The Inspector is offensive but fair; he doesn’t give people with higher status’s any advantages or treat them any different “Public men‚ Mr Birling‚ have responsibilities as well as privileges”; he believes everyone is equal and society should aim to be like that. This could be considered Priestley’s key moral and message which supports the idea that Inspector ‘Ghoul’ is in fact Priestley’s voice. As the play progresses‚ the audience not only notices the Inspector getting through to other characters
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bring a life of isolation and loneliness. The poem also shows how change is not always embraced and how we should not lead a life with a lack of change. The title of the poem‚ the widower in the country immediately gives the reader the impression of an individual in a vast area. This lets the readers know that the widower is alone and isolated. Already‚ the reader already feels sympathy for the widower‚ not only because he has lost his wife‚ but he now lives alone in a vast and empty area. In the
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The Artist and His Audience In order to begin to understand Franz Kafka’s metaphorical and ambiguous short story "A Hunger Artist"‚ most readers will more than likely have to read it more than once. Although the successions of events that make up the story are quite uncomplicated and obvious‚ the overall meaning of what is going on seems to elude the reader. What does stand out is the complicated relationship that the hunger artist has with his audiences. Kafka’s story is about a man who is
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Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ there’s a passage in which the King is speaking with Banquo and Macbeth. They are in the King’s palace‚ commenting about Macbeth becoming Thane of Cawdor. One of the literary resources that Shakespeare constantly uses is irony. In this case‚ he uses dramatic irony‚ in which the audience is aware of a situation that the other characters are not familiar with. In this specific circumstance‚ he uses the irony to build up the character of Macbeth‚ to let the audience judge him
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Comparison of the use of a dramatic monologue. In ’Porphyria’s Lover’ and ’My Last Duchess’‚ Browning uses several features of dramatic monologue in order to engage and sustain the interest of the audience. This style of monologue is spoken by a character‚ which is not the poet‚ and is usually projected at a critical moment‚ as in the case of ’My Last Duchess’ and ’Porphyria’s Lover’. The speakers unintentionally reveal their insanity‚ in both poems‚ through their separate accounts. By studying
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Comedic Plays of Shakespeare. By Navrose Kaur Shakespeare’s comedies are generally identifiable by the use of witty comments‚ irony‚ sarcasm and amusing wordplay. They also abound in mistaken identities with very intricate plots that are challenging to follow‚ with very contrived conclusions. Mistaken identities: The plot is often driven by mistaken identity. Sometimes this is an intentional part of a villain’s plot‚ as in Much Ado about Nothing when Don John tricks Claudio into believing that
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How does Shakespeare use conflict in Hamlet as a way of exploring ideas? An individual’s response to conditions of internal and external conflict is explored throughout literature. In his play‚ Hamlet‚ Shakespeare delves into the themes of appearance versus reality‚ lies versus deceit‚ rejection versus self doubt and tragedy‚ and in doing so attacks the frivolous state of humanity in contemporary society. In order to explore these themes‚ however‚ he uses several forms of conflict to project his
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Juliet who he falls in love with. She is a member of a family that Romeo’s family is at conflict with. There love is forbidden‚ but they go against it and pledge themselves to each other. Juliet‚ in order to be with Romeo‚ pretends to kill herself‚ but he does not know. Romeo finds Juliet in her pretend death believes it is real and kills himself right beside her. Juliet wakes up and realises what has happened and she also truly kills herself. This play has one dominating theme this is PASSION. There
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and refuses to change his character and is the same as Mr and Mrs Birling. This is not so obvious in the beginning‚ but if u study the book really carefully‚ you would see that there are many quotes that suggest that Gerald Croft was always in support of Mr. Birling‚ such as "Yes‚ exactly so" and so on. Mr Birling also goes on to tell Gerald and Eric "how a man should know how to look after himself". This shows Mr Birling lack of civic mindedness and how emphasises on how selfish he is. There are
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of the circle of life and how to achieve and not achieve certain goals‚ and he illustrates this constantly in majority of his soliloquys. However‚ this is contrary to his actions and gestures because he is hesitant and indecisive in his actions. Thus‚ Shakespeare uses diction to convey Hamlet’s state of mind rather than actions alone. For example‚ he uses choppy and long sentences in Hamlet’s diction and eventually as he comes to a decision and becomes more self-assured his sentences become less choppy
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