Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the Play ‘An Inspector Calls’ The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ by JB Priestley has many aspects of contrast in it. The aspects of contrast in this play is the differences between the classes with Edna‚ Eva and the inspector being of a lower class to the rest of the cast‚ also the contrast of Gender plays a big role in this play with females being treated differently to Males. The Birlings and Gerald Croft are both of a higher class with Edna
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Nora’s character and the exploration of gender roles in the nineteenth century Norway Nora is the main protagonist of the play and the play mainly focuses on her feelings and actions. She is the only one whose character develops throughout the play. In the initial stages of the play she displays some childish qualities when she interacts with her husband as the audience can see when Torvald calls her by different names such as “my little squirrel”‚ “my little lark”‚ “my little spendthrift”‚ “extravagant
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wives‚ cook‚ clean‚ and take care of the kids. They weren’t allowed to vote or get a job like men did. All though this image has changed in the past decades the play Othello written by Shakespeare takes place in a time in which women were still seen this way. The play narrates the story of a black man name Othello‚ who secretly marries a white girl named Desdemona. As the play develops Othello lets jealousy take the best parts of him. Meanwhile Iago plans his revenge against Othello using women as the
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Name: Nicholas Olguin Macbeth Modified novel review 1. Fill in the chart for major characters‚ most important characters first (add rows as necessary): Character Role in the story Significance of character to the work Two adjectives describing him/her Macbeth The Main character who learns his fate and kills King Duncan to become King. Macbeth is the main character in the play and he is neither a clear protagonist or antagonist. We first meet Macbeth after a battle and he appears
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didn’t realize it at first‚ but her experiences during both the revolution and war shaped her into a brave‚ courageous young woman. Regardless of awareness‚ society influences individual development is shown throughout the story as Marjane changes through three pivotal events. The Shah being overthrown‚ Anoosh’s death‚ and Marjane smoking her first cigarette‚ all contribute to Marjane’s development as a person. After the overthrow of the Shah‚ Marjane’s character began to form. Before the revolution
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In Act One of “An Inspector Calls” how does J.B. Priestley uses dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to the members of the audience‚as well as interest and involve them in his play? J.B Priestley was born in Bradford‚ Yorkshire on 13th September 1894. He firm believer of socialism which is a political theory or system in which the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people therefore he disagrees firmly with capitalism. Priestley set his play in 1912 because the
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Character is what defines each person on Earth‚ whether that character is benevolent and influenced by friends and family‚ or malevolent and influenced by hardship and difficulty in life. Take book characters‚ for example‚ as they often go through thickening plots‚ heartbreak‚ plot twists‚ and misfortunes that force their character traits to alter in order to survive. This is true for actual people as well as fictional characters because a person’s character traits are at first chosen by them‚ but
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dynamic characters throughout the play. However Othello himself changes the most throughout the play due to the lies and rumors that he is hearing. Othello starts as a completely loyal high ranking general in the Italian army who appoints Cassio to lieutenant and secretly gets married to the senator’s daughter named Desdemona. Upset by Othello’s choice of lieutenant‚ Iago begins feeding Othello lies about what is happening between his new wife and his new lieutenant. Over the course of the play Othello
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Macbeth is a fictional character that undergoes many changes throughout a Shakespeare play‚ he loses trust and does not follow his moral values. Macbeth is loyal and devoted to others in the beginning of Act I‚ leading up to Act V he experiences some issues affecting his mental and physical health. King Duncan tells him the throne will be passed down to him and in order to succeed the king must die. Macbeth receives a prophecy from three weird sisters and they tell him that he will kill the king
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significance of Inspector Goole in the play? The audience are first introduced to Inspector Goole half way through act 1. He is a mysterious character from the very beginning‚ but we see that he is confident and has an air of authority about him and he is determined to make the family face their guilt. He claims that he has seen the dead body of Eva Smith who died earlier that day after she had ‘swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant’. He is of much significance throughout the play as Priestly uses
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