What contribution does the chosen character (Hibbert) make to Journey's End?
What contribution does the chosen character (Hibbert) make to Journey's End? 'Journey's End ' shows the back stage view of fighting men in the first world war trenches. It gives you the idea of how they coped with rationed food, death and fear. The character that shows the most fear is Hibbert. Hibbert plays the part of an officer of the company, with Stanhope as the head. Hibbert is too much of a coward to be an officer as he alway tries to back out of going up to the front line, for example when he is talking to Stanhope and said " I've a perfect right to go sick if I want to. The men can - why can't an officer?" Hibbert's personality is mainly fear which sets the scenes, as the worst thing you can get at war is fear. This must be why R.C. Sheriff the play wright used Hibbert as a coward to show people the consequances of world war one soldiers have to cope with. The play wright describes Hibbert as a coward who is isulated because of the fear which has almost taken over his life. There is a part in the script where Hibbert is pleading to Stanhope for him not to go up to the trenches, Hibbert said " I can't bear to go up in those awful trenches again -." Hibbert doesn't feel much about the main reason what war is for as he really thinks about what the next excuse he can use to get out of the next raid on Stanhope. When Hibbert is stressed he has no other option but to
Explore how sherriff presents the relationships between Osborne and Stanhope
Explore how Sherriff presents the relationships between Osborne and Stanhope Plan * The both are from same wealthy upper class (officers) This makes difference as officers do to socialize with the normal men. They can also understand each other since they have common interest like cricket and rugby. * Osborne has a lot of respect for Stanhope professionally; Stanhope has been in the army for a long time. (Quote) * Osborne cares for Stanhope as a guardian, (quote) * Had such a strong friendship when Osborne died Stanhope could not forget about him (been friends) * Osborne understands Stanhope's drinking disorder, Osborne understands that Stanhope is under a lot of pressure due to the setting of the war. Although Stanhope is bad tempered sometimes, Osborne still like him. * In this essay I will consider........... Description of story, Setting of the play * The different themes the play includes Proper This play is set in the First World War, the play is based on an officers dugout in the British trenches on the front line for six days. Throughout, the play describes the conditions of trench life how horrifying it was, from being wet and cold to having millions of rats running around and gnawing at the men's boots. In addition to the poor conditions the men had to stay in, they had to live with the fear of expecting the Germans to attack at any time. Besides the
"Journey's End" By R.C Sherriff - Discuss and describe Sherriffs presentation of the following themes: Cowardice, Heroism, Comradeship and Friendship
"Journey's End" By R.C Sherriff Discuss and describe Sherriffs presentation of the following themes: * Cowardice * Heroism * Comradeship and Friendship 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 explores the harsh conditions experienced by soldiers and officers at the front line. Sherriff showed a lot of different themes in his play, which made it very effective. R.C Sherriff presents many different ways in which men reacted to the pressures of the First World War. He uses Hibbert to show the way some of the soldiers reacted, and then presents the opposite view of Stanhope who, despite being typical perfect solider, still has is moments of fear and self-doubt. He uses Osborne to represent bravery, courage and heroism. And finally he shows the friendship formed between characters such as the relationship between Stanhope and Raleigh. Hibbert is a significant exception to the other officers, as he is a coward, a weak and repellent man. He complains about a pain in his eye. "I don't think I can manage
"Journey's End" by R.C. Sherriff - A dramatic analysis of Act three, Scene one, showing how R.C Sherriff brings the raid to life and conveys the horror of war, despite the limitations of the stage.
"Journey's End" by R.C. Sherriff: A dramatic analysis of Act three, Scene one, showing how R.C Sherriff brings the raid to life and conveys the horror of war, despite the limitations of the stage. The author of the play R.C Sherriff, was an officer in the First World War. The play is based upon his real life experiences. He wrote several other plays, but it is for "Journey's End" that he is best remembered. The play shows the horrific conditions in the trenches. It also shows the class divide between the officers and the men. The scene is set in a dugout in the British trenches before St. Quentin. It is the 20th March 1918. Seven months before the end of the First World War. The dugout is bare and gloomy with make shift seats, a bed and a large table. The walls are of bare earth with a few pictures of girls pinned to them. There are candles burning and faint sound of the war. The front line is only fifty yards away. Act three, scene one, begins with Stanhope, the commanding officer, pacing up and down. It is dusk and a glow from the setting sun focuses the audience's attention solely on him. His mood is agitated and anxious. Two officers, Osbourne and Raleigh and ten other men are to go over the top of the trench to find out what is happening on the German's front line. They hope to cross seventy yards of no-mans land, and go through the German's wire fences. Their
Choose two contrasting scenes from, ‘Journeys End’, which you feel effectively present the themes of guilt and remorse. Analyze their effectiveness as drama.
Choose two contrasting scenes from, 'Journeys End', which you feel effectively present the themes of guilt and remorse. Analyze their effectiveness as drama. For this piece of work I am trying to show some of the emotions men go through when faced with the horrers of war; this is often shown in the forms of guilt and remorse. I am looking to analyze the relationship between Raleigh and Stanhope and how their comradeship is damaged by the pressures and struggles of war. This will be shown in the way the two scenes present the issues and then in the way that they contrast. The first of the two scenes I have chosen to use for this piece of work is the scene midway throughout the second act when Stanhope, riddled with alcohol, struggles to control his anger when Raleigh attempts to send off a letter. The second scene, I have chosen is the end scene, which shows Raleigh, after being wounded, with Stanhope at his side. These two scenes show the extreme pressures men are put under in the course of war. Stanhoppe drinks in order to just manage his day to day existence. Raleighs presence reminds him of the life he once had, his guilt at his drinking and his fear that Raleigh will lose respect for him, not to mention his fear of Raleigh reporting home to his sister about the terrible state that he is in. Raleigh on the other hand is young and naïve ; he does not fully understand
In what ways does R.C Sherriff recreate for his audience the tremendous stress and fear suffered by the men at the front?
In what ways does R.C Sherriff recreate for his audience the tremendous stress and feared suffered by the men at the front? In the play "Journey's end" R.C Sherrif 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 the essay will focus on are Stanhope, who is the captain and Hibbert who is an officer. A couple of background realities about the war are that it started in 1914 and a numerous countries were changed like Germany and England. This war was dissimilar to other wars that were formerly fought because they used more up to date weapons such as gas bombs and machine guns. It was estimated that nine million people died. R.C Sherriff was once himself in the World War one, as an officer in the East Surrey Regiment. He was injured in the battle of Passchendael in 1917. Journeys end is based upon his past experiences in the war - reflecting the way he and his comrades lived and fought and repeating some of its events. R.C Sherriff wrote other play, a few novels and quite a few film scripts. R.C Sherriff is best remembered for Journey's End. 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 officers dug out, which was where the most
Journey's End - How do the key scenes present a dramatic demonstration of R.C Sherriff(TM)s views on comradeship and heroism in World War One?
"Journeys End" by R.C Sherriff 20th century Drama Coursework Literature How do these key scenes present a dramatic demonstration of R.C Sherriff's views on comradeship and heroism in World War One? In 1928, ten years after the ceasefire of World War One, dubbed as "the war to end all wars", the author R.C Sherriff wrote his most famous play "Journeys End" which reflected his personal experience in the involvement as an officer in the battles of Ypres. The play is set in the British dugout in St Quentin, Northern France. R.C Sherriff shows that war isn't at all glorious and splendid as the press made it out to be, and that it is in fact careless, unnecessary and violent. The first scene that I have chosen to support my answer with is in act 3, page 78, from the Colonel saying "all right sergeant major" until the end of the scene. This extract contains a dialogue between the Colonel, Raleigh, Stanhope and Sergeant-Major. As soon as this key scene begins, the Colonel shows the sense of authority and respect between him and the enemy German Prisoner. The German's actions at the end of his interrogation ('the German boy, calm now, bows stiffly to the Colonel and goes away'.) shows that the soldiers don't really want to fight with each other and that comradeship and heroism is found often in both sides of the war. The Colonel is clearly very pleased with the capture of the
In the novel Guitar Highway Rose, Brigid Lowry expresses her theme of journey, both physical and emotional and her theme of relationship, both inside and outside school.
In the novel Guitar Highway Rose, Brigid Lowry expresses her theme of journey, both physical and emotional and her theme of relationship, both inside and outside school. This is conveyed through many text types such as inner monologue, stream of consciousness, lists, self-portraits, diary/journal entries, letters, conversation, description and first and third person narrative. Asher journeys alone at first but then Rosie and Asher journey together for most of the novel. Rosie and Asher experience and emotional journey while travelling from place to place. Lowry uses unusual and varied text types allowing the reader to follow the journeys of both characters. In the first few pages, Lowry uses different text types to introduce Rosie Moon. Lowry makes Rosie out to be a typical teenager who wants to be independent. In the theme of journeying and relationships Asher experiences it at the start as he moves to Perth from Byron Bay. These themes were expresses through text types such as first-person narrative and stream of consciousness. Lowry writes, " not like Byron Bay I wish I was back there". Through his physical journey he also experiences an emotional journey, as he hates it in Perth and wants to go back and live with his father in Byron Bay. He is sad in Perth and miserable. After a while at his new school, Asher is getting into trouble a lot for not obeying the school dress
In 'Journey's End', R. C. Sherriff presents a highly convincing and effective picture of the horrors of life in the trenches in World War 1.
In 'Journey's End', R. C. Sherriff presents a highly convincing and effective picture of the horrors of life in the trenches in World War 1. Contents: Introduction: An introduction to R.C.Sherriff and to World War 1 and what life was really like in the trenches. About 'Journey's End': Information as to where, when and why Journey's End was first produced on stage, and who played the characters in the original. Differences between the original 'Journey's End' and the 1995 BBC production: Finding differences with the original play and the 1995 BBC production and exploring how different effects would have been created, and whether there are any script / stage direction differences between the two. The message of 'Journey's End': Finding how R.C.Sherriff intended us to interpret 'Journey's End' and what he meant the play to mean. Bibliography Introduction: The First World War was a time of trauma and devastation. Many lives were lost, and in his play, 'Journey's End', R.C.Sherriff tries to effectively portray the havoc that World War I wreaked. R.C.Sherriff Robert Cedric Sherriff was born in 1896 and was educated at Kingston Grammar School primarily, until he moved to New College, Oxford. After completing his education, R.C.Sherriff entered his fathers insurance business. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, R.C.Sherriff joined the British army as a captain in
A Twentieth Century Drama Coursework on Journey's End by R. C. Sherrif
A Twentieth Century Drama Coursework on Journey's End by R. C. Sherrif Tim wells In 1914 two main power blocs dominated Europe, the Triple Alliance which Germany, Austria and Italy were part of, and the Triple Entente which Britain, France and Russia. The Event, which caused the war to start, was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian Throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand on a state visit to Bosnia. As the assassin was Serbian, Austria Declared war on Serbia and due to Germany supporting Austria and Russia supporting Serbia both of these powers were brought into the war along with France and later Britain because of an attack on Belgium by Germany. In the four years of war the casualties were enormous as both sides tried to push the enemy back. Neither side gained much land in the slaughterous charges that were continually applied by each. The resulting deaths were devastating. I will be writing about the play, journey's end that was written by R. C. Sherriff in 1928. The play is based in 1918 and influenced by R. C. Sherriff's real life experiences as an officer in the east Surrey Regiment. He was wounded in the battle of Passchendack in 1917. The Conditions of the First World War are presented in a very true way in the play, to what they would have been like in real life. The play is not based on the actual fighting and tactical side of the war, although it does take