Journey's End

Presentation of the ‘Horrors of War’ in Birdsong and A Journey’s End In Journey’s End there are a lot of references to the shear numbers of people killed on the battlefield. Quotes such as “One thousand eight hundred companies in France” use figures to stress just how epic the war really was, the reader has to be reminded of how vast the war was as most of the readers would not have experienced it for themselves. Journey’s End makes the mass death seem even more insignificant

contrast the presentation of human weakness in R.C Sherrifs ‘Journey’s End’ with the presentation of the same theme in ‘Oh What a Lovely War’ by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre workshop. How far do you agree that human with the view that ‘Journey’s End’ presents human weakness more sympathetically? While both plays offer an exploration of human weakness, I agree that human weakness is presented more sympathetically in ‘Journey’s End’. ‘Journey’s End’ was written in 1929, shortly after the war had ended.

countries that contributes to millions of tragic deaths of courageous soldiers who sacrificed their lives, time and energy in order to defend their country. R.C Sherriff, who wrote the dramatic play “Journey’s End” which is considered a play close to reality, served as a soldier in World War 1. “Journey’s End” is a play which talks about the World War 1 and how war caused soldiers to change. Moreover, war is a frightening experience that no soldier can fail to recall. With a life-threatening war comes

Stanhope and Raleigh's Relationship in Journey's End Intro In this essay, I will attempt to discuss the changes and development in the ongoing and differing relationship between Raleigh and Stanhope. I will pay particular attention to character movement and speech, sound, lighting and audience reaction. Robert Cedric Sherriff was born on June 6, 1896, in Hampton Wick, England. After attending grammar school at Kingston on Thames, Sherriff worked in his father's insurance business until

The Attempts to Avoid the Horrors of Trench Warfare in Journey's End In Act 1 the characters in Journeys End attempt to avoid the horrors of trench warfare in a number of different ways like drinking, faking illness, telling stories about things that have happened at home, playing games to pass the time and not taking the war too seriously. These things take the character's minds off the war and help them to feel more relaxed. Some of the characters such as Captain

Discussion of Themes in Journey's End by R.C Sherriff Journey's End is a play about the full horror and futility of the trench welfare in the First World War. During the war, the playwright R.C Sherriff was an officer who was wounded in battle. He bases the play upon his real life experiences - mirroring the way he and his comrades fought and lived, re-living some of his past experiences. The play gives the audience a clear insight into the reality of life at war and

“Journey’s end”, a play written by R.C Sherriff he describes the horrendous effect of war on the soldiers. They play was written after Sherriff was sent home wounded in 1917. The play gives you an idea about the life of soldiers in war and how they survive; it portrays their feelings and emotions being there while witnessing the misery. Being an officer, R.C Sherriff understands the feelings and emotions of the officers in war. The three characters: Stanhope, the leader of company “c”, Raleigh and

Compare and contrast the ways in which Hill and Sherriff present the impact of war upon men’s relationships in Strange Meeting and Journey’s End and say how far you agree with the view that the relationships in Strange Meeting are more crucial for survival than those in Journey’s End. Strange Meeting and Journey’s End share many similarities; both the novel and the play are set during the First World War following the lives, and deaths, of the men in the officer ranks, and showing the immense

Act Three Scene Three of Journey's End Journey's end, written in 1918, is a short play set in the trenches of World War One. The English trench is opposite a German trench with only sixty or so yards of 'no mans land' between them. The play tries to show the reality of war through ideas or comradeship and the way that the characters interact under pressure of everyday life in the trenches. The play also displays ideas of heroism through respect for other soldiers or characters. Overall it

Explore the ways in which the effects of war on the individual are presented in ‘Journey’s End’. Then compare the ways in which Sherriff presents the effects of war on the individual with the ways in which Hill shows the impact of war on characters in ‘Strange Meeting’. The character most obviously affected by the war in ‘Journey’s End’ is Stanhope. We learn early on in the play that Stanhope drinks very heavily when Osborne and Hardy have a conversation about him. “I never did see a youngster