Journey's end context
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 19-05-13 13:08
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- R C Sherriff 1896-1975
- was an officer in WW1
- the play is based on real life experiences during the war
- shows that the conditions of the trenches were horrific
- men slept and ate in mud
- constant fear of death from snipers and heavy bombardment
- Britain declared war on Germany in 1914
- the mood of Britain was one of heroic optimism
- it was thought that 'it would be over by christmas'
- millions of young men enlisted
- set in 1918 , near the end of the war
- conveys as message of sacrifice and commradeship
- reference to alice in wonderland
- the crocodile is war personified
- crocodile chrams and smiles
- it is inevitable that like the crocodile did war will kill the men
- the crocodile is war personified
- R C Sherriff 1896-1975
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