Look Back in Anger
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Act 1 Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2
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All Themes Class and Education Suffering and Anger vs. Complacency Disillusionment and Nostalgia Gender Love and Innocence
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Look Back in Anger

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John Osborne

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Act 1
  • Act 2, Scene 1
  • Act 2, Scene 2
  • Act 3, Scene 1
  • Act 3, Scene 2
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Class and Education Theme Icon
    Class and Education
  • Suffering and Anger vs. Complacency Theme Icon
    Suffering and Anger vs. Complacency
  • Disillusionment and Nostalgia Theme Icon
    Disillusionment and Nostalgia
  • Gender Theme Icon
    Gender
  • Love and Innocence Theme Icon
    Love and Innocence
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Jimmy Porter
  • Alison Porter
  • Cliff Lewis
  • Helena Charles
  • Colonel Redfern
  • Hugh Tanner
  • Mrs. Tanner
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Newspapers Symbol Icon
    Newspapers
  • Pipe Symbol Icon
    Pipe
  • Bear and Squirrel Symbol Icon
    Bear and Squirrel
  • Church bells Symbol Icon
    Church bells
  • Trumpet Symbol Icon
    Trumpet
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Allusions
  • Fallacy
  • Flashbacks
  • Foil
  • Genre
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Motifs
  • Parody
  • Satire
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Situational Irony
  • Style
  • Tone
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Helm, Sally. "Look Back in Anger." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 26 Aug 2015. Web. 21 May 2025.


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Helm, Sally. "Look Back in Anger." LitCharts LLC, August 26, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2025. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/look-back-in-anger.

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