Essays on Book Page 191

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…

“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…

“An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestley was written in post-world war II Britain but is set in 1912, a point in time of great innovation and progress, but also political instability and great threat. With “Titanic” about to make its maiden voyage and trouble in the Balkans about to immerse the rest of Europe, it…

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’ is a play written in 1942 about a retrospective time just before the First World War. This was at a time in history when the industrialists had extensive power, and the working classes were destitute and disadvantaged. Through the play, Priestly sends a political message about society, criticising many things. The play begins…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…