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Charles dickens is a famous writer who wrote a Novel called A Christmas Carol; it has a Christmas message for those people who do not appreciate Christmas. The main characters are Scrooge and the Bob Crotchets and his family. Scrooge is a miser and old guy who all always think about profit and subjects to…

Charles Dickens wrote one of his best sellers ‘A Christmas Carol’ in 1843. Between 1838 and 1842 there were high levels of unemployment because the economy was in recession – this was the era he wrote his later novel in. Later on this era was referred to as ‘the hungry forties’ by some historians. Nine years…

In this extract from the opening chapter of the novel, we learn several things. We get a strong impression of the sitting of London in the nineteenth century. We get an idea of the way. Some people worked and the conditions they had to work in. the character of scrooge is made clear with some…

At Christmas Dickens thinks we should keep Christmas well. By keeping Christmas well he means that Christmas is a time when people forgive things to each other, when all the family gets together for celebration, even at Christmas, for only this day they forget about money problems and have a great day enjoying themselves. Christmas…

The great play writer, Arthur Miller formed a miserable story “The Crucible” during the dark Mc Carthy Ela. The story was based on Salem Witch Trials and the event behind the history. The author created a parallel story to spend the reader the message of how he thinks about the Anti-Communism activity of the 1950’s….

To understand Shakespeare’s plays, you need to understand life in those days. This includes religion, the chain of being, myths & magic, little and large and the way things where run. The main religion being practiced was protestant; people that where catholic where known to be ‘potential traitors to their country.’ This was all well…

Hamlet is a very complex character who changes a lot throughout the play. In fact I think that somewhere along the lines, he loses his sanity. If I am right then he would be an insane person, pretending to be insane, making it very hard for the audience (including myself) to have any definite feelings…

Shakespeare’s play Hamlet consists of many thematic elements: vengeance, sovereignty, earthly and godly justice, suicide and the role of providence. Each of these is presented repeatedly throughout the story. Vengeance is noticed throughout the play. One example has to do with the queen. The ghost tells Hamlet that he can have revenge on anyone except…

“A Christmas Carol” was set in 1843. The story was written by Charles Dickens and shows what poverty was really like. It shows the gap between the working and upper class and how wide the gap really was between them. For example, diets were very different between the two classes. Working class would be eating…

In the preface to ‘A Christmas Carol’, Dickens states that he had “endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an idea”. To what extent do you think he is successful in creating an enjoyable Christmas story with a serious moral message about the treatment of others? ‘A Christmas Carol’ is the…

In Act 3 Scene 2, there is a confrontation between the four lovers Helena, Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius. Towards the end of the scene, Puck leads the lovers in the wood through ‘drooping fog’ to sleep in order to restore their proper vision. Puck does this by imitating the voices of Lysander and Demetrius which…

Version one is based in nineteenth century London. Society is shown to be split into two very different classes, the poor workers and beggars and the rich businessmen. There are many people dressed in ragged clothing that look thin and dirty. However, these people also tend to look cheerful and happy when compared to Scrooge….

Sex and sexuality promote power struggles and the demise of the person or character when interwoven into a storyline. Two such novels that contain a focus on sexuality are that of Brave New World and 1984; both novels concern several characters that experience both the up side and the down side of sexual promiscuity. The…

The Crucible is a play about a terrible period in American history. False accusations of witchcraft by some devious girls gradually take possession of the sleepy town of Salem. Before the play is over, good people of gentle nature and responsible temper are condemning other good people to the gallows and everyone attacks one another….

Baz Luhrmann has adapted William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet play and turned the tragic love story into an action packed love thriller. Luhrmann adapted this play in 1996. This film was a huge success in capturing the imagination of it target audience – young people. Baz Luhrmann adds more modern props music and action to…

Baz Luhrmann’s version of Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet explores various themes of love, conflict and feuds. Luhrmann uses many techniques in his own style of directing, such as different types of camera work, editing and the soundtrack, similarly to Moulin Rouge which is also directed by Luhrmann, to convey the characters…

‘The Red Room’, which is written by H. G. Wells, is a totally different gothic story from ‘The Cask of Amontillado’ by Edgar Allen Poe. ‘The Red Room’ is about an arrogant man who thinks that he can brave a night in the sinister red room, however the red room is haunted by some unknown…

An Inspector Calls is set in a fictional industrial city in the North of England; this allows J.B Priestley to explore the social and historical context of the play. Back in the times Priestley set the play, the social classes were divided into upper class people, middle class people and working class people. The class…

* Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s, and is the story of two “star-cross” lovers from two rival families who find love with one another amongst the hate and violence between their two families. * The play belongs to the genre of plays known as “tragedies”, and more specifically, belongs…

As an entry to grade 10, we will be expected to write a comparative essay between three different versions of Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene, from the three different film versions. In Franco Zeffirellis version of Romeo and Juliette, the balcony scene is set in a medieval environment. The old looking costumes and buildings indicate this….

J B Priestly was born in 1894, his main passion in life was writing and this dream he achieved being very successful, his first novel being The Good Companions, written in 1929. Five years later in 1934 Priestly wrote An Inspector Calls, which he set in 1912. The play is about an upper class family…

J.B. Priestley’s intention in writing ‘An Inspector Calls’ was to make sure that Britain did not repeat the social mistakes of it’s past. J.B. Priestley had lived through both the World Wars, and had seen the class barriers eroded with the passing of each one. Throughout his life, he had been an active socialist, making…

‘An Inspector Calls’ was written in 1945 and was set in 1912, two years prior to World War I. This is a significant matter as Priestley sets up the characters in his play to be at the height of optimism. He does this so, upon the arrival of the Inspector and his destructive path the…

An Inspector Calls was written in 1944-45 but set in 1912 before the world war. In 1944-45 Priestly sent the script of An Inspector Calls to Moscow as unfortunately there were no London Theatres available, so due to this the script was established in 2 theatres in 1945, which it came back to London to…

An allegory is a story in which the meaning of the message is described using symbolism. An Inspector Calls can be described as an Allegory because of J. B Priestly’s attempt to put his socialist views across within the text. He does this through a variety of sources particularly the time period in which the…

At the start of “An inspector calls” Mr Arthur Birling the owner of a local factory is faced with the task of dealing with his work force going on strike, as they want a pay rise. His workers demanded a rise from twenty-two and six up to twenty-five shillings a week. Birling refused to meet…

The year is 1912. The Birlings are celebrating the engagement of their daughter, Sheila, when they are interrupted by the visit of one Inspector Goole. Goole begins interrogating the family about the death of a woman who supposedly had various contacts with each member of the family. These reminiscences caused poignant regrets and consequences to…

The play “An Inspector Calls” is one that contains many broad themes, and one of these is that of morality. Morality manifests itself in many ways throughout the play, on a small scale in the individual case of the Birlings and Eva Smith, through the Inspector, and as a constant undercurrent running through the entire…

Act 2 ends not with an exit but with an entrance, Eric’s. The act finishes with an atmosphere of tension and immense expectancy of what is yet to come. How does J. B Priestly achieve this and what dramatic devices does he use? J B Priestly’s ‘ An inspector calls’ is a first-class, proficient play…

The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J. B. Priestley, is a text that explores many social and moral messages which all become more evident as the play progresses and the plot advances. The play was written in 1947, this was just after the Second World War, but it was set in 1912. 1912 is only…