Playwright R.C.
conveys his distaste and disgust about
in “Journey’s End” through the story and experiences of his characters and his own experience in the
World
. The
was
performed in 1928, a decade after the
World
, and the
was set in 1918, 3 days before the
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.
served as an Officer of the 9th battalion of the East Surrey Regiment in the
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, one time in 1917 he was severely wounded in the infamous battle of Passchendaele, having a
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experience.
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the looming violence of
throughout the
, with each act ending with a sentence remarking
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constant sound of shelling and gunshots with stage directions mentioning how “In the quiet can be heard the low rumble of the guns up north.”, “Heavy guns…booming miles away”
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faintly……spatter of rifle fire” Which constantly reminds the reader of the constant
happening during the duration of the
, creating a sense of dread and insecurity. What’s interesting is that throughout the acts,
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of machine guns and rifle fires seemingly get closer, suggesting and symbolizing the nearing Spring Offensive.
amplifies the tension present during the
.
skillfully utilizes the
as a vehicle to depict the monotonous yet harrowing reality of
. In a pivotal act, a young soldier named Raleigh just returned from a trench raid, what’s noteworthy
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s that one of his commanding officers Osborne, whom he has grown close to, died during the raid, and after his Captain, Dennis
, insisted he celebrates alongside with his fellow
, overwhelmed by grief, Raleigh resolutely exclaims, “Good god!” “How can I eat when Osborne is lying out there?” The phrase “Good God” showcased Raleigh’s fragile mental state.
emotional and sometimes even physical instability is common among
serving in the
, particularly young, susceptible recruits who were enticed by propaganda would go on to haunt the
for years even after the end of the
.
condition is known as post-traumatic stress disorder, more commonly recognized as PTSD or shell shock.
would experience incessant explosions and shelling from the enemy which would often traumatize young
, depleting their mental and physical capabilities.
effectively captures the coping mechanisms employed by
to navigate the overwhelming stress of
through the character of
. Throughout the
,
relies heavily on alcohol as a means of escape, with the character Osborne remarking how
would drink “Till his nerves are battered to bits” before entering the front lines, the word “battered” projects an image of a completely drunk and defeated soldier, who wouldn’t have cared if he died in battle, which was what
was presumably trying to achieve.
would cause
to eventually succumb to alcoholism. He openly admitted that he can’t go into the front lines “without being doped up with whiskey” a powerful choice of words as it is seen as an attempt made by
to numb himself from the unceasing violence caused by
.
would often drown themselves in alcohol to give them “Dutch courage” a term believed to have originated from
’ reliance on Dutch gin to prepare for the horrors of
.
showcased how
mentally affected
and how some of them would rather be completely unconscious when in battle
than
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them with full mental control.