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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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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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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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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According to the dictionary‚ empathy is defined as “the understanding of another’s situation‚ feelings‚ and motives”. I find it difficult to understand that a person could lack such consideration and compassion for another living creature‚ but‚ clearly‚ I have seen otherwise. On many occasions‚ I have witnessed disconcerting behavior both aimed at myself‚ or other individuals and have questioned the our society’s complacent moral standards. For as long as I can remember‚ my ability to treat others
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altruism except when it comes to him. Altogether‚ through the novel as a whole‚ Mary Shelley is portraying humanity as instinctively intolerant and inconsiderate. Furthermore‚ Mary Shelley’s human characters in Frankenstein do not deserve the reader’s empathy because of their self-regard‚ uncivil judgments‚ and deceitfulness. First‚ the reader is shown that Mary Shelley’s characters lack redeeming qualities through Victor’s complete abandonment of his creation with no remorse. For example‚ after Victor’s
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Introduction Empathy is‚ by definition‚ the experience of understanding another’s condition from their perspective. This phenomenon is responsible for the ability to relate to another’s emotional condition‚ recognize distress and other emotions related to negative experiences‚ and encourage prosocial‚ or helpful‚ behaviours when in groups. Prosocial behaviours have been noted in many species‚ particularly of mammals and insects (Zahn-Waxler‚ Hollenbeck‚ Radke-Yarrow‚ 1984). However‚ scientists have
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Empathy: The Journey of Emotions There once was a lost clear man as transparent as a crystal‚ named Empathy. He wandered aimlessly across the lands with a desire to explore and interact with others. He walked and walked until he grew weak he kneeled down to catch his breath slowly sinking closer to the ground. When he awoke there was a orange man dabbing a damp cloth on his head. Sitting up quickly the orange man encouraged him to rest saying that he had found him passed out in the middle of a field
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Using rape‚ critically discuss how the use of the counseling skill empathy might influence delivery of relationships. The purpose of this essay will be to look at how important the skill of empathy is during counselling in forming a therapeutic relationship with a rape victim. This essay will be exploring the humanistic theory of counselling and critically analysing the use of empathy in creating a good therapeutic relationship. It will then be looking more specifically at the importance creating
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may be reducing empathy‚ as technology is shown to have a negative impact on attention‚ and attention is needed to produce sincere empathetic responses. Bockarova‚ (2016) noted technology uses could be heightening the effects of mind-wandering and shortening attention span‚ as it can provide instant gratification. Thus‚ she examined the association between technology uses‚ mind-wandering‚ and empathy. She hypothesized that hourly use of technology would be associated with lower empathy. For the qualitative
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