return of the repressed
- 1. Your textbook discusses the “return of the repressed” in modern culture and literature. To what “repressed” groups does this refer, and how were they represented in politics, society, and literature?
- 2. Analyze the similarities and differences between “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “The Rear-Guard.”
- 3. Analyze the effect of the last two stanzas of “The Hollow Men.” Why doesn’t the speaker finish the Lord’s Prayer, and what is the effect of ending with a parodied nursery rhyme? What is the effect of having the world end with a whimper, rather than a bang?