The Red Badge of Courage

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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

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

All Symbols Corpses Wounds The Tattered Man Flags

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone

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The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis Summary

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

All Themes
Courage
The War Machine
Youth and Manhood
Noise and Silence
Nature
The Living and the Dead

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

All Symbols
Corpses
Wounds
The Tattered Man
Flags

All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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