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    INSPECTOR CALLS REVISION NOTES Political views During the 1930’s Priestley became very concerned about the consequences of social inequality in Britain‚ and in 1942 Priestley and others set up a new political party‚ the Common Wealth Party‚ which argued for public ownership of land‚ greater democracy‚ and a new ’morality’ in politics. The party merged with the Labour Party in 1945‚ but Priestley was influential in developing the idea of the Welfare State which began to be put into place at the

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    The role of Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly. Inspector Goole is probably the most important character in An Inspector Calls. He creates big impressions and somehow reveals all about the Birling family and Gerald Croft. He interrupts their celebrations to question them over the death of Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton. In the process of doing this he makes some of the characters realise what they are really like‚ and how the small actions they had done in the past affected her and

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    An Inspector Calls: Revision notes These notes are to help kick-start your revision of the play for the GCSE exam. Good Luck! Miss Stonehouse Introduction There are a number of references to external events within the play and these could provide the areas which could be developed further. Among these are:       The Titanic The emergence of Russia as a world power The outbreak of World War One The importance of the Women’s Rights movement The rise of Socialism

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    In Act 1 of “An Inspector Calls” how does J.B Priestley use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience as well as interest them and involve them in the play. “An Inspector Calls” was written in 1945 but the play was set in 1912‚ a few years before the First World War. The place it was set was an imaginary industrial West Midland town called Brumley. The play talks about the class structure in 1912. “An Inspector Calls” shows how big a gap there was between the

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    ignorance and the gospel of envy‚ its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery”- Winston Churchill Winston Churchill thinks that socialism is a philosophy of failure however John Steinbeck author Of Mice and Men & JB Priestly author of An Inspector Calls would say that capitalism creates the failure in society not socialism. Both authors create a microcosm to show us how society was like at the time. This is called social realism. The two texts show how rich people are quick to take advantage

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    horrified‚ Priestley watched as the world lapsed into its second great conflict. This second bout of suffering made Priestley realise that something had to be done. Within a week of the end of the war‚ An Inspector Calls was written‚ expressing the urgency with which change was needed through the Inspector and‚ more importantly‚ Sheila. At the beginning of the play‚ Sheila represents a typical middle-class girl of the time. She has been brought up to simply be a perfect wife. She seems very young‚ excitable

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    CHILDHOOD OBESITY: WHO’S THE BLAME Jerriett Hand ENG 122 English composition 2 Instructor Amanda Price December 2‚ 2012 With Childhood obesity on the rise‚ who should be held responsible for such epidemic? Should it be the children‚ the parents‚ genetics‚ or the media? I believe that the scope and nature of childhood obesity should start with the parents. Parent plays a major role on the decisions of their children’s meal choices. The choice that parents choose to make is crucial to their

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    course‚ death. Death is the primary theme of Hamlet; how each character is affected by death in some way or form. However‚ it is unclear on where death came from and who initially brought it upon Denmark. In this analysis of Hamlet‚ I will dissect the viewpoints of Indira Ghose‚ G. Wilson Knight‚ and Tabassum Javed towards identifying who is truly responsible for the deaths in this Shakespearean play. As Hamlet sits in the graveyard‚ staring at the skull of the dead jester‚ Shakespeare foreshadows

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    Inspector Calls Sheila Birling: - She is described at the start as a ’pretty girl in her early twenties‚ very pleased with life and rather excited’. 1 - Even though she seems very playful at the opening‚ we know that she has had suspicions about Gerald when she mentions "last summer‚ when you never came near me." However even though she mentions this‚ she seems to have no desire and want to actually find out about what happened in the summer. 2 - Immediately shows compassion to Eva Smith and

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    Who 1 Who is to blame? Who 2 Who is to blame? Is it the responsibility of the parents to manage how their teenage kid responds to music? Depending on how parents develop the foundation for their children to learn‚ grow‚ and function in the world will help determine how they interpret things as a teenage kid. Family values are developing for the whole family to live by almost like if they were a set of rules. Parents educating their teenage kid on media literacy

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