Owens poems present the reader with a powerful exploration of the impact of human cruelty
on individuals. How does Owen achieve this in his poetry?
For it is love, and true love, that allows us to bear our hardships. That banishes the heart and gives meaning to our lives.
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. Herbert Hoover
The first casualty of war is innocence. Platoon (1986) War Close examination of Wilfried Owens wartime poem Dulce Et Decorum Est offers insights into the concerns which are extensively re-evaluated. Whilst Owen utilises the within Romanticism of . Ultimately both poems expose the grotesque reality of amidst indifference Both poems, however engage with t amidst the
The context in which texts are composed are reflected through the ideology and perspectives that either capture or criticise the zeitgeist of their time. Close examination of Mary Shelley's 18181 Gothic novel Frankenstein offers insights into the concerns which are extensively re-evaluated within Ridley Scott's 1982 feature film, Blade Runner. Whilst Shelley utilises the frame of 18th Century Romanticism influenced by the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, Scott's neo-noir postmodern film composed in a time amidst Globalisation and mass consumerism exemplifies the ideological shift elicited through their textual and contextual differences. Both texts, however, engage with changing social paradigms and values to examine ontological questions of what constitutes humanity, amidst a World of technological advancements and avaricious ambition that leads to dehumanisation.