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Look Back in Anger

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1957

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Compare Jimmy Porter and Cliff Lewis. How are the friends similar? How are they different? Do they change over the course of the play? Provide examples.

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Compare Alison Porter and Helena Charles. How are the friends similar? How are they different? Do they change over the course of the play? Provide examples.

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Jimmy Porter hates what he calls the Establishment. Describe with examples what the Establishment is and how it functions. What is Jimmy’s argument, and why does his hatred of the Establishment extend to Alison?

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