Recently‚ I had the pleasure of seeing Nikolai Gogol’s 19th century comedic farce‚ The Government Inspector. The thrilling play I attended on Thursday November 5‚ 2015 was adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher‚ directed by Matt Foyer‚ and produced by Jeanette D.Farr at the Glendale College Auditorium Mainstage Theatre. This funny contemporary production illuminated the absurdity and vanity of human behavior. The 90-minute comedic face‚ performed in the grand Proscenium theatre‚ had a clever and unexpected series
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She goes further down her street calling but there is no response from her sister and nothing in the area‚ she checks over a few walls into other yards and through the windows of other homes and sees absolute nothing not even the slightest clue to where she might have gone to‚ stressing all over again‚ Maggie continues searching for her sister Jacky. What a good day don’t you think” The strange man asked in the dark room‚ Jacky can see the clothing but nothing else. “I asked you a damn question”
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Although JB Priestley wrote the play in 1946‚ it was set in 1910. ’An inspector Calls’ is a morality play which reflects the social and industrial unrest of the time. Priestley was a socialist living in a capitalist society. He felt very strongly about this and wrote the play to get people to change. He believed that Britain needed a socialist government to lead it into post-war reconstruction. It is clear from the play that the poor were treated very badly by the rich. Priestly believed in equality
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In the play “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestly‚ Mr. Birling and Sheila Birling have contrasting attitudes to social issues. J.B Priestly uses this difference to highlight the diversity between generations and their reactions to the situations faced. He also shows the difference in the way they act upon hearing the news and how they change throughout the play. Arthur Birling is the father to Sheila Birling and so is presented as the older‚ “old-fashioned” generation whereas Shelia is the younger
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How does Priestley portray the differences between the generations in ‘An Inspector Calls’? Priestley shows us that the older generation –Mr and Mrs Birling - are less ‘impressionable’ (as the inspector said) than the younger generation – Eric and Sheila. This means that they are less able to learn for their actions and change their ways. In the middle of the generations is Gerald‚ who portrays traits of both age groups at different times during the play. The older generation‚ for example‚ is very
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This book is about a boy‚(Will) his brother‚(Cal) his dad‚(Dr. Burrows) and the boy’s friend.(Chester) They get lost inside of an underground colony‚ and they have to escape. This book is in third person. This story takes place in modern-day London‚ and underground London‚ too. The form of conflict is Person vs. Society‚ because Will and Cal want to try to escape the underground colony‚ which is a whole society that doesn’t want anyone to escape the colony. I chose Will as the major character to
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various methods to present the inspector as well as showing his importance such as stage directions and from the language he uses. These methods allow us to understand and relate to the moral messages put across in the play. The inspector right from the moment he is introduced is commanding of the situation and already has that authority he displays later on in the play. “at once an impression of massiveness‚ solidity and purposefulness”. As the play progresses the inspector continues to make this impression
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irony. This is ironic as the Titanic actually sank but only the audience is aware of this. Another example of the use of dramatic irony is when Birling says “The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war….. I say there isn’t a chance of war” This is also ironic as two years after this play was set‚ WWI began‚ followed by another. Priestly uses this device‚ in this sense to show how foolish and naïve Birling is and therefore the audience will begin to question his other views. As he is talking to Eric
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An inspector calls is set in 1912 but was written and perfomed in 1945/46 to a post war generation.Setting the play before the first world war enables priestly to make the most of class divison and social hierachy in england.Priestley has used throughout this play the devices of dramatic irony and foreshadowing. He shows lies‚ deceit‚ wickedness and weakness within the characters. The play can be seen as a microcosm of society with different attidues being shown in different characters. Priestl was
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Audience Characteristics When preparing a presentation concerning sales data to a diverse group of managers‚ sales persons‚ and customers; attention to the differences and similarities of the group need to be considered. The amount of technical information and understanding among the differing groups varies and this requires the ability to formulate a presentation that puts an emphasis on finding the way to communicate the information to each individual within the group that is easily understandable
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