Importance of Osborne in Journeys End by R.C Sheriff Essay -- Journeys

Importance of Osborne in Journeys End by R.C Sheriff From the very beginning of the play, Sheriff put forwards to the audience that Osborne is the father figure and therefore that he is the voice of reason to the early(a) men. We find out that Osborne is a middle-aged man with iron-grey hair. Osborne however is physically in very good shape and is a tall, thin man who is physically as state of warm as nails. As Raleigh enters the audience sees a kind, caring side to Osborne. Sheriff puts across the ideas of Osborne being a family man through his calming conversation with Raleigh, where he tells Raleigh from what way he should look at the war. Theres something rather romantic about it all. Sheriff deliberately decides for the other characters in the play to call Osborne Uncle, this once again shows his maturity and that he quite responsible. He is always there when something needs to be done and he excessively very quick to volunteer to do any jobs th at may come along. Ill do the duty roll and see the sergeant major - and all that. For this the men respect him and therefore call him uncle. Osborne is also quite affluent and may be seen as an intellect. This is shown by the fact that he is a teacher and that he doesnt jump to conclusions about people and their actions. The origin time that the audience meets Osborne is in his conversation with Hardy who is the introducer of the play to the audience. The audience realises that Osborne is in the trench as he tries to take the mens thoughts away from the war and instead focus them of previous lives of things that have nothing to do with the war. Its a nice looking sock.... ... raiding party returns there is chaos amongst the ranks, this could possibly suggest that Stanhope and the other men require Osbornes experience in life and there seems to be a vast emptiness, this is shown by plenty of pauses followed by short, sharp conversations representing chaos. stress is also built as Raleigh naively sits upon Raleighs old bed. Must you sit on Osbornes bed? This shows that without the experienced, peacemaker, Osborne the men begin to have more modify arguments between themselves. In conclusion, therefore, Osborne added a sense of calmness to the abstract position that the men are put into. I believe that Sheriff has accomplished the task of detecting the readers eye through the voice of experience from Osborne.Work CitedSherriff, R. C. Journeys End. New York Brentanos, 1929.