Conflict dehumanises individuals through several aspects thus subsequently evoking powerlessness in a societal hierarchy. Dawe’s Homecoming and Weapons Training written during Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War has successfully merged the negative emotional characteristics of war. In Dawe’s Homecoming, his intelligent attempt to impart the representation of powerlessness through a bitter tone, ‘- Curly heads, kinky-hairs, crew-cuts…’ emphasising the loss of identity in the “returned soldiers” with a list of vivid visual imageries. This also implies the range of age in the troops that further reinforcing the depressive melancholic tonality. Nevertheless, the use of the harsh sounds, ‘C…K…C’ illustrates the cruel slaughters and once again
