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Explain how 'What Were They Like' and 'Vultures' make the reader - Think carefully about the nature of evil
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Gemma Phillips 10-1/T 15th November 2002 Explain how 'What Were They Like' and 'Vultures' make the reader Think carefully about the nature of evil The two poems, 'What Were They Like' and 'Vultures' make the reader think carefully about the nature of evil due to the use of poetic devices by the authors Chinua Achebe and Denise Levertov, the way in which each poem is structured and presented and also the way in which evil is shown in each poem. The poem 'Vultures' portrays a contrast between good and evil, it shows how the two elements can be linked even through complete dissimilarity. The vultures show love to one another but they are also evil as the poet describes how they devour the human corpse. The Commandant at Belsen shows love for his son but again, he also shows devout evil by exterminating millions of other people's children at the camp. In...
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