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    Although a play Journey end is primarily concerned with masculinity? Journey’s End shows the effect and horrors during the war. The irony of Journey’s End is the way it is set at the front line but we are faced with the mundane and passive elements of battle. The soldiers in Journey’s End talk about every topic but the war showing how they deal with the war in a masculine manner. Different characters in Journey End take different approaches to the war. Trotter seems to ignore his fate‚ and Stanhope

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    Interpretations of Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey ____________________________________________________________ The Hero’s Journey: 1. Heroes are introduced in the ORDINARY WORLD‚ where 2. they receive the CALL TO ADVENTURE. 3. They are RELUCTANT at first or REFUSE THE CALL‚ but 4. are encouraged by a MENTOR to 5. CROSS THE FIRST THRESHOLD and enter the Special World‚ where 6. they encounter TESTS‚ ALLIES‚ AND ENEMIES. 7. They APPROACH THE INMOST CAVE‚ crossing a second threshold 8. where

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    Journeys end- how sheriff conveys the horrors of war Sherriff makes it clear‚ throughout the play‚ that the horrors of war had a huge effect on the soldiers both mentally and physically. In this play you are going to find out how men who fought in world war one‚ coped with the stress and the strains‚ and you are also bound to discover the futility of the war as men died for no reason or for an effective cause. Sherriff makes it clear and explores one matter with particular depth that describes

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    Death will not take the people I love our journey will end differently” (Condie 309). This quote shows that a poem changes the point of view for Cassia. The poems make the characters realize things like they have not before. The poems open up Cassia’s imagination and allow her to be more creative and

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    HALF-CASTE and PARADE’S END M-meaning Half-Caste is a poem written by John Agard‚ and is a protest about the way he is treated because of his mixed parentage. He believes that humour is an effective way of challenging people’s opinions. He mocks the idea of mixed race people being ‘incomplete’; he is baffled and amused at the idea of being a half a person; he is angry that people are prejudiced and narrow-minded. He speaks with his native accent in English and this along with his anger makes his

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    streams have formed along my path. (I have an hour before I need to open my laptop and get to work on my day job; not all poets do whatever they like.) The fuscia flowers of the redbud tree are brilliant against the green of early leafing shrubs. Birdsong is all around me. I note some of the birds--if they are bright enough and close enough to the trail or I recognize their song. A few chipmunks scurry among the leaves on the forest floor. A cardinal lights on a branch nearby‚ a red flash. A robin

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    while in Craig Lockhart psychiatric unit for Officers only. Sebastian Faulks wrote Birdsong in 1993 and even though he was not alive during the war he has included the feelings and accuracy of recreating and reflecting on the world of World War One‚ very similar to someone like Wilfred Owen who died in battle. Before Faulks wrote Birdsong he was obsessed with the War‚ collecting memorabilia such as poems. Birdsong will be compared to the Six Poets of the Great War‚ an anthology of poets including

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    The portrayal of war in WW1 literature demonstrates a transition between glorification and futility. Through a detailed discussion of Birdsong‚ a selection of War Poetry and reference to Journey’s End‚ explore this portrayal. The people of 21st century Britain are very much aware that World War One was a bloodbath in which the lives of an entire generation of young men were wasted. Their sacrifice‚ however only succeeded in forming the foundations for another brutal conflict 20 years later. World

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    Journey’s End is a 1928 drama‚ the seventh of English playwright R. C. Sherriff. It was first performed at the Apollo Theatre in London by the Incorporated Stage Society on 9 December 1928‚ starring a young Laurence Olivier‚ and soon moved to other West End theatres for a two-year run. The piece quickly became internationally popular‚ with numerous productions and tours in English and other languages. A 1930 film version was followed by other adaptations‚ and the play influenced other playwrights

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    Area of Study Essay- Journeys The Oxford Dictionary defines Journey as “an act of travelling from one place to another”; this could‚ of course‚ be taken literally. Instead‚ why not think of “places” as emotional or mental situations? So you take a journey between different emotional states. “The journey‚ not the arrival‚ matters.” This statement is correct for all four texts I will be discussing. The journey is more important than the arrival because it is the journey that makes people who they

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