This is a useful document where the whole play is summaries into just a couple of pages! For each scene you should expect to find… Summary of what happens Characters present Context Themes Key quotes with comments FOR JOURNEY’S END - R.C SHERRIFF

Important quotes with some analysis with page numbers for these two texts!

This is a series of notes made from using a range of A-Level Irish history textbooks to help me understand the context and back story of Barry’s novel. Detailed notes and a simplified timeline :) Made in mind for A-Level English Literature AQA, WW1 and its Aftermath Focus on 1880s to 1922: The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Home Rule bills Growing feelings of unionism in Ulster and the growth of the UVF. The return to arms Roles of British PMs (Gladstone, Asquith and DLG) The emergence of Sinn Fein Trade Unions in Ireland - General Strike and the Lockout of 1913 to 14 The Easter Rising The War of Independence and the partition of Ireland. James (Jim) Larkin and other figures