after the war, continue to use the same themes that seriously depict his unstable mind. ... However his studies were quickly halted by the outbreak of World War I. ... He's tormented with the death of his friend and struggles to remove the picture of a " red wet Thing," that he states, "I must somehow forget,"(2028). ... Th...

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Hemingway's style was influenced by his years as a newspaper reporter, both before and after World War I. ... I will draw information from the large body of Hemingway literary criticism, his fiction, and the authors own comments on the craft of writing. ... Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief: your noble son is mad"." ... Hemingway didn't develop this writing style entirely on his own, however - it was his time spent working for a newspaper and the formative experiences he had in World War I that produced t...

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Thereafter, I shall look at the different types of materials or archaeological evidence found at Pompeii. ... Followed by this I shall then discuss how these problems limits the possibility of interpretation. ... The ash and rock covered Pompeii, after being discovered, presented the opportunity for the uncovering, excavating and studying of various types of materials which lay hidden and perfectly preserved underneath the rubble. ... However, it took a few years before it became clear that what lay beneath the rubble was in fact the ancient city of Pompeii. ... He held that the paintings, alt...

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This theme runs directly through the core of his Odes of 1819. ... Away for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But not on the viewless wings of Poesy". ... He realises the transitory nature of human life; and by the end of stanza six recognises that the Nightingale would not cease to sing if he were to die "Still wouldst thou sing, an I have ears in vain- To thy high requiem become a sod." ... Fled is that music- Do I wake or sleep?" ... They inherently show through lines such as "She dwells with Beauty- Beauty that must die" the inescapable truth of reality, that whic...

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY AVANT-GARDE The avant-garde way of life prospered in Russia directly following the Revolution of 1917, generating one of the most awe-inspiring art movements of the twentieth century. Assembling an entirely new government, the Bolsheviks gave free reign to the Russian avan...

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