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Compare and Contrast “Dulce et Decorum est” and “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
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Oliver Thomas Compare and Contrast "Dulce et Decorum est" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" Tennyson and Owen have very different views of war. In "The Charge of the Light Brigade", Tennyson shows an attitude which focuses on duty and the army working as a team. It also portrays 'the 600' as brave and valiant, and tells us that they were glorious and that we should honour them because of how great they were. Tennyson's poem skips over all the pain and suffering of the soldiers, and the fact that the charge of the light brigade was a terrible disaster. Instead, it just shows war to be an honorable and good thing to be involved in. In "Dulce et Decorum est" Owen tries to show the full horror of war. Instead of showing the soldiers as great heroes, he focuses on the suffering and pain of living in the trenches, and the...
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