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    Throughout the play An Inspector Calls JB Priestly uses the characters to portray the different levels of society. He does this so as to give each class a moral belief and name. The play is called ’An Inspector calls’ and was written in 1946 by J.B. Priestly. It is set in the year 1912‚ in between the time in which it was set and the year it was written two world wars had taken place. In 1912 classes were very different and were socially divided. There was a lot of poor people and very few rich people

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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 play “An Inspector calls” is written by the author J.B Priestley‚ all three acts are taken place in the dining-room of the Birlings’ house in Brumply‚ an industrial city in the North Midlands. The time it was set was an evening in spring‚ 1912. The play was first produced at the New Theatre in October‚ 1946. The story contains the characters: Arthur Birling‚ Sybil Birling‚ Eric Birling‚ Gerald Croft‚ Edna and INSPECTOR GOOLE. The detective thriller really gets the audience’s attention‚ from the

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    chronological order‚ addressing each of the family members only when it progresses the story of Eva Smith’s life. The explanation he gives for his wealth of knowledge is a diary left by the deceased girl‚ however‚ in the final‚ albeit short‚ phone call that closes the play there is no mention of a diary‚ leaving the audience to wonder whether or not the diary actually existed. Upon the exit of Gerald‚ Sheila makes a comment on how he never saw the photograph of Eva Smith to which the Inspector replies

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    An Inspector calls - Why it is a successful play Priestly was a successful play writer who wrote a number of successful plays including ‘An Inspector calls’ which has all the qualities I would expect from a good stage play. That are the following an interesting plot which carefully unravels and a good use of dramatic devices such as cliff hangers also the way these devices are used to get the audience more involved. I would examine the play for these qualities by checking to see if it has all

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    Make and Receive Telephone Calls This unit is about making and receiving telephone calls and transferring calls‚ when necessary‚ in a business environment. 1- Understand how to make telephone calls. 1.1 Describe the different features of telephone systems and how to use them. Telephone systems have many different features this allows us to handle and manage calls in a professional manner. • Call holding- places a caller on hold so you can perform another task. This could be to locate paperwork

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    Making a telephone call On 10/10/12 a work colleague had asked me to make a phone call to Cawthorne Park about a group of learners visiting on the 16/10/12. She asked me to find out if they had any special offers for colleges or large groups. I checked out what information she needed and found out from her the age of the leaners and if they had any disabilities as this could affect if they got a discount. I did an internet search to find the number for Cawthorne Park as this was the quickest

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    Receive Telephone Calls 1.1 Describe the different features of telephone systems and how to use them Telephone systems have many different features in order for them to be used in a professional manner. Answer Phone - this feature is used for out of office hours. It enables people to leave a message when no one is available to take the call. Call Holding - places a caller on hold when having to do another task. This could be an array of different things such as transferring a call to appropriate

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    know how to value options on stock indices and currencies.” Explain this statement. 3. Explain how corporations can use range-forward contracts to hedge their foreign exchange risk. 4. Calculate the value of a three-month at-the-money European call option on a stock index when the index is at 250‚ the risk-free interest rate is 10% per annum‚ the volatility of the index is 18% per annum‚ and the dividend yield on the index is 3% per annum. 5. Calculate the value of an eight-month European put

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    The book‚ Call of the Wild‚ written by Jack London‚ and the movie Call of the Wild are very different in many ways. It could be the way a scene plays out‚ a character’s role‚ or even when a event takes place. First‚ in the movie Call of the Wild John Thornton played a role throughout the whole movie being a gold miner searching for Buck. In the book Call of the Wild John Thornton isn’t added to the story until Hal‚ Charles‚ Mercades and were about to cross over the lake‚ and John rescues Beck

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