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Explore the portrayal of war in the poetry of William Shakespeare and Wilfred Owen. 'Dulce et Decorum est', or it 'It is sweet and right' is a post traumatic experience of war written to not only shock but haunt a readers conscience or perception of war, the old lie, 'Dulce et Decorum est'. 'Before Agincourt' by William Shakespeare is a poem so far away from Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum est' in meaning, context and time that the two portrayals of war are hard to compare. To make the comparison successful it is important to establish that Wilfred Owen is responding to direct experience and Shakespeare is merely guessing at words possibly spoken by King Henry V before the 'Battle of Agincourt'. The Battle of Agincourt, 1415 was led by King Henry V. The aim being to seize the French throne. Henry's army succeeded, an amazing 19,000 men down. Shakespeare's poem...

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