What makes this death so alarming is the fact that, although we feel great sympathy for the young boy, this young soldier died simply because he could not put his gas mask on fast enough. ... One explanation might be that Owen used this comparison to describe the actual face of the boy as he was dying. ... This was the fate of the man Owen describes, an appalling end to a young and innocent life which makes us, the audience, feel as grieved for the millions who died in the war, as we do for this young man. ... In Latin, the phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro partria mori" means: "It is sweet a...

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The persona tells of how he and his battalion are attacked with mustard gas and one of the soldiers not putting his gas mask on in time, suffers from the effects of it. Wilfred Owen aims the poem at the government of the time criticising their decisions and for perpetuating the attitude that it is heroic to fight as a soldier in war and honourable to die for the cause. ... Owens use of these devices positions the reader to question the stereotype of these soldiers and to negatively respond to the issue of war: "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks/ Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curs...

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The characters articulate against the paternalistic practices, and how the usage of it in real life is as devastating as applications of it in stories. ... Since Gawain was most likely to end in expulsion due to his lack of self-confidence, the headmaster says "we must consider the greater good. We are responsible for the formation of this lad's character", believing that sending him to slay the dragons uphill will help his abilities into becoming a man. ... In an effort to save the school's reputation from harm, "the headmaster and the assistant professor of pleasance...

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As one German Field Marshall named Hindenburg put it, "In the event of a resumption of hostilities we can . . . defend our frontiers in the east. In the west, however, we can scarcely count on being able to withstand a serious offensive . . . The success of the operation as a whole is very doubtful, but as a soldier I cannot help feeling that it is better to die honorably than accept a disgraceful peace." ... The point made by Hindenburg shows how many other Germans felt as well which was that they believed that it would be better to die then to accept the shameful Treaty of Versailles, these...

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"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). ... Moreover, in his later poems like "The Silent One," Gurney evinces sentiment and concern for the untold truths of the war, which when we look at his biography and broken poetry, suggests how the war tormented him; leaving his mind and memory fragmented up until his death (Greenblatt 2028). ... Thus, much like many other poets of his time, the traumatic war...

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The individual must fight and be willing to die to preserve the State. ... The laissez faire policies of the early nineteenth centuries gave capitalist owners the freedom to determine how long work days would be and how much they would pay their workers. ... Like socialism, fascism sees the importance of how the individual and society are inseparable and must cooperate with each other to succeed. However, the focus upon how they cooperate with one another is the defining difference between the two. ... An anarchist can have several perspectives on how to achieve this autonomy. ...

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As it became evident that the policy of appeasement had failed in 1939 and that Britain would in fact go to war, the Liberal Leader Sir Archibald Sinclair expressed his feelings on the achievements of appeasement We have eaten dirt in vain This statement is clearly expressing the fact that Britain has tolerated the deceitful acts of Germany to no avail or successes. ... Winston Churchill was also a clear critic of the policy of appeasement stating that We cannot look back with much pleasure on our foreign policy.... the violation of the Rhineland is serious because of the menace to whi...

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Unfortunately, there is no date on this photograph so we cannot presume that it was taken before conscription was introduced and if it was taken after then it proves nothing to us. It is impossible to prove a fact until we are 100% certain and in the case of source D proving that A and B were successful in persuading men we cannot be, although it is indeed likely. ... The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to please his Meg" the poem showing at a stroke how effective the recruiting offices were in their quest for blo...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to fin...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate