What is the cost for liberty or the price for domination? Most of us say sacrifice: the sacrifice of innocent persons' welfare. To earn freedom or gain control, an individual's welfare must be surrendered in order to fight for his homeland. Their welfare is replaced with severe mental anguish, unceasing terror, agonizing physical pain, and death. These traumas are suffered both by a volunteering patriot or a reluctant recruit. The only difference between the two is whether or not they believe their sacrifices were done in vain. Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est and Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade illustrate soldiers' experiences in the time of combat, but the poets' attitude about war differ from one another: Tennyson glorifies the bravery in war, while Owen shows his contempt of war as a whole.
             Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade depicts a sense of honor and courage of the six hundred men who marched to their imminent death. Unlike Owen's poem, he does not describe gruesome details of combat. Tennyson focuses on the army's relentless march into a battle that they all know they will lose. Like all soldiers, they do not retreat, nor do they ever question the orders of their superior:
             The soldiers knew the order to march forward was not a good idea. They knew the outcome was going to be unpleasant. Because of their intense patriotism and loyalty, the soldiers do not question the order. They were willing to "do and die [in] the valley of Death" for the sake of their cause (878). As an individual, each feared his fate. As a whole, their bravery and patriotism overcame the fear of the "cannon
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