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Trace the history of 'the old lie'.
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Trace the history of 'the old lie' 'The old lie' was the traditional view of war, which is honourable, glorious and heroic to fight and die for your country. During the time when Tennyson wrote his poem, 'The charge of the light brigade' (1854), everyone felt that dying for your country in action was honourable. But this view of war slowly changed as life went through World War I. When Rupert Brooke wrote his poems, at the outbreak of war, everyone was filled with euphoria and the eagerness to fight for their England. During the war, a poet called Wilfred Owen wrote about the harshness of war and how the traditional view of war was false. This totally changed the view of the people of England towards war. During the Victorian period, the British Empire grew and covered around a third of the world. This created much pride in being British. The people...
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