March 2023

theme of irrationality of war in the man he killed by thomas hardy

Thomas Hardy’s (1840-1928) poem The Man He Killed is a lyrical monologue of a soldier who has returned from war. He’s speaking about the war to his friends and native villagers in a pub. In its 1902 original publication in Harper’s Weekly magazine, the poem’s setting is a scene inside the Foxx Inn pub.

Hardy moved a lot between London and Dorset in his life, finally settling in Dorchester. These areas were popular for their antiwar stances on the ongoing second Boer War in South Africa, which lasted from 1899 to 1902. The Man He Killed is just one of the antiwar poems the poet wrote to show the senselessness and negative effects of war.

Symbolism of the audiotapes in Cathedral by Raymond Carver

Short stories

“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver: Symbolism in the Audio Tapes and What they Reveal about each Character

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Raymond Carver’s 1983 short story Cathedral is about awakening and eye-opening experiences that go beyond the physical world. It vividly illustrates the difference between merely looking and seeing; hearing and listening that creates a connection.

The author portrays this so well through the main theme of blindness and other symbolic elements. And more notably, the narrator’s character development, which goes from shallow and insensitive, to gaining the ability to look within themself and see things through another’s perspective.

Month: March 2023

War and its Irrationality in Thomas Hardy’s Poem“The Man He Killed”

“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver: Symbolism in the Audio Tapes and What they Reveal about each Character