are‚ Raleigh‚ Osborne and Stanhope. In this essay I will be introducing and analyzing the 3 main characteristics from the story journeys end. And RC sheriff who is the author of the story journeys end‚ he introduced many characters and one of them was Raleigh‚ Raleigh was the youngest solider in the army‚ he is going to fight in a war for the first time‚ he was so excited to see his friend Stanhope‚ they were friends together back in school days when they were kids‚ Stanhope is like a hero for Raleigh
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number). The character who seems to be the most affected by the war‚ is clearly Stanhope‚ who drinks to try and rid himself of the fear he feels inside. For this reason‚ he is considered‚ by some‚ to be a drunkard‚ and a “freak show exhibit‚ who gets payed a bottle of whisky simply to satisfy the morbid curiosity of people to be seen drinking it” (Osborne‚ pg. 5). This is not only showing how the war affects Stanhope‚ but is also one of the main story lines of the play. His rather serious drinking
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but the character on which frailty is mainly focussed is Stanhope. Stanhope is the topic of many conversations within the dugout and the first conversation we see‚ Stanhope is mentioned. The conversation is between Osborne‚ the second in command‚ and the commanding officer of the company being relieved. The commander inquires as to whether Stanhope is “drinking like a fish”‚ this indicates towards the audience for the first time‚ that Stanhope is an alcoholic and is seen to turn to alcohol to cope
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being forced apart by war. This is evident between Raleigh and Stanhope and there is a clear resentment from Stanhope towards Raleigh of him being there. We learn of this right from when they see each other in the dugout when Stanhope greets him by saying: ‘How did you – get here?’ The greeting towards Stanhope is not one of embrace‚ but more of shock. This is because‚ as we later in the play find out‚ of bitterness caused by Stanhope not wanting Raleigh to find out about his alcohol addiction
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Stanhope was introduced in the play as an alcoholic when Hardy addresses his drinking issue and asks Osbourne if Stanhope has been “drinking like a fish‚ as usual” referring alcohol as something Stanhope won’t be alive without; a simile is used to describe how Stanhope drinks alcohol like water. A bit later in the play‚ Hardy confirms that he is talking about alcohol when he says‚ “I never did see a youngster put away the whiskey he does” which shows that Stanhope did not drink alcohol
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few seconds between each. Stanhope and Trotter listen intently‚ four shells‚ then silence.” This is dramatic because when Stanhope and Trotter listen “intently” it makes the audience wonder what they are listening and when silence falls it reveals that the big attack is about to happen. This is also evident previously when Stanhope is talking to the Sergeant Major which builds tension and suspense. Sherriff makes this extract revealing by the nervous actions Stanhope. This is evident in the stage
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by R.C Sheriff In the play “Journey’s end” R.C Sherriff recreates the tremendous stress and fear by the men at the front in the First World War. In this essay I am going to focus on two characters‚ who show stress and fear. The two characters are Stanhope‚ who is the captain and Hibbert who is an officer. R.C Sherriff reconstructs the war in Journey’s end by making the audience feel as if they are there in the war with the characters. The play is based in the officer’s dugout‚ which was where the
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coping‚ which runs throughout the play. From the beginning when Raleigh first meets Osborne to the very end where Stanhope is trying his best to save Raleigh‚ we are aware of how each of the soldiers are able to guide each other in coping with the war and even looking after each other. Life in the trenches was already difficult enough but now we are able to view how soldiers such as Stanhope‚ Trotter and Mason dealt with their issues of war. For example‚ Stanhope’s coping mechanism was alcohol‚ in almost
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Raleigh joined straight out of school when he was eighteen and after seeing Stanhope freshly promoted‚ he decided to sign up to the war. In order to capture the true essence of war‚ the author had to include men from different backgrounds‚ with different personalities and feelings. The different personalities make sure that Sheriff
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public health was defined as “what we‚ as a society‚ do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy” (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ p. 7‚ 2012). The mission of public health was “to generate organized community effort to address the public interest in health by applying scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health” (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ p. 7‚ 2012). The definition and mission of public health has not changed. “In the United States‚ the local-state-federal
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