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G.C.S.E Coursework 20th Century Drama - Journey's End In the final scene of the play, Journey's End, the writer, R.C. Serriff, uses various dramatic devices to create impact. The candles in the dugout are one example of this. They are used by Sherriff to symbolise the relationships between the inhabitants of the dugout. At the start of the scene the lights are extinguished and the dugout is completely black. This darkness is used to show the tense atmosphere after the argument between Raleigh and Stanhope the night before. In the final scene we see a side to Stanhope that was previously hidden. He is made out by Sherriff to be more vulnerable than he was previously seen to be. This is shown when the stage direction tells Stanhope to be "lying bundled with his blankets wrapped tightly around him." This is used to show how Stanhope is not the hard, whisky...

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