LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS1 FIRST TERM

WEEK NINE

CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISATION

CONTENT

REFERENCE

• Exam Reflection in Literature- in-English by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi.
• Exam Reflection in Literature-in-English (Prose and Drama) by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi. 
• Fences by August Wilson.
• Look Back in Anger by John Osborne.

CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISATION

THEMES

Look Back in Anger Character List

Jimmy Porter

Jimmy Porter is the play's main character. He is the "Angry Young Man" who expresses his frustration for the lack of feelings in his placid domestic life. Jimmy can be understood as both a hero for his unfiltered expressions of emotion and frustration in a culture that propagated unemotional resignation. He can also be considered a villain for the ways in which his anger proves to…