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Consider the very different approaches to war presented in Wilfred Owen's poem
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English Coursework. Consider the very different approaches to war presented in Wilfred Owen's poem "Mental Cases" and Henry V's speech before the battle of Agincourt from Shakespeare's play "Henry V". Both these poems take their theme about war, but treat it in different ways: The poem "Mental Cases" was written by Wilfred Owen during the First World War and talks about the consequence and effects war has had on the minds of the soldiers. The poem is also very graphic in its descriptions and has an archaic feel. It shows the psychological and physical damage that occurs to the "survivors" of the war. Wilfred Owen talks as though he's observing them in a mental hospital, compared to the home he is actually viewing them in, again stressing the point that they are looked at as mental. The title "Mental Cases" is very brutal, it shows the consequences of war and that war is not...
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