AN INSPECTOR CALLS MR JOHNSON’S EXAM REVISION BOOKLET HOW SHOULD I REVISE? 1. Firstly‚ you need to look at some past exam questions so you know what to expect – see pages 3 and 4. Do this now. Once completed put a tick next to this first step. 2. OK‚ now that you’ve done that you need to understand what to write and how to write it. You’ll find all of this information on page 4 and 5. Read and digest this information now. Once completed put a tick next to this second step.
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does not want to feel any responsibility. After this Gerald teams up with Mr. Birling and indicates that he and Mr. Birling are not going to play ball or submit to him‚ “And I don’t really see ... we don’t know”. This is a very defensive reaction and shows that Gerald and Mr. B do not want to have time for the Inspector‚ and that they possibly feel threatened by him. The Inspector does not retaliate aggressively to the ‘attack’ by Mr. B and Gerald but instead he slowly replies‚ “Are you sure you don’t
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worst of what makes us Australian. A negative trait that is exhibited in the novel is irresponsibility. One example of this is where Gerald bursts into Clarry’s shop and demands he bury Jimmy’s body for him. Gerald is responsible for Jimmy’s death yet decides to exploit Clarry’s poor financial situation by forcing him to cover up the murder. “If it wasn’t for Gerald Mortlock‚ we’d be in the gutter”‚ (p136).Anothernegative trait that is prominent in the novel is discrimination. Discrimination is demonstrated
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‘Spring Offensive’ of Wilfred Owen: Offensive and Its Outcome Sunday‚ October 23‚ 2011 Wilfred Owen Masters the group of war poets who have the first hand experienced of modern war fare. ‘Spring Offensive’ like other poems of Owen‚ is an eloquent protest against the cruelties and horror of war and it is drawn on Owens own experience of the Anglo French offensive launched in April 1917 to attack the Germans who took shelter behind the river Somme in France. The very title of the poem
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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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In this essay I will be exploring the ways in which JB Priestly presents and develops the tensions in Brumley in ‘An Inspector Calls’. I will be looking at a range of tensions including class‚ intergeneration‚ male vs. female and also dramatic techniques used by JB Priestly. An Inspector Calls was written after the Second World War. It is set in the spring of 1912 at the Brumley home of the Birling’s. In the play the central theme is responsibility. Priestley is interested in our personal responsibility
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life. It is helpful to us in lot of ways. The following bibliography reveals the different aspects of electronic media. Bissel‚ Tom. “Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” ” They Say I Say with Readings. Eds. Cathy Birkenstein‚ Russel Durst‚ Gerald Graff. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2012. 349-362. Tom Bissell in “Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” emphasize the importance of video games in our life. Tom supports his affection with the video games by telling his story
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reflect the family itself. There is a significant contrast between the older and younger generations throughout the play. An early hint of this is evident at the start of the play when Sheila says she would hate it if Gerald became “purple faced” which also indicates to the audience that Gerald will end up like the older generation. The attitude of the Inspector towards each the characters differs significantly which shows the audience contrast between them. The inspector is representing the opinions
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Another key member in the play is Sheila’s fiancée Gerald Croft who is another wealthy industrialist‚ although Gerald has inherited his wealth unlike Birling. Each of these people in turn is implicated in Eva Smith’s death. Priestley puts his hope and his beliefs in Sheila and Eric‚ whose consciences have not
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One example of logos is in regards of Gerald. Gerald Boyd was a poet that awarded a prize for his work‚ which caused the people of the area to lash out at him‚ “This is the end of the country-not the delta‚ not those vile little settlements in that hellish swamp Gerald is so crazy about‚ even though some bastards who live there nearly killed him……It’s what those savages in the bayou did to him. He won
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