Recently‚ I had the pleasure of seeing Nikolai Gogol’s 19th century comedic farce‚ The Government Inspector. The thrilling play I attended on Thursday November 5‚ 2015 was adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher‚ directed by Matt Foyer‚ and produced by Jeanette D.Farr at the Glendale College Auditorium Mainstage Theatre. This funny contemporary production illuminated the absurdity and vanity of human behavior. The 90-minute comedic face‚ performed in the grand Proscenium theatre‚ had a clever and unexpected series
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She goes further down her street calling but there is no response from her sister and nothing in the area‚ she checks over a few walls into other yards and through the windows of other homes and sees absolute nothing not even the slightest clue to where she might have gone to‚ stressing all over again‚ Maggie continues searching for her sister Jacky. What a good day don’t you think” The strange man asked in the dark room‚ Jacky can see the clothing but nothing else. “I asked you a damn question”
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Inspector Goole in Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls’ is arguably the most important character. An agent of change and a voice and a voice of personal and social conscience he delivers the main message of the play in his parting speech challenging the Birlings‚ and the audience‚ to “Remember” that there are “millions and millions” of people like Eva Smith‚ all “linked” in some way. Clearly at this stage his examination of the Birlings behaviour and the investigation of the suicide of Eva Smith
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How does Priestley portray the differences between the generations in ‘An Inspector Calls’? Priestley shows us that the older generation –Mr and Mrs Birling - are less ‘impressionable’ (as the inspector said) than the younger generation – Eric and Sheila. This means that they are less able to learn for their actions and change their ways. In the middle of the generations is Gerald‚ who portrays traits of both age groups at different times during the play. The older generation‚ for example‚ is very
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This book is about a boy‚(Will) his brother‚(Cal) his dad‚(Dr. Burrows) and the boy’s friend.(Chester) They get lost inside of an underground colony‚ and they have to escape. This book is in third person. This story takes place in modern-day London‚ and underground London‚ too. The form of conflict is Person vs. Society‚ because Will and Cal want to try to escape the underground colony‚ which is a whole society that doesn’t want anyone to escape the colony. I chose Will as the major character to
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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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Sheila’s marriage for his own selfish reasons. As well as being selfish‚ Birling is rather overconfident in his opinions. His mistaken view of the “unsinkable Titanic” is an example of dramatic irony. This is ironic as the Titanic actually sank but only the audience is aware of this. Another example of the use of dramatic irony is when Birling says “The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war….. I say there isn’t a chance of war” This is also ironic as two years after this play was set‚ WWI began‚ followed
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various methods to present the inspector as well as showing his importance such as stage directions and from the language he uses. These methods allow us to understand and relate to the moral messages put across in the play. The inspector right from the moment he is introduced is commanding of the situation and already has that authority he displays later on in the play. “at once an impression of massiveness‚ solidity and purposefulness”. As the play progresses the inspector continues to make this impression
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of the phone was the first thing I heard that day‚ the ring that belonged to the call that started it all. ‘Hello‚’ I mumbled as I was still half a sleep. ‘Hello‚’ the person replied‚ there voice sounded gravely and rough. ‘Is this Detective Sharon Butler?’ ‘Yes it is; may I ask who is speaking?’ ‘I am the superintendent of Emerald garden Psychiatric Institution‚’ this caused my heart to palpitate rapidly. ‘Inspector Marcuse Hunt asked me to
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Dramatic purpose Act 3 Scene 1 is the main turning point of the play. It is during this scene that the play becomes a tragedy. The scene begins with Benvolio asking that they all go inside because he fears a brawl. Benvolio states‚ “I pray thee‚ good Mercutio‚ let’s retire: The day is hot‚ the Capulets abroad‚ and‚ if we meet‚ we shall not scape a brawl.” Mercutio ignores him and is entertaining everyone by taunting and provoking Tybalt. Soon the happily married Romeo enters. Tybalt calls
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