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The First World War marked an important turning point in Literary History: in the poems of Wilfred Owen, war is described for the first time in all its horror.
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The First World War marked an important turning point in Literary History: in the poems of Wilfred Owen, war is described for the first time in all its horror. War has always been described as horrific, but you had a chance to prove yourself in warfare. This is the impression we get from Chaucer's General Prologue to the "Canterbury Tales ". Chaucer (the pilgrim) describes the Knight, as a worthy man who had certain knightly qualities. He was a brave man and he behaved like a knight in shining armour should. He set an example to all the people around him and he had great respect for his King and Country. "He loved chivalrie..." in other words this noble man was well experienced in battle and he had fought in fifteen wars. Chaucer the pilgrim believed that he was a noble, generous and liberal Knight with good manners: "He was...
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