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'Its unrelenting tension, and its regard for human decency in a vast world of human waste, are impressive and, even now, moving'. To what extent would you agree with Clive Barnes' assessment of the play 'journey's end' by R. C. Sheriff? R.C Sheriff uses the characters in his play 'Journey's End' to create tension and drama. In the opening scene, Sheriff uses Osborne, an elderly man who is second in command of the company that is coming on duty, and Hardy, the captain of the company that is coming off duty, to set the scene. Hardy starts to do this when pointing out features on a map of the front line, "Here we are, we hold two hundred yards of front line. We have a Lewis gun here and one in this little sap here and sentry posts where the crosses are". Sheriff also uses Hardy and Osborne to give an...

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