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''The Red and the Green'' is a novel by Iris Murdoch that covers the events leading up to and during the Easter Rebellion in Ireland during World War I . It is written in a different style than Murdoch's other fiction, but like the other novels deals with complex family relationships. It is interesting for Murdoch's use of Existentialism in the actions of its main protagonist Andrew, an Anglo-Irish man who has volunteered and become a young officer in the British forces stationed in Ireland.