Thursday, 3 July 2014
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Stanhope and his whisky
Stanhope really likes his whisky despite giving some boy at school " a dozen with a cricket stump".
Suicide Mission
The colonel knows that when he send the officers over the top, it is basically like sending them on a suicide mission.
Osborne
Osborne is one of the friendliest characters in the whole play, this is shown by the rest of the character calling him "uncle". Therefore when he dies, by getting sent over, we cant help feeling very sad that he has gone. However this isn't shown by the other characters in the play as much we would have hoped.
Mason
Mason is a character that brings humor to the play and he also reminds us a bit of Bladrick from blackadder.
Sunday, 29 June 2014
Raliegh and Stanhope
I'm not sure if Stanhope actually likes Raleigh or not? Like when Raleigh is explaining to Osborne how he and Stanhope were "terrific pals," he seems certain Stanhope will be delighted to see him. However when they do, to me, it seems to have the opposite effect. Stanhope seems to dislike seeing Raleigh. Maybe its because Stanhope just doesn't like him or that he is just very surprised and doesn't want one of his "Pals" getting hurt?
Whats with Hardy?
Whats with Hardy? Through out the whole play we only see him once and yet he seems when we first meet him as if he is going to be one the main characters of the play. Maybe R.C. Sherriff added him into that first scene to add some humor such as when he starts blabbering on about "earwig races" but surely this could have been done by another character who we see more of in the play such as Trotter. Other people may disagree but i find him POINTLESS.
Setting the scene
At the start of the play "Journeys End" the scene is set by a detailed description of the dug out in one of the trenches. This is good because if your just reading the play it really helps you to vividly imagine what the stage would look like.
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