1) The irony is that they don’t want to allow any other religion in the church‚ because it might influence their religion. 2) The witch hunt years provided an excellent opportunity to "get even". 3) Tituba- African American slave Abigail- craves John Proctor‚ young‚ beautiful Betty- Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ fainted in forest 4) Out of all the children she had only one survive; Ruth‚ who is afflicted. 5) He was mad because he wanted his brother in law to be the next minister. 6) Parris doesn’t
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What is Dramatic Irony? Dramatic Irony is when a situation of drama is understood by the audience‚ but not by the characters in the play. This impacts the play because then the audience can predict or realize who the bad person is‚ or what the conflict may be‚ where as the characters can not realize this until the real conflict begins. There are several examples of dramatic irony in the play “Much Ado About Nothing‚” three of them are Claudio shaming Hero‚ Benedick and Beatrice being in love‚ and
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In ‘An Inspector Calls’ Gerald Crofts ‘easy manner’ is disrupted by the Inspectors interrogation‚ as he begins to feel ‘distressed’ by his realisation of his part in Eva Smith’s/Daisy Renton’s life and death. Mrs Birling however remains entirely untouched by the Inspector’s questioning and she refuses to see how Eva’s death can have followed as a consequence of her actions. There are many similarities and differences between Mrs Birling and Geralds reaction to interrogation. This is the first similarity
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Birling tries this technique with the Inspector‚ however this time to gain leverage over him by asking if he sees much of ‘Chief Constable‚ Colonel Roberts’‚ following up his threat with a disclosure of his superiority; “He’s an old friend of mine…I see him fairly. We play golf together…”. This was intended to make the Inspector feel belittled and impressed by Birling’s relationship with the Chief Constable‚ however Priestly makes this decidedly lost on the Inspector‚ because as a symbol of socialism
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My Last Duchess Browning’s use of dramatic irony can be seen in the dramatic monologue of the Duke. The Duke views himself as a powerful person with “a nine-hundred-years-old name” while the reader views him as possessive. His tone is very possessive and haughty as he talks about how disgusted he was with the Duchess. The diction makes the Duke sound like he begins to rush what he says about the Duchess as he thinks more about her. His sentences are moving along as his train of thought goes on
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How important do you think is the theme of love in “An Inspector Calls”? How does Priestley presents different forms of love in the play? At the beginning of the play‚ Sheila and Gerald’s relationship is unbalanced because Gerald sees himself as the dominant one‚ and is controlling. Sheila is naïve‚ quite immature for her age and impressionable. Gerald chose and bought the engagement ring for Sheila‚ without her having any say about it‚ and she just accepts that without questioning Gerald. She
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How does Priestly build tension within the play ‘An Inspector Calls?’ The tension first begins to build when the inspector first appears and begins to interrogate Mr Birling. “I’d like some information‚ if you don’t mind Mr Birling.” The family were having a nice family meal when suddenly he appears and ruins the mood. The audience understand this when Mr Birling says “We were having a nice little family celebration tonight. And a nasty mess you’ve made of it now‚ haven’t you?” Tension is created
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Who Do You Think Bears The Least Responsibility For The Death Of Eva Smith? The inspector calls takes you through an eye opening voyage on the death of a girl named Eva Smith‚ as well as how a family reacts when they know their involvement in the death. The Birling family as well as the soon to be husband (Gerald Croft) of the daughter Sheila‚ one by one are bestowed with guilt despite some refusing to believe they’re own responsibility. Very importantly we learn how each character has mistreated
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On Cyprus‚ Iago‚ who is angered that Othello promoted Cassio plans to destroy Othello by convincing him that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. If I could study a single aspect of the play is Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony. An early example of that in the play is when Iago reveals his detailed plans to destroy Othello and the people Othello cares about. The audience witnesses and hears the entire plan and they are helpless to stop him. As Iago’s plan unfolds on
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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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