The First Casualty Ben Elton

Arguably, The First Casualty by Ben Elton presents the character of Captain Shannon as depraved and dehumanised by the effects of WW1, but perhaps the savage nature of war simply brought out a barbarous side to him that had always been there. The...

Arguably, Ben Elton, Isaac Rosenberg, and Charles Sorely all present a vivid image of the brutal reality of both the grotesque physical and the resounding psychological effects of war, far different from the romanticism that pro-war poets of the...

Arguably, both poets present a sense of prestige and admiration towards those who participated in WW1, using hindsight as post-war poets to reflect upon the horrors endured by soldiers and to remind more modern readers of the utmost respect these...