The Red Badge of Courage
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Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
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Henry Fleming (the youth)
Wilson (the loud young soldier, the youth's friend)
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Tattered man
Henry's mother
Insulting officer
Cheerful soldier
Lieutenant
Dead soldier
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Introduction
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Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Themes
All Themes
Courage
The War Machine
Youth and Manhood
Noise and Silence
Nature
The Living and the Dead
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Henry Fleming (the youth)
Wilson (the loud young soldier, the youth's friend)
Jim Conklin ("the tall soldier")
Tattered man
Henry's mother
Insulting officer
Cheerful soldier
Lieutenant
Dead soldier
Symbols
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Corpses
Wounds
The Tattered Man
Flags
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Allegory
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
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Personification
Setting
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