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'Jouney's End' by R.C Sherriff Robert Inman Journey's End is a 'fly-on-the-wall' insight into the lives of the officers in command of 'C' company in the First World War trenches. The conversations between the characters are mostly small talk which is contrary to the horrific situation which confronts them daily. The play shows what life in the trenches was like and in this essay I am going to write about how successful "Jouney's End" is in portraying the horrors and stresses of trench warfare. The Plot The play opens with Hardy and Osborne, two officers disscussing the events of the day and handing over the watch. The new officer 'Raleigh' arrives and he is introduced to Trotter, afellow officer and Stanhope who is the commaning officer an went to the same school as Raleigh. The officers learn of the German attack due on Thursday and Stanhope is summoned to the Colonel...

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