Motives of Adolf Hitler in Audens Epitaph on a Tyrant...

Adolf Hitler was a very powerful man, and had a disturbing vision of how the world should be. W.H. Auden was interested in Adolf Hitler, and this interest can be seen in Auden’s poetry. September 1, 1939 and Epitaph on a Tyrant are two poems in which Auden scrutinizes Hitler’s actions. Auden uses symbolism in these two poems to illustrate the different aspects of Hitler’s life and actions. To begin with, Epitaph on a Tyrant personified Hitler’s obsession with â€Å"perfection of a kind.† The obsession with â€Å"perfection† that Hitler held and the dream of a world where blonde hair and blue eyes ruled upset Auden. To attempt genocide on all non-Aryan races was an atrocity and Epitaph on a Tyrant embodied Auden’s emotions of the ethnic cleansing†¦show more content†¦With the army he had raised, Hitler was able to invade Poland on September 1, 1939 and instigate the largest scale war to date. Speaking of September 1, 1939, the poem September 1, 1939 sheds a lot of light on Hitler’s regime. September 1, 1939 gives insightful knowledge stating, â€Å"From Luther until now / That has driven a culture mad.† This sums up the reason that could explain why Hitler was obsessed with the Aryan race. Lutheran is a religion that is prevalent in most of Germany. The founder, Martin Luther, was anti-Semitic. For this reason, many Germans were brought up to be anti-Semitic. Martin Luther’s principles no doubt had a large influence on the German people, especially the Nazis. September 1, 1939 gave reasons as to why the Nazis and Hitler held such hatred towards minority groups. September 1, 1939 also questions Hitler’s past and shows how parenting may have had a large effect on Hitler’s future actions. To understand Hitler’s past, one must â€Å"find what occurred at Linz.† Hitler grew up in the town of Linz, which is in Austria. His father frequently beat him when he was g rowing up and denied Adolf the right to follow Adolf’s dream and become an artist. During the war, Hitler turned Linz into an artillery practice field and blew it to smithereens.