In 1855‚ when Alexander II‚ son of Nicholas I‚ came to power as Tsar of Russia he was faced by many problems. Russia‚ being the backwards place it was needed reform. The gap between the noble class and the peasant class was enormous and causing problems. The serfs were being treated horribly; the legal system and educational system were in desperate need of changes. There were also governmental issues that needed to be addressed. Russia could use as much reform as possible; Alexander II saw these
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Although both ’Dulce et Decorum Est´ and ’The Charge of the Light Brigade´ are about battle and the of soldiers‚ they portray the experience of war in different ways. Tennyson´s poem celebrates the glory of war‚ despite the fact that‚ because of an error of judgement (’Someone had blundered´)‚ six hundred soldiers were sent to their . Owen´s poem‚ on the other hand‚ might almost have been written as a challenge to Tennyson´s rousing and jingoistic sentiments. He presents the horror of senseless
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revealed. The Battle of Balaclava‚ also know as The Charge of the Light Brigade‚ was a battle between the British and the Russian during the Crimean War. This particular battle
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become a nurse. Florence‚ now thirty-one went to work at Kaserworth Hospital in Germany‚ and was later promoted and moved to a hospital in London. In 1854 Britain‚ France and Turkey declared war on Russia‚ marking the begging of the Crimean War. The allies had the upper hand in the war but
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36‚ he was viewed as a very experienced statesman with a broad and thorough education which had reared him from the throne. Alexander II’s reign did not start as promising as one would have hoped‚ with his inheritance of the bloody and draining Crimean War‚ which eventually ended in 1856 with the Treaty of Paris‚ that ruled Russian warships out of the black sea – a deafening blow towards Russian intentions and dominance in the Balkans. Due to this‚ Alexander II recognised that in order to create stability
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launched reforms for political matters: Au Ottoman leaders launched reforms by the command on of the sultan/leader because they wished to repair the strength of their lands (military-wise). Russia also wished to strengthen their empire after the Crimean war ‚ so they focused reforms to build stronger politically. Differences politically were slaves playing a large role in the Ottoman empire was were the Ottoman empires form of government regarding leaders and power‚ as compared in contrast to the
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For example something which starts off as a family feud may end up as a World War. We can look at the causes of conflict‚ what actually happens or the effects. Tennyson’s ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ paints a picture of the glory and honour of soldiers in battle as it happens. It describes an incident during the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War. Sheers’ ‘Mametz Wood’ focuses on the aftermath and futility of war. Hughes’ ’Hawk Roosting’ looked at the causes of conflict‚ someone who has power
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Conflict is a main theme in war poetry as will be shown throughout this assessment. In ‘The Man He Killed’ By Thomas Hardy the speaker is a young soldier who has killed an enemy in the Boer War and is experiencing guilt and regret about his actions‚ as further on in the poem he considers him as a friend had they met under different circumstances ‘You shoot a fellow down You’d treat if met where any bar is’. The theme of the poem is about the man that the young soldier has killed. The poem is spoken
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shows the soldier’s realization of war. Charge of the light brigade is about a famous battle which was called the Crimean war and during the war‚ the British‚ French and Turkey armies were fighting against the Russians over control of the Dardanelles. The poet wrote the poet to memorialize a suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces. Tennyson wanted to show how brave the British soldiers were. His job was to keep people thinking that war is good. He recounts on the story
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Alexander II as it inspired faith in some peasants that reforms were coming whilst sending a message to the landlords that their authority wasn’t threatened. From a military point of view Alexander had seen Russia take heavy casualties in the Crimean war and as he feared Europe’s more militarily advanced countries gaining influence he started in 1857 to execute the army and naval reforms. (Troyat‚ 1992) (Lovett‚ 2003) This should therefore have been a very appealing option to Alexander II as he
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