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Where did most of the action in The Red Badge of Courage take place? I have been looking for additional information...
Most critics agree that the setting of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is in Virginia, and the battle that is mentioned with the question: The Battle of Chancellorsville, a major battle...
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How does Henry react during his first battle in Red Badge of Courage, and what is the outcome of the battle?
Henry had long feared how he would behave under battle conditions. He had wanted to act bravely and heroically, but was afraid that when the time came, he might shame himself by running away. As...
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Why does Henry want to be killed directly in The Red Badge of Courage? In chapters 3-5 Why does Henry think "it would...
Henry has very romantic ideas about war when he first gets started. The reality of war does not hit him until later in the book. Then he begins to get depressed. He sees the carnage on the...
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What does "his visions of broken-bladed glory" mean in The Red Badge of Courage?
Henry has visions of performing heroic deeds on the field of battle. A young man without any direct experience of conflict, he romanticizes war, seeing it as an adventure, a glorious,...
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How does Henry's mother's advice echo throughout The Red Badge of Courage? What situations in the text seem to...
In the first chapter, Henry's mother wisely advises her son that war is realistically not the same as the glorified versions of "war ardor" and "patriotism" to which Henry succumbs; she tells her...
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At first, the narrator of The Red Badge of Courage looks on the Civil War with distrust, as if it were some “play...
Once upon a time the young narrator Henry had regarded battles as "bloody marks on the pages of the past". Though he'd dreamed of battles all his life and had always been utterly fascinated by...
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What is the meaning of the title, "The Red Badge of Courage"?
The red badge of courage refers to the wounds that the soldiers suffered in war. These wounds were viewed as courage Eva courageous acts because it meant that they stayed and fought against the...
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What inspired Henry to enlist in the red badge of courage?
As with most young men, Henry Fleming wants to prove his manhood. And what better way to do that than seek glory on the field of battle? Neither Henry nor any of the other young men of his platoon...
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What is your first impression of Henry Fleming in Red Badge of Courage? What challenging or stressful situations does...
The first impression the author gives us of Henry Fleming is that of a youth who is totally untried. As the soldiers around him give their various opinions about when they will see battle, Henry...
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What is the climax, declining action and resolution in The Red Badge of Courage?
CLIMAX In Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, the climax is reached in Chapter XX as the main character, Henry Fleming, overcomes his fear and with Wilson leads the 304th Regiment of the...
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In what ways do you think the qualities Henry shows in battle in The Red Badge of Courage would be useful in war...
Most of Henry's qualities in The Red Badge of Courage would serve positively with soldiers today. In the early chapters, Henry suffered from a fear of the unknown: how he would react once he was...
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What is naturalism in "The Red Badge of Courage" and what is the relationship between fears, surviving and nature...
Naturalism is a view that man is often controlled by forces he cannot control. There are many examples of this view in "The Red Badge of Courage", but several incidents are often used to support...
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In The Red Badge of Courage, the youth fears two things. What are they? Also, find an example of personification in...
I think the two things the youth fears are the possibility that he will not be able to conduct himself honorably under battle conditions, and the feeling that he is the only one that feels this...
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How does Stephen Crane present the themes of loss and recovery in The Red Badge of Courage?
Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is a story of war. It deals heavily with loss, but the novel also finds a sense of recovery by the end. Let's look at how that works. The story's...
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Why is the dispute over when the regiment will move important in "The Red Badge of Courage"?
It's early days in the conflict and so the men of Henry's regiment have not yet experienced the real horrors of war. They're still young and naïve, chomping at the bit to prove their manhood and...
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Why do you like the book?
Being a Civil War enthusiast and historian, I recognize Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage as one of the finest fictional novels about the conflict. Its combination of realism and...
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Why doesn't Stephen Crane name all of his characters in "Red Badge of Courage"?
One of reasons Crane does not name all his characers is because a primary theme of "The Red Badge of Courage" is the anonymity of war, or how the individual is lost in the machinery of...
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Crane repeatedly uses animal images to describe the regiment’s fighting in The Red Badge of Courage. What are the...
Crane first injects cows into the narrative, beginning with Henry's mother milking one as he tells her of his decision to enlist in the army, and then bringing them in again, in chapter three, when...
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Compare and contrast Henry, Wilson, and Jim in The Red Badge of Courage. What does each character seem to represent?...
HENRY FLEMING (The Quiet Soldier). In the beginning of the novel, Henry questions his own courage and wonders how he will react when he is in combat for the first time. Will he run or will he...
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In chapter 2 what is the "serpent"? The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Part of Stephen Crane's stylistic methods in The Red Badge of Courage is his use of symbolism and imagery. In Chapter 2, for instance, Crane writes of the "red eyes across the river," the fires of...
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In The Red Badge of Courage, why was Henry surprised after the first battle?
The answer to this question can be found at the end of Chapter 5, which charts the end of the first battle Henry has participated in and his feelings about it. What characterises this battle above...
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What do the officers say about the men in the 304th and explain why it upsets Henry in "Red Badge of Courage".
The officers know that a ferocious battle is about to begin, and one of them says to the other, "It'll be hell t'pay stoppin' them...what troops can you spare?" The second officer...
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In the novel, The Red Badge of Courage, Henry thinks that "Nature was not quite ready to kill him." What does he mean...
In the novel, The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, nature is a force, an impersonal force which does not choose. When Henry thinks that "Nature was not quite ready to kill him", he means it...
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What is the tone in The Red Badge of Courage? Positive, neutral, or negative?
The Red Badge of Courage conveys a negative tone through most of the novella, but it does shift throughout the various chapters. It begins ominous, and wherever a battle scene is described, a tone...
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Point out examples of the "isms" used in the novel The Red Badge of Courage. The "isms" are romanticism, realism,...
ROMANTICISM. The romance of war leads Henry to enlist in the first place, as it did many soldiers during the Civil War. The supposed glory that would be found in battle was a lure to many young...
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Comment on the narrative technique adopted in The Red Badge of Courage.
The Red Badge of Courage uses a third-person limited omniscient narrative. The story is told largely through Henry's eyes and thoughts: we see what he sees and experience battle the way he...
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In what ways do you think the qualities Henry shows in battle would be useful in war today?
That depends on when you are referring to Henry's deeds in battle. Early in the book, Henry is so scared that he runs away from battle and then uses a logical argument to explain why he is so much...
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What are some conflicts in The Red Badge of Courage? What type of conflict is each?
Even as Henry's story begins we sense a personal conflict within him as to the nature of war and the reality of it. He thinks of battles as "things of the past," yet everywhere around him there is...
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What is your favorite part of all the battle scenes in the book? I'd like to know, so please reply.
I particularly like the descriptions of the first battle (encompassing Chapters 4-6) of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, where The Youth gets his first taste of action before skedaddling...
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What did one of the soldiers attempt to steal from a civilian in "The Red Badge of Courage"?
One of the solidiers attempts to steal a horse from a civilian. Soon after the regiment begins its march to parts unknown, the mood of the men changes. Happy to be moving at last, the men are in...
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In The Red Badge of Courage, the corporal "had been impressed that they were in a sort of eternal camp." What does...
At the beginning of The Red Badge of Courage, there is a rumor that the army is on the move after a long period in camp. As the soldiers are arguing about the truth of this intelligence, one of the...
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What are some symbols used in "The Red Badge of Courage"?
Color is also a very important symbol in the story. Red is associated not just with courage, as in the titular reference to battle scars, but with war in general. Red is, of course, the color of...
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Think about the function of the Tattered Soldier in The Red Badge of Courage. How does he reflect Henry's earlier...
The Tattered Soldier expresses the same attitudes about the glory of war and the courage of fighting men that Henry had in the the beginning of the story. He recalls with "humble...
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How does the author convey his message/theme in The Red Badge of Courage?
While The Red Badge of Courage has more than one theme, or message, that Stephen Crane proposes through his narrative, the Naturalistic theme seems the most salient. That is, Crane portrays Nature...
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What "impossible thing" happened after the first battle in The Red Badge of Courage?
Henry's regiment had successfully withstood the first attack by the Confederates, and the raw recruits celebrated what they perceived to be a victory in their first action. So it was all over...
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In "The Red Badge of Courage," what makes Henry feel like a "mental outcast"?
The answer to your question is in chapter 2:The youth called in a savage voice after his comrade: “Well, you needn't git mad about it!” But the other continued on his way and made no reply.He felt...
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The youth "wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage". Why?
Up to this point in the novel, the youth has been obsessed with the question of whether or not he would run or stay and fight in battle. During his first encounter with the enemy, the youth is able...
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List childhood memories Henry recalled that helped him forget his painful head wound in "The Red Badge of...
After Henry is injured, he tries desperately to deal with the pain and confusion. To calm his fears, he begins to think of his home and childhood.He remembers certain meals his mother cooked at...
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In chap. 5 Crane describes the officers as having "neglected to stand in picturesque attitudes." What does this mean...
As a Naturalist, Stephen Crane broke with the Romantic tradition and refused to idealize war. In "The Red Badge of Courage" the officers are not arranged as though they are in a painting, gallant...
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In The Red Badge of Courage, how was the youth wounded? What irony is involved with this wound? Chapter 12 and 13
In the confusion of battle, the youth is separated from his regiment, then is caught among the chaotic ranks of another regiment which is fleeing from their own recent defeat under fire. The youth...
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In The Red Badge of Courage, why does Henry Fleming grow angry at Dave?
I have reviewed the entire novel and can find no evidence of any character named Dave in The Red Badge of Courage. Henry shows bursts of anger throughout the novel toward both the enemy and his own...
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How does Henry perform during the first attack and the second attack in The Red Badge of Courage?
Although Henry battles his fear of the unknown during the first Confederate attack, he stands his ground with the rest of his comrades and celebrates this short, initial victory. He is relieved to...
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Do you like The Red Badge of Courage? Do you like the book? Why?
I have not read The Red Badge of Courage in many years, I do, however, remember enjoying the book as a required reading as a Junior in high school. Wow! That was a long time ago!
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What is the name of Henry's regiment?
Harry, also known in the story as "the youth", is part of the 304th New York regiment that includes the "tall soldier" Jim Conklin and the "loud soldier" Wilson. The 304th regiment is first...
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What do you think the weather is a symbol of in The Red Badge of Courage? In the final two paragraphs of the...
You are definitely right to identify the weather at the close of this tremendous tale as a symbol. It is vitally important to consider what has just happened. Henry has just experienced a kind of...
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What are the major events between chapters 1-6 in "The Red Badge of Courage"? What are some of the emotions during...
This reading is about Henry's feelings and his state of mind before going into battle, his first war experiences, and when he flees from the battle. This is Henry's first real experience off the...
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What did Henry want as a "red badge of courage?"
The "red badge" symbolizing courage is a soldier being wounded in the line of battle. It's a sign of honor and bravery, but Henry's badge is earned accidentally, not from courageously...
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What happened to a cowardly soldier who tried to flee the battle?
Needless to say, many soldiers turned and ran during the various attacks and counterattacks in Stephen Crane's Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage. Both of the main characters, Henry and...
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What sentence in the first half of the book, "The Red Badge of Courage", shows an allusion? This is for an English...
The very title of the novel, The Red Badge of Courage is an allusion. This is a reference to a battle wound, and it is significant in that Henry feels guilty that he chooses to flee the battle and...
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Why does Henry enlist?
Like many other young men of the period--in both the North and the South--Henry got caught up in the possible glory to be won on the battlefield. It would be a great adventure and he would serve...
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