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- What does Auden contrast in
the poem? Discuss the implications of these contrasts. (Ancient Greece
to WWII, glories of Greek achievements to the horrors of war, Thetis’ expectations to Hephaestos’
depictions)
- Why does Hephaestos create
such depressing, desolate, depraved scenes on Achilles’ shield?
- What does Auden convey about
war through this poem?
- Reflect on the meaning of the final two lines of the
poem? Why does the poem end with Achilles “Iron-hearted man-slaying
Achilles / Who would not live long.”?
- What does the poem suggest about the relationship between
war and humanity?
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