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The poem "Vultures" contrasts vultures and humans by describing a commandant at Belsen concentration camp who has just burned his opponents but returns home to dote on his children with sweets. While the commandant represents cruelty, the poem suggests love and evil will always coexist, as whenever there is darkness, there is also light, and even an "ogre's" heart may hold love alongside its cruelty. Overall, the author aims to convey that love and evil naturally coexist in both nature and humanity.

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Theme of Vultures PDF

The poem "Vultures" contrasts vultures and humans by describing a commandant at Belsen concentration camp who has just burned his opponents but returns home to dote on his children with sweets. While the commandant represents cruelty, the poem suggests love and evil will always coexist, as whenever there is darkness, there is also light, and even an "ogre's" heart may hold love alongside its cruelty. Overall, the author aims to convey that love and evil naturally coexist in both nature and humanity.

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Theme of the Poem

The poem “Vultures” which was set in 1971 and talks about vultures and humans
while contrasting them together. The poem talks about the father who is the
commandant at Belsen concentration camp who goes home to his loving children.
The commandant has just set his opponents on fire and the smell of the dead bodies
is still stuck in his nostrils. The commandant has bought sweets for his children that
show his humane and loving side. The last paragraph in the poem is about love and
evil. The poet talks about how whenever there’s darkness there will always also be
light. It further means that a heart of an ogre will always be cruel but there is also
the possibility of love in his heart. Overall the author is trying to push the messages
through that love and evil will always exist together. This shows that in nature love
and evil will always exist together.

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