Dangerous Corner Analysis
The Stylistic Analysis of The Play Dangerous Corner by J.B.Priestley
John Boyton Priestley is one of the outstanding English authors. His Time Plays brought him world fame. He was the first one who used time tricks in his works. Priestley`s most famous novels are They Walk In The City, Angel Pavement, Wonder Hero, Far Away, Bright Day, but I`d like to analyze his creation which was his first effort in dramatic art, the extract from the play Dangerous Corner. According to its title we can guess that the play describes some dangerous situation and dangerous corner can be considered as a dead end, a rather difficult situation which has no way out. This fact proves that its title is figurative. The word corner is like a turning point in one`s life-someone has courage to turn around it, to face all the difficulties and cope with them but others haven`t, they are afraid of losing their illusions and the aim of life. This play deals with some opposite themes such as Truth and Lie, Deception and Sincerity, Love and Betrayal. According to its form it`s three fragments from the play. That`s why it`s the polilogue by its composition. From the stylistic point of view, a play is a stylized dialogue because of the effect of natural speech: there are a lot ofelliptical structures, interruptions, cases of aposiopesis, mixture of bookish and colloquial style and of course the author`s remarks in brackets. As for the message, it`s sounds like Let the sleeping dog lie. The situation described in the play deals with the state of affairs in the family of Caplans. From the beginning we can see the development of two plots: wireless play and the situation on the stage which are mixed. The wire less play is called The Sleeping Dog which is neither more noe less than the allusion to the proverb let the sleeping dog lie which is like the truth which shouldn`t be disturbed. But not all the characters agree with this statement. Robert Caplan starts investigating
John Boyton Priestley is one of the outstanding English authors. His Time Plays brought him world fame. He was the first one who used time tricks in his works. Priestley`s most famous novels are They Walk In The City, Angel Pavement, Wonder Hero, Far Away, Bright Day, but I`d like to analyze his creation which was his first effort in dramatic art, the extract from the play Dangerous Corner. According to its title we can guess that the play describes some dangerous situation and dangerous corner can be considered as a dead end, a rather difficult situation which has no way out. This fact proves that its title is figurative. The word corner is like a turning point in one`s life-someone has courage to turn around it, to face all the difficulties and cope with them but others haven`t, they are afraid of losing their illusions and the aim of life. This play deals with some opposite themes such as Truth and Lie, Deception and Sincerity, Love and Betrayal. According to its form it`s three fragments from the play. That`s why it`s the polilogue by its composition. From the stylistic point of view, a play is a stylized dialogue because of the effect of natural speech: there are a lot ofelliptical structures, interruptions, cases of aposiopesis, mixture of bookish and colloquial style and of course the author`s remarks in brackets. As for the message, it`s sounds like Let the sleeping dog lie. The situation described in the play deals with the state of affairs in the family of Caplans. From the beginning we can see the development of two plots: wireless play and the situation on the stage which are mixed. The wire less play is called The Sleeping Dog which is neither more noe less than the allusion to the proverb let the sleeping dog lie which is like the truth which shouldn`t be disturbed. But not all the characters agree with this statement. Robert Caplan starts investigating