Character Analysis (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Author of My Boy Jack play
Author of My Boy Jack play
David Haig
Rudyard Kipling's role in family
Rudyard Kipling's role in family
Authoritative father figure with Victorian patriarchal authority
Rudyard's haunting from Boer War
Rudyard's haunting from Boer War
Accusations of cowardice
Poem Rudyard uses to pressure Jack
Poem Rudyard uses to pressure Jack
'If—'
Jack Kipling's age in play
Jack Kipling's age in play
Seventeen years old
Jack's physical condition preventing service
Jack's physical condition preventing service
Severe short-sightedness
Jack's main motivation for enlisting
Jack's main motivation for enlisting
To escape his father's suffocating expectations
Jack's manner of death
Jack's manner of death
Death by grenade, face shattered
Carrie's observation about Rudyard's belief
Carrie's observation about Rudyard's belief
'You don't really believe in bravery'
Elsie's insight on why Jack enlisted
Elsie's insight on why Jack enlisted
'suffocation, love, expectation drove him away'