The Man He Killed

Question 1

The Man He Killed context

Answer 1

• written by Thomas hardy
• he was critical of the second boer war

Three types of conflict:

-physical
-internal
- class confoict, soldiers victims of class oppression

Question 2

The Man He Killed
Both Language techniques and quotes

Answer 2

Colloquial tone:

“Nipperkin” and “fellow”
Sounds like ordinary working class man, making the tragedy feel more personal and relatable

Repetition:

“I shot him dead because- Because he was my foe”

Hesitation to show uncertainty, guilt and struggle to justify the violence

Does not sit morally right with him

Question 3

The Man He Killed

Form technique and quote

Answer 3

Mostly iambic trimeter

“I shot him as he shot wt me, And killed him in his place”

Makes the poem sound like a harmless nursery rhyme- contrasts brutality of war to show the normalisation of brutality in war

Question 4

The Man He Killed

Structure technique, no quote

Answer 4

5 quatrains

Balanced and controlled structure juxtaposes the violence and disorder of war

Shows how society tries to justify war when it doesn’t make sense

Question 5

The Man He Killed also has cyclical structure

What’s the effects of this
Name three quotes from the beginning middle and end

Answer 5

1st quote : we should has sat us down to wet
2nd: I shot him dead because- because he was my foe
3rd: you’d treat if met where any bar is

This structure shows the progression of reflection. He criticises war, then tries to justify it only to go back to his first thought and opinion, shows you cannot justify the futility of war