Frustration and aggression in John Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger”

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Look Back in Anger is a play that appeared in a time of crucial transition from Britain's Victorian past into the modern twentieth century.

Jimmy's rage and anger is his expression of pent-up emotion and his need for life in a world that has become listless and uninteresting.

That anger became a symbol of the rebellion against the political and social malaise of British culture.

His anger is destructive to those around him and the psychological violence of the play received a great deal of criticism.

Critics today agree, however, that the play is central to an understanding of British life in the twentieth century and, thus, a crucial piece of literature in the British canon.