Character Analysis (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Dr. Rivers' workplace
Dr. Rivers' workplace
Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland
Rivers' treatment method
Rivers' treatment method
Talking therapies and gentle encouragement
Sassoon's role in the novel
Sassoon's role in the novel
Moral conscience; anti-war poet who wrote protest letter
Billy Prior's initial condition
Billy Prior's initial condition
Mutism caused by psychological trauma
Prior's main social conflict
Prior's main social conflict
Class displacement; working-class officer, belongs nowhere
Burns' specific trauma
Burns' specific trauma
Landed in decomposing German corpse; can't eat
Dr. Yealland's treatment approach
Dr. Yealland's treatment approach
Harsh, authoritarian; uses shock therapy/electrical treatment
Willard's condition
Willard's condition
Paralysed with no physical damage; psychological illness
Sarah Lumb's occupation
Sarah Lumb's occupation
Munitions factory worker
Mr. Prior's defining trait
Mr. Prior's defining trait
Abusive, working-class patriarch with toxic masculinity