Category: The Unknown Citizen

The Unknown Citizen’: Irony in the Poem Nowadays when I ask my students about the meaning of the term irony, smarty pants students quip me that the word irony is an adjectival form of the noun iron! Clever is the wit, of course; however, even in that joke, one can also see how irony could…

The Unknown Citizen: A Short Analysis of the Poem The Unknown Citizen begins with a prefatory dedication which identifies this unknown citizen only by a number (which roughly follows the structure of US social security numbers). Audens dedication suggests the poem was written to be inscribed on a marble monument to this unknown citizen, but…

The Unknown Citizen’: Irony in the Poem Nowadays when I ask my students about the meaning of the term irony, smarty pants students quip me that the word irony is an adjectival form of the noun iron! Clever is the wit, of course; however, even in that joke, one can also see how irony could…

The Unknown Citizen: A Short Analysis of the Poem The Unknown Citizen begins with a prefatory dedication which identifies this unknown citizen only by a number (which roughly follows the structure of US social security numbers). Audens dedication suggests the poem was written to be inscribed on a marble monument to this unknown citizen, but…

W. H. Auden’s Unknown Citizen and James McTeigues V for Vendetta: Comparative Analysis The two related texts that I have chosen includes, W.H Auden’s, Unknown Citizen and James Mcteigues V for Vendetta. McTeigue’s representation of an oppressed society effectively resonates with George Orwells 1984, hence my decision to choose it as my prominent text. Through…