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
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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
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effect o the experiences of work in Journey’s End and Strange Meetings. Strange Meeting by Susan Hill and Journey’s End by R.C. Sheriff both are books which recover the encounter that occurred during the time of World War one .Journey’s End much like strange meeting‚ goes in detail about the experiences of war and how characters from both books are affected. For example‚ Both Stanhope and Hilliard both have a different feeling towards home as of how the war has psychically and mentally changed
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impression of the relationship of Raleigh and Stanhope change and develop throughout Journey’s End? Throughout journey’s end‚ Stanhope and Raleigh’s relationship changes dramatically. The young men were good friends before the war‚ although it is not obvious when Raleigh arrives at the front. It becomes obvious as the play goes on that the relationship between Raleigh and Stanhope is tense‚ especially with Stanhope’s hostile attitude towards Raleigh. The young men’s relationship takes an unexpected
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Osborne in act 1 of “Journey’s End”? In act one Sheriff presents Raleigh as an enthusiastic newcomer to the army scene. He uses Raleigh to emphasise how much the younger generation of men/boys were being influenced into helping out in the war effort. “Yes‚ rather! We were at school together” this shows the extent of how much Raleigh was oblivious to the effects of war on young boys like him. Raleigh is also seen as what some may call the first stage of the effects of war. The change being from
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Compare and contrast relationships between men in Journey’s End and Regeneration. Relationships between men‚ and the strengthening of bonds‚ is incredibly important in war literature. This is because men’s relationships strengthen greatly during stressful situations and war is the most stressful situation a man can be in. The First World War was a brutal war which killed millions of men and is the main theme of Journey’s End and Regeneration. Journey’s End is a play set wholly in an officer’s dugout
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Journey’s End: The Horror of War RC Sheriff uses many ways to emphasize just how horrible life at the front‚ through characters’ behaviour‚ sounds shown in the performance directions‚ general themes explored throughout the play‚ etc. The following essay will describe mainly how the character’s behaviour is affected by the war‚ and will begin by explaining this‚ and will also describe how RC Sheriff uses stage directions to highlight these points‚ as well as to dramatize the play a little. Quotes
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Explore the ways in which Sherriff’s Journey’s End present the horrors of war. Compare and contrast your finding with Sebastian Faulks’ treatment of the same theme in Birdsong‚ ensuring that your response is informed by interpretations of other readers. Both Sherriff and Faulks depict the horrors of war through the various dramatic and linguistic techniques used. Some of these horrors can be perceived as the separation from loved ones‚ the responsibilities and expectations men faced in the trenches
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La’Monta Smith 11/19/12 AP Lit and Comp Strange Meeting By Wilfred Owen In Strange Meeting wrote by Wilfred Owen we enter this poem Owen seemingly escapes out of a battle with very little knowledge of where he is exactly at. After exploratory investigation among the many piteous men and surroundings he discovers he is in the pits of hell. Afterwards‚ we are drawn into a conversation between the narrator and a fellow solder
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due to the shell shock‚ and he would use these dreams as inspiration for his poetry. One image plagued his dreams‚ which was the idea that war was a sort of "mouth of hell‚" and it was this image that inspired Owen’s poem Strange Meeting. Owen’s poem is also reminiscent of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s The Revolt of Islam‚ which also depicts a journey through a strange land. Wilfred Owen’s main objective when writing his poetry is to shed light on the gruesome and horrific reality of being a soldier‚ which
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