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An Inspector Calls is one of the most enduring plays on the 20th century made. It contains a strong message which meant to change the way the people of that time treated each other and others around them. He was trying to educate society that they needed to take responsibility this is when the higher…

Responsibility is a key factor in the play which somehow no one seems to acknowledge, responsibility is all about being the primary case of something and so able to be blamed or credited for it. Yet J. B Priestley takes advantage of the characters not being able to accept responsibility of anything which then leads…

An Inspector calls was written in 1945 but was set in 1912 a period still known as the Edwardian era. The Edwardian era was regarded nostalgically as the last period of security and stability before the horror of World War I. As the play was set after World War I and II, the audiences would…

Everyone played a significant roll in this play and everyone acted irresponsibly especially Mrs Birling and Eric who basically finished her off. Eric raped her and got the girl pregnant and Mrs Birling was prejudiced against her and turned her down from the charity. The younger generation show regret that the older generation will not…

With the outside of the house set in the 1940’s and the inside of the house set in 1912, the director Stephen Daldry vividly and cleverly links the two time settings together in the play. When I saw the stage for the first time, I wondered as to how a house and surroundings would all…

The scene under consideration in Act 2 is characterised by an atmosphere of mounting tension. This is a feature of the play as a whole as we observe the community of Salem being overtaken by collective hysteria in which, ultimately, no one feels safe. History provides many examples of the way in which religious movements…

In the Crucible each act can be analysed as a series of scenes, each having its own tone and climax all leading up to the powerful curtain. The play emerged from a true story. It was based on the Salem, Massachusetts Witch Trial in 1692, which links in with Miller’s era, were ‘witch trails’ was…

Arthur Miller manages to capture and hold the audience in the long scene using a variety of techniques which keep us at the edge of our seats waiting for the next burst of excitement or conflict in the trial. Some of these techniques include the noise in the courtroom, the order in which people speak,…

The most powerful character in this scene was Abigail, who was played by Abby. She used strong gestures and strong facial expressions to show that she was the most dominant character out of all the girls, and that she had the power to make the girls do what she wanted them to do. In this…

The crucible, Arthur Miller wrote the play The Crucible, using the 17th-century case of witch trials and fictionalizing it to comment on a 20th-century phenomenon the hunting of communists as if they were witches. McCarthy develops the play quite briskly and focuses the trials all around, Abigail Williams. McCarthy makes the crucible dramatic by creating…

In the short story “The Landlady,” Roald Dahl’s use of foreshadowing prepared readers well for the end of the story. He used hints such as describing the outside of the bed and breakfast, giving details of the entry and the bedroom, and also telling the readers about the living room. To begin, Dahl used the…

Examine in detail Dickens’ portrayal of the flaws in the Victorian education system in his novel ‘Nicholas Nickleby’. What were his aims in presenting Dotheboys Hall to his readers? To extent was he successful in achieving his aims?  Charles Dickens was one of the most popular writers in the history of literature. He was born…

Choose one scene from “The Crucible” that you consider to be particularly dramatic, exciting or tense. Explain you choice and discuss the importance of this scene to the play as a whole. Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible” at a time when America had become obsessed with communism, and although the play is set in Salem during…

The Lord of the Rings is an amazingly detailed and structured piece of writing by William Golding which has been adapted to the theatre by Nigel Williams; who has portrayed it as an inspirational piece of literature which reveals the true darkness of human nature. Their use of the set was amazing, the way that they…

“An Inspector Calls” was written by J.B priestly in 1945. The play was set in 1912. The play takes place in a big rich house. The play is about an inspector. His name is Inspector Goole, and he went to investigate about this girl that committed suicide. The girl drank some strong disinfectant and burned…

Account for the success and popularity of ‘An Inspector Calls’ over fifty-eight years. Refer to one or two scenes in your answer. Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’ in 1945. The play is set in the year 1912 and is at first sight a ‘straightforward detective thriller’ as Tim Bezant says in his Introduction. Mysteries appeal to…

A Comparison between the First Chapters of Oliver Twist and Therese Raquin Oliver Twist and Therese Raquin are written by Charles Dickens and Emile Zola respectively. Oliver Twist is a critism towards the Victorian Times where classification among the high, middle and low classes was very strict. In the novel, the orphan, Oliver uses humour to…

William Shakespeare and Timothy Findley lived in much different time periods from each other and were faced with different expectations of themselves, as writers. However, although William Shakespeare in The Tempest and Timothy Findley in Dreams held radically different ideals of writing, both are concerned to explore the theme of dream versus reality. While both…

It is crucial to realize however, that imagination is not restricted solely to the conclusions of both The Tempest and Dreams. Imagination is required throughout each piece, involving myself from the beginning, to end. Although imagination is necessary in both, each requires it for different purposes. In order to fully grasp The Tempest, it was…

I am going to do a piece of coursework on a comparison of two speeches, one is on Inspector Goole and the other is on Mr Birling. This will include a close analysis of dramatic devices and language feature, but first I will tell you a little bit about the play. The play was set in…

Think of a play that has a character who always dresses in black; a child disinherited because of a parent’s remarriage; a young man with an Oedipal complex; meditations on the nature of writing and art; and a play-within-a-play. If you guessed Hamlet, you’d be right. But you’d also be right if you guessed The…

Going to see Joseph Chaikin’s production of Waiting for Godot at Seven Stages in Atlanta, I found myself wondering what effect the director’s own “divine aphasia” would have on the “fundamental sounds” of this cornerstone of contemporary theatre. Chaikin has long had a love hate relationship with Beckett’s work. While he’s been repeatedly drawn to…

Nora’s personal life describes the whole A Doll’s House. Raised in a society where the expectations make her a housewife, her inner turmoil helps to break apart her family. Nora has two separate parts of her character, the persona, which she shows to the world, and the shadow, which she hides. Ibsen conveys this by…

Nature of Study: In the Beginning of Both A Doll House by Ibsen and The Metamorphosis by Kakfa, Nora and the Samsa family seem to be overwhelmingly dependent of Torvald and Gregor. However, they both continuously change throughout the play and the novel. And my intent is to examine this change and come to the…

Furthermore, his sister notices all of the marks on the walls and ceiling from his sticky feet and figures moving his furniture out of the room will help prevent most of this. This is an attempt to lessen her responsibilities for Gregor. If she has less to clean up, she wont have to work as…

When writing A Doll’s House, Ibsen had planned it to be a realistic play. To do this, he must portray the fluent speech of everyday life, and unnecessary monologues must be prevented. Hence, Ibsen cleverly employs certain symbols in his play to externalize the characters’ inner thoughts. Throughout the whole play, the characters’ actions and…

Throughout The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer portrays religious characters overall in a very negative light. Two such characters are the Friar and the Monk who both use their positions in the church for their own personal gain, neglecting their orders and taking advantage of the laity. Chaucer clearly realises the corruption of…

“The Canterbury Tales” is the epitome of ideals of medieval Europe. The lives of most medieval women were the role of the wife such as the lives of the women in “The Canterbury Tales. ” These women create a new definition of loyalty and partnership. The three women, The Wife of Bath, Dorigen, and Pertelote,…

There are many factors, which can be taken into account when deciding to what extent Macbeth was responsible for his own downfall. Macbeth was affected by three categories of influence, which were: the witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Throughout the tragedy, the three categories evolved in different ways, effecting Macbeth and bringing various consequences to…

In this essay I am going to talk about Lady Macbeth and whether she was a good or bad person. This is a very contentious argument. There are many obvious reasons as to why we could see Lady Macbeth was a bad person such as she was involved in the murder of King Duncan. However,…