This particular poem emphasizes a common gruesome experience, which, Gurney implies can only be understood by those who participate in the Great War. ... "The Silent One" is more vivid and deploys a powerful sense of realism of the dilemmas faced in the frontline. ... But it's important to note that even before his participation in the war, Gurney was already suffering from an eccentric personality; supported by his mental outbreak in 1913, alluding to his already unfit mind to serve in the war. ... "To His Love" employs a vivid sense of emotion that is transcended fro...

• Word Count: 2929
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The fact the kid is asking the first question is reinforcing the sense of duty. ... Firstly it is important to note that in 1914 a year before this poster was made an Admiral Charles Fitzgerald founded The Order of the White Feather. ... The motif common in such propaganda was of good versus evil. ... There is no sense of glorification. ...

• Word Count: 2585
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• Grade Level: High School

He introduces neoclassical monumentalism as a commonality among the systems. ... Schivelbusch expresses that both the revolutionary states of Bolshevism and fascism as well as the reformist ones of the capitalist democracies, needed an architecture that would tower on behalf of, but also above, the people like a temple, inspiring trust, respect, and a quasi-religious sense of deeper meaning and community while at the same time showing the rest of the world who it was dealing with. ... The construction of neoclassical monuments were essential for the stimulation of the population into a renewed...

• Word Count: 2776
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At the very beginning of Act One, we are introduced to Keller through the stage directions, which state that 'When he reads, when he speaks, when he listens, it is with the terrible concentration of the uneducated man for whom there is still wonder in many commonly known things, a man whose judgements must be dredged out of experience and a peasant-like common sense. ... As I previously pointed out, the appearance of oneself before others is a common thread in the play. ...

• Word Count: 2731
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• Grade Level: High School

E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing whi...

• Word Count: 4790
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• Grade Level: High School

The two books share a great deal in common, especially in tone and theme. The stories The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies, through their dark, hopeless, and horrible descriptions of life, present the common theme that man, at his heart, is an evil, violent, and "fallen- being. ... This movement is characterized by an "incessant appeal to the senses, or rather to the sense of imagination."" ...

• Word Count: 4223
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• Grade Level: High School

The sense of 'local' community was being lost. ... What went out was narrative, description, rational exposition; what emerged focused on stream of consciousness, images in poetry (rather than description or narration), a new use of universal myth, and a sense of fragmentation both of individuality and of such concepts as space and time. ... The language mix reflects a sense that there is no longer a fixed language of poetry just as there is no longer one English. ...

• Word Count: 10566
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