Topics for Further Study
Investigate the "Welfare State" initiatives and policies implemented in England after World War II. Why might these not be satisfactory for someone like Jimmy Porter?
Compare August Strindberg's The Father or Dance of Death and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House with Look Back in Anger in terms of both style and content.
Research the decline of the British Empire. How would this decline impact England as a nation and individuals as different as Jimmy Porter and Colonel Redfern?
Is Jimmy Porter an "angry young man" with a mission, or is he simply an exhausting, cruel complainer?
Does the rock music of the 1960s and 1970s reflect any of the themes found in Look Back in Anger? Do contemporary rock songs incorporate any of these themes?
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