"Is Stanhope the hero of Journey’s End?" Explore the ways in which Sheriff presents the character of Stanhope "How is the dear young boy? Still drinking like a fish‚ as usual?" The character of Stanhope is introduced by Hardy in Act 1‚ without him actually making an appearance. Osborne shows respect to Stanhope and is clearly angry and annoyed by the way Hardy is dismissive of Stanhope’s ability. Already‚ we are presented with two contrasting views of Stanhope. By considering the way in which both
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Birdsong and Coffee is an extensive documentary that examines the connection between the fate of the migratory song birds‚ the coffee producers in South America‚ and the coffee consumers. The documentary connects the issue of migratory song birds and the economic states of coffee consumers and producers in a very interesting way; the film connects it by discussing how coffee plants act as shelter for the song birds and this economic instability of the coffee industry leads to these coffee plantations
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The Reality of War Exposed in Journeys End 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
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Explore the relationship between Stephen and Madame Azaire in the opening of ‘Birdsong’ In this essay I will be arguing that the relationship between Stephen and Madame Azaire is intangible in the opening of Birdsong. I think that the reason Faulks has done this is to engage the reader so that throughout the novel it is unclear on how their relationship is going to develop. I will be exploring a number of different encounters with Stephen and Madame Azaire. I will be talking about how their relationship
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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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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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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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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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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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