Power and Conflict Reality of Conflict Flashcards
Ozymandias king of kings
Ozymandias
power of ma, power of nature, kinda can do culture at a push:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:”
Ozymandias b n b
Ozymandias
power of ma, power of nature, kinda can do culture at a push:
“boundless and bare,”
Ozymandias cold command
Ozymandias
power of ma, power of nature, kinda can do culture at a push;
“sneer of cold command”
London forged manacles
London
po man, po nature, culture kinda, loss, conflict: “The mind-forged manacles I hear”
London blood down palace
London
po man, po nature, culture kinda, loss, conflict: “Runs blood down the palace walls “
London chimney sweepers
London
po man, po nature, culture kinda, loss, conflict: “How the chimney sweepers cry “
Storm on the island spits like tame,
turned savage
Storm on the island
culture, conflict, po man, po nature: “spits like a tame cat Turned savage”
Storm on the island your house too
Storm on the island
culture, conflict, po man, po nature: “Forgetting that it pummels your house too.”
Storm on the island Bombarded
Storm on the island
culture, conflict, po man, po nature: “Bombarded”, “Pummels” and “Exploding “
Checking on me History what dem tell me
Checking on me History
conflict, culture, po man, loss: “Dem tell me what dem want to tell me “
Checking on me History never tell me
Checking on me History
conflict, culture, po man, loss:
“no dem never tell me bout dat”
Checking on me History bandage up me eye
Checking on me History
conflict, culture, po man, loss: “I carving out me own history”, “bandage up me eye with me own history”
Checking Out Me History, Toussaint de
“Toussaint de thorn to de french Toussaint de beacon of de Haitian Revolution”
Juxtaposition-Symbolic of culture and how it harms some people while benefiting others
Repetition- Emphasises the greatness of Afro-Caribbean culture/history in the eyes of agard and how it should be taught more often
kamikaze, divine wind
kamikaze
conflict, nature, loss, po man, po nature:
‘kamikaze’ means ‘divine wind’
kamikaze no longer father
kamikaze
conflict, nature, loss, po man, po nature:
“was no longer the father we loved”
kamikaze dark shoals
kamikaze
conflict, nature, loss, po man, po nature:
-“dark shoals of fish flashing silver”: image links to a
Samurai sword – conveys the conflict between his love
for nature/life and his sense of duty. Also has sibilance
Kamikaze tuna
“tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous”- Religious imagery demonstrates the power of man to overcome nature both internal and external. It conveys how humanity is capable of overpowering anything but we limit ourselves with our culture
the charge of tlb all in the valley , 600
the charge of tlb
conflict, culture, po man:
“All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“
the charge of tlb flashed all sabres
the charge of tlb
conflict, culture, po man:
“flashed all there sabres bare
“
the charge of tlb
glory fade
the charge of tlb
conflict, culture, po man:
“When can their glory fade?”
the charge of tlb shattered , Volleyed
the charge of tlb
conflict, culture, po man:
“ Shattered and sundered”, “ Volleyed and thundered”
The charge of tlb, mouth
“Into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell”
“out of the jaws of death, out is the mouth of hell”
Religious imagery/Metaphor-Conveys the suffering that the men went through however glorifies the escape of those who survived.
A glorification of the suffering in war
poppies sellotape around my arm
poppies
loss, conflict, po nature:
“Sellotape bandaged around my hand,”
poppies Brave, walked, front door
poppies
loss, conflict, po nature:
“I was brave, as I walked with you, to the front
door”: different perspective of bravery in conflict”
poppies
contrast in ideas war/ childhood
poppies
loss, conflict, po nature: “Contrasting semantic fields of home/childhood (“cat
hairs”, “play at being Eskimos”, “bedroom”) with
war/injury (“blockade”, bandaged”, “reinforcements”)
“
The Emigree I comb, Its shining eyes
The Emigree
Loss, Conflict, po man:
““I comb its hair and love
its shining eyes”
The Emigree
… Hides behind me
Tyrants tanks…
The Emigree
Loss, Conflict, po man:
-“My city hides behind me”: it is vulnerable and –
despite the fact that she had to flee – she is strong.
-Semantic field of conflict: “Tyrant, tanks, frontiers”
