The Man He Killed Flashcards
Extract 1
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Extract 2
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What is the purpose of the title of the poem being in the third person and the poem in the first person?
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What are the two things the speaker would have done for the man had they
not been at war?
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What do the two men - the man who killed and the man who was killed -
have in common?
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‘Chance favours the few’ Justify with reference to the poem.
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What tells us that the narrator is uncomfortable with his actions?
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Why does the poet think that the war is quaint and curious?
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What feeling does the poem arouse in you about war and why?
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How had Thomas Hardy explored the theme of conflict in the poem ‘The
Man He Killed’?
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Do you think the man the speaker killed was really the speaker’s foe? Why or
why not?
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How would the poet have treated the other soldier if they had met at an ancient
inn? What happened between them?
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What is the message of the poem?
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