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    An Inspector Calls A play where such themes may feature conflict is ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J.B. Priestly. The dramatist conveys this theme effectively through several techniques. An Inspector Calls is about a family called The Birlings. It focuses on the recent suicide of a young girl called Eva Smith‚ who also calls herself Daisy Renton. During the play‚ the Inspector helps the Birlings to realise that they were all partially responsible for her tragic death. The first scene in the

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    Jairina then explained to me that she called Police tonight because Erick was again demanding her phone‚ and also told her he was going to take her kids from her. I asked Jairina why she did not call the Police during the initial incident‚ and she told me she was trying to resolve things without police‚ and because she was scared. Jairina went on to say Erick told her "she would be sorry" if he ever went to jail because of her. I spoke with Jairy

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    Looking again at the end of act two‚ how does Priestley make the ending scene dramatically effective? At the end of act two‚ Priestley uses several techniques in order to make the scene dramatically effective. The carefully written script creates an atmosphere of suspense and tension. The techniques Priestly uses in the script are irony and the dismantling of the false sense of security amongst the characters and consequently the audience. Originally the characters feel secure because they feel

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    responsible for each other.” How does Priestley present ideas about responsibility through the characters in “An Inspector Calls?” In the play “An Inspector Calls” Priestley’s message is “We are all responsible for each other” Priestley explores ideas about responsibility through the character of Inspector Goole as a mouth piece to emphasise how the Birlings and Gerald failed in their role of responsibility and are guilty and wrong‚ “Each of you helped to kill her.” This uncompromising statement is

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    Science fiction films such as Gattaca are able to significantly demonstrate the potential of biotechnology to create unjust implications on the social order of modern society. Niccol‚ the director of Gattaca‚ draws upon the advances of biotechnology to highlight the need for certain prohibitions against genetic engineering to prevent societies strongly manipulated by science and individuals divided by classism from genetic discrimination. This idea is paralleled to genetic testing‚ a modern biotechnology

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    BOOKREPORT – "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley Short plot summary: The play deals with an inspector‚ named Goole‚ who arrives by the Birling family‚ who is celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald Croft. He tells about Eva Smith’s suicide. After lots of questions it turns out that they are all more or less responsible for this tragically death and after the inspector left they find out that he wasn’t a real inspector and that no girl died. The play opens with the engagement celebration

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    enslaved and tortured by their sexuality’ – John Steinbeck In ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’ both authors indirectly show their beliefs and opinions towards women and the way they are treated by society. In the time both texts were set- 1912 and the 1930’s- women were generally seen as a lesser class than men and due to their sexuality‚ they were not treated fairly. Steinbeck and Priestley show this at many points in their texts. Both Eva Smith and Curley’s wife are victims of their class

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    As the inspector arrives at the home‚ suddenly we are shown that this respectable’ young man has his own dark secrets. We first see suggestions of this at the dinner table‚ when Sheila (again) asks him where he was last summer‚ and then later Sheila says to him that he must have done things that he was ashamed of‚ he gives himself away immediately by being surprised and on guard because of the comment. What bothers Sheila is maybe not so much that he has a secret but that he is not honest with her

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    Hello. Have you ever been interested in why the guards in the subways check your bag so quickly? Let me show you this document of a person who is behind all of this… C: It all began with this uncle. Even though he may look pretty ordinary‚ he was apparently involved with the CIA. He was an extraordinary analyst for the agency who can analyze any complexity in a blink of an eye. B: “This item consists of 132 symbols‚ 72 squares‚ 30 pentagons‚ 18 triangles and trapezoids‚ and 4 wings and circles.” C:

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    In this question I have been asked to explore how j.b. Priestley presents sympathy for Eva Smith in ‘’An Inspector Calls’’ In "An Inspector Calls"‚ J.B. Priestley uses the characters and attitudes of the Birling family‚ especially Mr. Birling‚ to make the audience feel sympathy for Eva Smith. The family is "prosperous" and "comfortable"‚ and Mr. Birling’s extensive posturing and blagging emphasizes their good fortune. In the opening lines of the play‚ he is found to be drinking and discussing port

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