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Journey’s End Act I - Coggle Diagram
Journey’s End Act I
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Literary Elements
Foreshadowing
One of the soldiers warns Raleigh in the first act of the play that he is about to encounter a version of Stanhope he has never seen before. Stanhope's erratic temperament, a sign of his PTSD, is foreshadowed by this.
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Dramatic Irony - Sheriff employs dramatic irony (i.e., letting the audience know more than the character) throughout Act 1 by showing Stanhope and Osborne discussing Raleigh while he is off-stage.
Juxtaposition - Sherriff contrasts scenes of dining and conversing with scenes of battles and bloodshed. This serves to remind us that we are dealing with human beings. Dangerous weaponry are discussed with mundane matters like apricots and pineapples mixed up. This demonstrates how males have become so acclimated to risk and violence that it is simply a part of their daily existence.
Contrast
When the tall and slender Stanhope first walks onto the set, he's accompanied by the pudgy red-faced Trotter. This emphasises Stanhope's heroic physical characteristics and helps us comprehend Raleigh's boyish love for him.
Hibbert's wish to go - and his pretext of illness to do so - contrasts with Stanhope, who, according to Osborne, has "never had a rest."
The contrast between Trotter's food addiction and Stanhope's drinking addiction is used to demonstrate how everyone utilises crutches to cope with the horrors of war.
Setting
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In the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War.
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