Remains by Simon Armitage

Notes

context & authorial intentions:

subject & themes:

Notes

• inspired by Ted Hughes

• wasnt afraid to tackle challenging & controversial topics

• war, death & post-traumatic stress

• traumatic flashbacks

• shooting

• drink and drugs

• real life experiences of war

• those who experienced war and survived are not dead but also arent alive

• post traumatic stress

• remains is ambiguous

• connected to Wilfred Owens poem ‘strange meeting’