remains x war photographer

Question 1

quotes from remains

Answer 1

• the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out
• dug in behind enemy lines
• his bloody life in my bloody hands

Question 2

quotes from war photographer

Answer 2

• eyeballs prick between the bath and the pre lunch beers
• running children in a nightmare heat
• half formed ghost

Question 3

Intro

Answer 3

philosophical debate about the nature of war and its impact

• armitage focuses on first hand impact
• duffy focuses on global third part impact

Question 4

P1 intro

Answer 4

both explore impact of society on wartime events. poets disagree on the extent of its impact

Question 5

P1 remains

Answer 5

• symbolises soldiers emotions “drink and the drugs won’t flush him out”
• soldier turned to substance abuse, nature of the characteristic is one found at the bottom of societal chain, showing how far the soldiers trauma has caused him to fall
• ‘flush’ shows he wants to quickly dispose of these memories, as it’s almost like urin. the tragedy is that he cannot flush out pain
• writer criticises society lack of support for returning soldiers.

Question 6

P1 war photographer

Answer 6

• focuses on society directly “eyeballs prick between the bath and the pre lunch beers”
• monosyllabic rhyming scheme shows how the publics life is unaffected, just like the repetitive rhyming scheme.
• “between” shows how the public can make a clear distinction between the pain and the fun, a luxury those who have been on the frontline cannot afford.
• duffy accuses of society of ignorance and lack of gratitude

Question 7

p2 intro

Answer 7

remains = one individual

war photographer = overarching collective impact.

Question 8

P2 war photographer

Answer 8

• metaphor “running children nightmare heat”
• brightest and most innocent now sucked in by demon that is war.
• “heat” signifies the intensity of war. like a pressure cooker, where the heat physically drains you until you die, with ‘in’ suggesting they are at the epicenter
• contextual reference to napalm girl highlights important work war photographers do and provides imagery for reader

Question 9

P2 remains

Answer 9

• metaphor “dug in behind enemy lines”
• military reference shows how soldier is unable to let go of that lifestyle memories permanently. installed due to levels of guilt. signs of PTSD
• ‘dug’ shows how situation is self made and now trapped by his guilt
• Armitage wanted to spread public awareness of how soldiers struggle to intergrate back into a normal society

Question 10

P3 intro

Answer 10

both convey guilt possessed by each character(s)

Question 11

P3 remains

Answer 11

• double meaning, “bloody life bloody hands”
• can be seen as either a frickitive, enrage swear showing the soldiers fustrations, or metaphorically represent the soldiers killing of an innocent man.
• fact that it’s “in” his hands shows how the guys life he has took is so worthless and small it can fit in his hands.
• reference to Macbeth.

Question 12

P3 war photographer

Answer 12

• religious connotations “half formed ghost”
• “half formed” gives and insight into the kind of violent imagery witnessed by frontline soldiers
• “half” shows that public only really see one side of war. they are naive
• uses religion to relate to the audience