Drama Essay Examples Page 23

The structure and pattern of Act One is a template for the rest of the play and reflects the cyclical nature of the play as a whole. In each Act, with each character, the Inspector outlines the events involving each family member, shows a photograph to the relevant family member which leads the character to…

Priestley uses the inspector as his way of communicating with the audience and the Birlings. He is an interesting character because you don’t know much about him. He just ‘appears’ and then when he’s done questioning the Birlings he ‘disappears’. An inspector is always interesting in a whodunit play because they are always very clever…

Explore Priestley’s Dramatic methods in Act 1 of ‘An Inspector Calls’ and explain how an understanding of the social and Historical contest of the play might be help to shape the audience’s response to this scene as a whole. ‘ In Inspector Calls’ was written by J.B. Priestley. In 1945, Priestley had experienced 2 world wars…

“The Taming of the Shrew” is a play written by William Shakespeare which comments on the role of Woman in the Renaissance period. Woman were expected to act as a moral support for their husbands whilst running the domestic sphere, and were not expected to voice there opinions or behave in an unsavory manner. If…

You should consider the development of the character thorough action and dialogue; the use of stage space and other stage effects; and finally the likely effects upon a Jacobean audience and a modern one. The Tempest was written in 1606-1611 and can be described as a ‘late play’ or a ‘tragicomedy’. It is a play that…

The event shows numerous character traits of both Nicholas and John. For example, it shows Nicholas’s skill as an actor, as, even when a door is knocked to the floor, he is able to remain “stille as stoon”. This also shows how Nicholas is taking the plan very seriously, and is willing to prevent himself…

Examine Inspector Goole’s and Mr Birling’s attitudes to society and particularly their attitudes to Eva Smith. Consider Priestley’s message. Inspector Goole’s and Mr Birling’s attitudes to society contrast immensely. Their different approach to life and particularly the different way in which they view the life and death of Eva Smith is central to the play’s theme….

The play I am studying is called “The Inspector Calls”. In this essay I will assess the dramatic impact of the inspector in the play with reference to one other character in the play. “The Inspector Calls” was written in 1945 but set in 1912. This means that the audience has insight into the future. For…

“The Taming of the Shrew” is set in the late 1500s in a market city named Padua in Italy. Now a day the play can be seen as controversial to feminists as well as others. This is because it is set during Elizabethan times, a time when women were seen as the property of their…

Responsibility – ‘looking after a person or thing and having to take the blame if something goes wrong’ or ‘causing something, His carelessness was responsible for their deaths’ – Oxford Dictionary. In the year of 1912 the nation hadn’t experienced the repugnance of either of the World Wars. Society was categorised into capitalist and poverty stricken…