Stanhope from Journeys End by RC Sheriff Essay -- Journeys End Hero

Stanhope from Journeys EndStanhope provides the most obvious candidate for the accolade of wedge heel in Journeys EndR.C.Sherriff has included many themes in Journeys End a playportraying the reality of trench warfare. whatever of these includeComradeship, The horrors of war, Heroism and Relationships. My essaywill be focusing mainly on the theme of heroism.The audience relate the word hero with mainly unitary character in theplay. But the word hero has many positive connotations. A hero couldbe a person who saves the day or is a hero in some(a)body elses eyesor maybe even his personality and how he interacts with othercharacters could also give him the status of world a hero. There aremany aspects of Stanhope which rightfully award him the status ofbeing a hero.The audience is first introduced to the possibility of Stanhope beinga hero when we first meet Raleigh. A keen and un-experienced officer,Raleigh forces himself into Stanhopes battalion. Stanhope wasRaleighs hero ever sin ce high school, and when he joins the companyhe expects to some e...