Journeys explored in Journey's End

Journeys explored in Journey's End

1. Stanhope

   • Audience has prejudice views before we meet his character because of how others discuss him in the beginning
     • Subject of gossip
       • Drinking habits
   • Violent encounters with:
     • Raleigh- ripping the letter from his hand
       • Page 46: "Stanhope clutches Raleigh's wrist and tears the letter from his hand."
     • Hibbert- threatening to kill him
       • Aggressive towards him- page 86
         • Page 54-58
           • "Stanhope turns and thrusts him roughly back."
           • "(He takes out his revolver)"
   • Confides in and comforts others
     • Comforts Raleigh as he dies painfully
       • Page 100-103
         • "(He bathe's the boys face)"
         • "Lay him down here"
           • Osborne's bed// Significant
         • "(lightly runs his fingers over Raleigh's tousled hair)"
       • Contrasts to him getting aggressive towards Raleigh: his arrival, his sister, the letters, calling him Dennis

2. Raleigh

   • Beginning
     • Almost obsessed with Stanhope?
       • Admiration
         • Specifically goes to his command
     • Naïve
       • Doesn't understand the danger of war
         • Excited for the raid
           • "Awfully exciting"
     • Innocence
       • Doesn't understand the impact of war
         • Warned by Osborne on his arrival about how Stanhope won't be the same Dennis from school
           • Starts to understand
             • Notices Stanhope's drinking
               • "And yet you can sit there and drink champagne"
   • Death
     • Still quite innocent
       • However not part of a team at the end
         • Doesn't join them for celebatory dinner after Osborne's death
     • Compares injury from the war to that of a rugby incident at school
       • "I got kicked in just the same place at Rugger; it--soon wore off."
         • Naïve
         • Hopeful
           • Creates hope for the other characters?
         • Strong
     • Exit to the front line
       • "Do you want me to go up?"
         • No hesitation like Hibbert
         • Gets straight on with it
       • "Cheero- Stanhope"

3. Hibbert

   • Homesick
   • Frightened
     • Puts off going to the front line at the end
       • Drinks water: swirls it round his mouth to waste time
         • Page 97: "(Slowly rinsing his mouth with every sip)"
         • Page 97: "There's no appalling hurry is there?"
           • No team spirit
   • Doesn't follow camaraderie
     • Makes excuses to go home
       • Lying
       • Nerves in his face hurt
   • This feeling on him being terrified and wanting to escape continues from the start to the ending of the play

4. Osborne

   • Avuncular
     • Other characters call him 'uncle'
     • Motherly figure?
       • Tucks Stanhope in bed at night
     • Was a teacher
       • Hierachy
         • Balancing force
           • Taken away once he dies
             • Everything becomes unstable
   • We don't see a change in his character as such
     • He is genuine throughout and helps the others
       • Adds a sense of normality to the situation they are all facing

5. Trotter

   • Normalises the situation slightly
     • Humour
   • Love for food
   • Jolly
     • Singing
   • Friendly character throughout
   • Doesn't seem as affected by the war as other characters
     • E.g.
       • Stanhope's alcohol abuse
         • However he does tell stories about home sometimes
           • His way of coping