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    Cards (15)

    • my last duchess?
      duke killed his wife as he couldn't control her and has a painting of her that he shows people
    • ozymandias?
      about a crumbling statue of Ozymandias to portray power doesn't last forever
    • kamikaze?
      a daughters relationship with her father who was a kamikaze pilot who didn't complete his mission
    • the emigree?
      an individual who had to leave their country as a child because of war and now only remembers positive memories of it and not the reality
    • poppies?
      a mothers experience of watching her son go off to war
    • remains?
      a solider who is haunted by his involvement in shooting a bank looter (PTSD)
    • war photographer?
      the peculiar challenge faced by war photographers who's job requires them to record terrible, horrific events without being able to help them directly
    • charge of the light brigade?
      the bravery of soldiers doing their duty even if it leads to death
    • bayonet charge?
      highlights the brutality and pointlessness of war of a soldiers perspective
    • tissue?
      human power and fragility, power of paper
    • exposure?

      what life was like in the trenches during WW1 and the pointlessness of war and how they waited for their death.
    • prelude?
      his memory of stealing a boat but the overwhelming power of nature got to him
    • storm on the island?
      community of islanders preparing for a storm, battle of nature vs man
    • london?
      a speaker walking through london and noticing suffering all around
    • checkin out me history?
      a speaker finding out his own identity as he doesnt get taught the things he wants to get taught (black history)
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