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Try not to die of boredom/ commit suicide challenge Flashcards

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Ozymandias themes

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Impermanence of life
Abuse of power

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Ozymandias quote on impermanence of life

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“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies”

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Ozymandias quote on the abuse of power

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“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings look on my works ye mighty and despair”

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London themes

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The abuse of power
Sacrifice of soldiers
Suffering

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London quote on the abuse of power

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‘Hapless solider sigh runs in blood down palace walls’

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London quote on suffering

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“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”

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The prelude themes

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Literally bullshit
Existential crisis = nihilism
The power of nature
Internal conflict

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Prelude quote on internal conflict/ existential crisis

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“There hung a darkness, call it solitude or blank desertion”

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Prelude quote on the power of nature

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“A huge peak, black and huge, as if with voluntary power instead”

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My last duchess

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Abuse of power
Desire for power

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Last duchess quotes on abuse of power

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“Half flush that dies along her throat”
“My gift of a 900 years old name”
“I gave commands” then all smiles stopped together

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Last duchess quote on desire for power

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“Notice Neptune though taming a sea horse”

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Charge of the light brigade themes

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Abuse of power
Patriotism and glory
Pointlessness of war

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COTLB quote on abuse of power

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“Into the valley of death rode the six hundred”
“Someone had blundered’

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COTLB quote on patriotism and glory

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“They that had fought so well”
“When can their glory fade?”
“Honour the Light Brigade”

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COTLB structure

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Stressed syllables at the start to show their excitement then stop to show their fear

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COTLB quote on futility of their life and wat

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“Theirs was to do and die”

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Exposure themes

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Conflict with nature
Futility of soldiers
Psychological trauma of war

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Exposure quote on conflict with nature

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“Worried by silence, sentries whisper”
“Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”

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Exposure quote on sacrifice and futility of soldiers

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“Sunk fires glazed with crusted dark red jewels”

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Storm on the island

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Conflict with nature
Futility of war
Power of God

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Storm on the island quote on conflict with nature

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“We just sit tight while wind dives and strafes invisibly”

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Storm on the island quote on futility of conflict and fear

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“We are bombarded by the empty air strafe, it is a huge nothing we fear”

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Storm on the island symbolism

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The storm is symbolic of god’s power yet Heaney humbles it

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Bayonet charge themes

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The abuse of government power
Inner conflict
Exploitation of soldiers (dehumanisation into weapons of war)

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Bayonet charge quotes on exploitation of soldiers

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“Sweating like a molten iron flame from the centre of his chest”

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Bayonet charge quotes on human’s affect on nature

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“Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame”

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Bayonet charge on the abuse of power and control from government

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“In what cold clockwork of the starts was he the hand that pointed that second?”

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Poppies theme

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Inner conflict on what the effects of war are
Grief
Reminiscence/ nostalgia

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Poppies quote on inner conflict about war

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“Bandaged” “smoothed” “rounded” = verbs imply she is doing motherly things and feeling pride
“I listened, hoping to hear your playground voice catching on the wind”

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Tissue themes

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The futility of modern infrastructure and what our life is
Powerlessness of humans
Anti capitalism

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What are the messages in tissue?

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That all features of our identity are associated with tissue
Which is a fragile and fleeting object
But by ‘letting light shine through’ we take back our power and accept our mortality and impermanence

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Quotes in tissue on acceptance and realisation of existence

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“Turned into your skin” = embracing the impermanence of life and self determining your worth by your body and actions

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The emigre themes

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Identity

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The emigrée quotes on identity

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“Soon I shall have every coloured molecule with it” = city is split up into small sections to emphasise its importance to her
“Memory of it is sunlight clear”

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The emigree quotes on native language

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“The child’s vocabulary I carry like a hollow doll”

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The emigre quotes on conflict

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“They accuse me of being dark in their new city” = fear as the new city is seen as ‘free’ despite being more restrictive

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Checking out me history themes

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Suppression of identity
Conflict between cultures created by Europeans that aim to suppress celebration

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Checking out me history quotes on taking back identity

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“I carving out me identity”

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Checking out me history quotes on exasperation

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‘And de cow who jumped over de moon’

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Kamikaze themes

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Existential realisation on power of nature
Free will
Pride and honour

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Kamikaze quote on existential realisation

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“Tuna, dark Prince, muscular, dangerous”
Nature is the most truly powerful force, has an existential crisis

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Kamikaze quote on the beauty of nature

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“But cairns of pearl grey”

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