Themes

Power of nature

• Ozymandias

  • humans fighting against the power of nature is futile

  • nature has power through erasure

  • loss of power through nature is inevitable

  • ozymandias believed his unfluence would last forerver

• storm on the island

  • humans fighting against the power of nature is futile

  • power of nature is overwhelming

  • nature is unpredictable

  • nature is presented as the true enemy of man

  • nature has power through violence

• the prelude

  • power of nature is overwhelming

  • humans are insignificant compared to the power of nature

  • nature is presented as beautiful

  • nature has the power to enlighten

• exposure

  • humans fighting against the power of nature is futile

  • nature is presented as the true enemy of man

  • nature has power through violence

• kamikaze

  • power of nature overwhelms institutionalised power

  • nature has the power to ignite powerful memories

  • nature has the power to enlighten

• my last duchess

  • power of nature is alluring

  • nature is overpowering

power of identity

• checking out me history

  • agard shows oppressive groups can erase identity

    • ‘blind me to me own identity’

  • power in reclaiming identity

    • ‘i carving out me identity’

  • ignorance in education can lead to oppression of identity

    • ‘dem tell me wha dem want to tell me’

    • ‘dem tell me about the dish that ran away with de spoon, but dem never tell me about nanny de maroon’

• kamikaze

  • control of japanese military strips identity

    • ‘a shaven head full of powerful incantations’

  • societal infrastructure leads to erasure of identity

    • ‘we too learned to stay silent’

    • we is his family

  • attempting to reclaim identity is useless

    • ‘he must have wondered which would have been the better way to die’

• ozymandias

  • nature has the power to erase identity

    • ‘a shatter’d visage lies’

    • ‘lone and level sands’

• my last duchess

• the emigree

  • conflict can erase identity

reality of conflict

• bayonet charge

  • war is dehumanising

• storm on the island

• exposure

  • war is dehumanising

• remains

  • war is dehumanising

• war photographer

  • war is oppressive

  • expressing the reality of war will never lead to understanding

• poppies

  • war affects millions

• kamikaze

psychological effects of conflict

• remains

• war photographer

• the emigree

• exposure

power of memory

• the emigree

• ozymandias

• checking out me history

• my last duchess

• remains

power of people

• london

• ozymandias

• my last duchess

• charge of the light brigade

• checking out me history

• the prelude

• exposure

• storm on the island

• kamikaze

power of art

• ozymandias

  • art has the power to tell truth

  • art has the power to create identity

• my last duchess

  • art has the power to create identity

• war photographer

  • art has the power to tell truth