Blue Remembered Hills

Title: Blue Remembered Hills
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1574 | Pages: 6.7 (approximately 235 words/page)

Blue Remembered Hills

Blue Remembered Hills – coursework essay. How Does Dennis Potter Represent Childhood In His Play – Blue Remembered Hills? Charlie Kilshaw. 17/3/01 The title of the play – Blue Remembered Hills comes from a line in A.E. Houseman’s poem that is quoted at the very end of the play. This poem is used because its ironic, it talks about childhood being “The Happy Highways” when most part of the play has been virtually the opposite. The play …showed first 75 words of 1574 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1574 total…fight, Audrey teams up with Peter – “Audrey – Don’t give in, Peter! Don’t give in!” While Willie teams up with, and congratulates John “Willie – You be number two now John. That’s for sure.” This shows children as being competitive and almost “back stabbing”, this is especially true on the part of Angela, which is not the view most adults would long for, nor is it the view the poem gives at the end.

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