Themes (Junior Cert English): Flashcards
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Author of 'Base Details'
Author of 'Base Details'
Siegfried Sassoon
Theme: hypocrisy in 'Base Details'
Theme: hypocrisy in 'Base Details'
Hypocrisy of military leaders
Perspective used in 'Base Details'
Perspective used in 'Base Details'
Imagined perspective of a Major
'Scarlet Majors' suggests what?
'Scarlet Majors' suggests what?
High rank and flushed appearance from overindulgence
Officers' location vs soldiers'
Officers' location vs soldiers'
Comfortably and safely away from front lines
Theme: loss of young lives
Theme: loss of young lives
Senseless loss of young lives
Metaphor for young soldiers' deaths
Metaphor for young soldiers' deaths
Youth turned to stone
What 'toddle' suggests about officers
What 'toddle' suggests about officers
Carefree and unaffected attitude
Juxtaposition in the poem
Juxtaposition in the poem
Soldiers' deaths vs officers' safe return home
What officers' luxurious lives show
What officers' luxurious lives show
Hypocrisy and disconnect from war realities
How officers die in the poem
How officers die in the poem
Safely in bed at home