Regeneration Setting & Symbolism

Regeneration Objects/Places

Craiglockhart

Craiglockhart War Hospital is a hospital in Scotland were the British military send their soldiers who suffer mental breakdowns and are no longer fit for duty. The majority of this book takes place within the walls of this facility.

The Front

The Front is the front line of the battlefield. It is not so much a specific place, as an event that moves with the tides of battle. The Front is where the fighting is the most concentrated and the most brutal. Here, many young men are killed or wounded, both physically and mentally.

The National Hospital

The National Hospital is where Dr. Yealland performs his horrifying electro-shock therapy on his patients.

France

France is a country in Western Europe. In this story, the main front is in France. Several of the men at Craiglockhart were in France when their terrible events happened that drove them to madness.