play Hook the audience interest‚ intimate‚ calm‚ cosy‚ The lighting change- unusual Party scene Mr Birling’s arrogance and ignorance Engagement Underlying tension Conversation is relatable Audience wonders the connection between the title (inspector…) and the scene before them. Introduce the characters Mr birling’s smugness pg. 6‚ ignorance‚ Mrs Birling’s cold and uptight‚ aware of her class pg. 2 controlling Sheila- naive‚ air headed but may know more pg. 2 under parents thumb Eric-
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1) The importance of business costs: costs are very important to all businesses. Managing and reducing costs is important because 2) Start-up costs & running costs: start-up costs are… three examples are… running costs are… three examples are… 3) Business sectors: businesses are grouped into three sectors according to what they do (activities). The primary sector involves… three examples are … the secondary sector involves … three examples are.. There tertiary sector involves… three examples are
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is the role of the Inspector in “An Inspector Calls”? Set at the close of the Edwardian Era‚ J.B. Priestley’s “An Inspector Calls” is a detective story like no other. Premiered in 1945‚ the play explores the class divide and social hierarchy of early 20th Century Britain‚ warns of the evils of Capitalism and expresses Priestley’s own Socialist message. As a rich‚ middle-class family celebrate an engagement‚ their idyllic world is shattered by the arrival of a police Inspector‚ investigating the
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"An Inspector calls" takes place in 1912‚ where there are great social divisions and distinctions. Written by JB Priestley in 1945 this allows for hindsight which eventually leads to dramatic irony. There are many examples of this‚ all of which are said by Mr Birling‚ "Just because the Kaiser makes a speech or two‚ you’ll hear some people saying that war is inevitable. Well I say to that - fiddlesticks" This play was first published after the second world war and so the audience will know just
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An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly - A* GCSE English Literature Drama Coursework An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly - A* GCSE English Literature Drama Coursework Page 1 of 11 by Luno2012 29 Followers Scroll to the bottom of the page to find more A* GRADE GCSE coursework! An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley A* GCSE English Literature essay writing Helpful hints! The text in bold will give you pointers and advice as to what you should include in your essay‚ and why this will
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Act 1‚ crucially begins to understand the importance of the Inspector and the fact that he has more information than he is revealing. She is the first person in the play to really begin to perceive the inspector. Throughout the play‚ she becomes the most sympathetic family member‚ showing remorse and guilt on hearing the news of her part in the girl’s downfall‚ and encouraging the family (unsuccessfully) to accept responsibility for their part in Eva/Daisy’s death. She is revealed to not
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An Inspector Calls has been called “a play of contrasts”. Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the play. Priestley presents many contrasts in the play‚ An Inspector Calls. One of the most prominent is the contrast between the generations: the open‚ more impressionable younger generation is contrasted with the traditional older generation throughout the play. For example‚ Sheila changes much more in the play than her parents‚ to the point that she is “frightened” and “ashamed”
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is hesitant. Sheila’s tone could be seen as joking but also even resentful. Towards the end of the play‚ priestly gives us the impression that Sheila has been influenced by the inspectors morals greatly‚ as when they are discussing as a family on how to act with the possibility that the inspector isn’t really an inspector. Sheila is presented as of less importance within the Birling hierocracy due to the fact of Sheila being a woman and due to the society at the time; Sheila presents “I behaved badly
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having a affair‚ I couldn’t suspect anything else due to the fact of his absence. I can remember that very night when the inspector came home‚ inspector Goole he seemed a bit curious at first and said we had killed this girl called Eva smith I didn’t really recognize that girl or heard her name before. I was astonished to know father had something to do with this. Inspector Goole then came up to me enquiringly as he thought I was involved. I looked at the photograph I just noticed I knew this girl
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“An inspector calls communicates a message that is relevant only to the plays first audiences; it has no interest or relevance on a modern audience” What do you think of this statement? An Inspector calls was written in 1945 in the setting of an Edwardian 1920’s Britain. In the same month that the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima‚ audiences were queuing anxiously for J. B Priestley’s latest creation. An Inspector calls was hugely relevant to 1945 audiences‚ as it echoed their feeling
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