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When Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage his main goal seemed to be to destroy the idea that war is a glorious thing. ... In many different areas of the novel, Crane is able to show this concept as well as to describe the scenery and people through his use of nature. Unlike the earlier writers like Henry David Thoreau or Ralph Waldo Emerson, Crane did not seem to see a sympathetic bond between nature and man. In his novel, The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane uses nature to make his point through comparisons of man to natural forms, symbols involving nature, and personification of the environment.
In The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane describes many different situations and objects by relating them to nature. ...
By using these comparisons to nature, Crane gives “the comparison contextual meanings it would not carry in isolation (Gibson 74).
Crane also makes use of symbols, many involving nature, to prove his point and express his views. ... Yet, he became horrified when he found a dead man within the chapel and changes his view of nature (Wolford 755). ... According to Gibson, the control exerted by the generals upon the horses shows that the generals are able to control everything including nature (75). ... Finally, the images of flowers in bloom represent the temporary nature of life (Napierkowski 260). ...
In many instances, Crane uses personification, especially in nature. The personification of nature is used to show how the environment is not concerned about the fighting, but is instead indifferent to the conflict. ... During the first part of Henry’s flight, nature is depicted as a woman and as a protector for Henry (Gibson 89). Henry seems to feel that nature is very motherly and concerned about him. This is best expressed when Crane writes “[Henry] conceived Nature to be a woman with a deep aversion to tragedy” (45).
Approximate Word count = 1518
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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