killing of Lennie. Crooks is isolate being the inly black character as he is not allowed and is not welcome with the other ranch hands to play cards‚ so he has a lot of books in his room as that is his only form of entertainment. Candy is also lonely‚ especially after they shoot his dog as his dog was his companionship. Curley’s wife is also lonely because she is always trying to seek attention and conversation‚ but no-body wants to talk to her. - Dreams George and Lennie have the main dream -
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How does J.B. Priestley create dramatic tension at the end of act two? Events throughout the Act lead to the dramatic tension at the end of act two such as the gradual build up towards the shock of Eric as the father of Eva’s unborn child; Mrs Birling’s swift change form outright confidence to devastation at the end of act two and Eric’s entrance just as Mrs Birling has claimed that the father of Eva’s unborn child should take sole responsibility for the suicide. Priestley creates this dramatic
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What role does Priestly give the Inspector in the play? An Inspector Calls is a play with lots of political messages as well as social messages. J.B. Priestley believed in socialism and he used large amounts of his plays to try and convince people to his way of thinking. The Inspector is commanding and authoritative. In his entrance towards the play‚ he creates at once an impression of solidity and purposefulness. In Page 11‚ he continues to create this impression as he progresses through
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start-up costs because…. 6) Start-up costs: comparison between businesses in the tertiary sector: even businesses in the same sector can have different types and amounts of start-up costs. • Compare the start-up costs of 2 tertiary businesses. Explain why they might be the same /different 7) Running costs: comparison between businesses in the tertiary sector: the same applies to the running costs of businesses in the same
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An inspector calls is set in 1912 but was written and perfomed in 1945/46 to a post war generation.Setting the play before the first world war enables priestly to make the most of class divison and social hierachy in england.Priestley has used throughout this play the devices of dramatic irony and foreshadowing. He shows lies‚ deceit‚ wickedness and weakness within the characters. The play can be seen as a microcosm of society with different attidues being shown in different characters. Priestl was
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How does Priestley present Mr Birling in Act one? The play‚ by J.B Priestley‚ was set in 1912 because the author wanted to give an audience a better understanding of the contrast in social class and hierarchy‚ which was split into Upper‚ Middle and working class‚ compared to what they had in 1945‚ when the play was written. Additionally‚ by setting it during The Edwardian era‚ the assemblage is able to observe the domineering Capitalistic views which is the heart of Arthur Birling’s philosophy.
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when another character comes into the frame completely lacking a moral compass‚ we can see it in comparison. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth we get this comparison. Though not on display on his own‚ when Lord Macbeth interacts with his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ we see that he does have a conscience. Yet evidence for her is hard to find. Lady Macbeth is psychotic. Everything she does seems to be evidence to the fact that she suffers from a mental illness. She is manipulative in her own way and
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homework An inspector calls 1) Find 3 quotations that show how characters change from Victorian to modern mortality “What an expression Shelia! Really the things you girls pick up these days!” “I think Shelia and I had better go into the drawing-room and leave you men” “Why the devil do you want to go upsetting the child like that?” 2) How would a modern day audience have responded to the characters/ the play? A modern day audience would be very shocked by the characters behaviour and
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‘Inspector Goole merely functions as a mouthpiece for Priestley’s ideas.’ What do you think is the Inspector’s function in the play and how does Priestley present him? ‘An Inspector Calls’ written by J.B Priestly is a play with hidden political morals within it. As Priestly believes in Socialism (treating everybody fairly and equally) he uses the Inspector to convey his ideas to the audience to try and encourage them to see his way of thinking by using a family that is Capitalist (that believe
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Is the death of your loved one truly causing one to change? Most would say it impacts their life in a way‚ but to one person‚ it became their obsession. Hamlet’s world is turned upside down when his father died and when his mother remarried to his own uncle. In each of Hamlet’s soliloquies‚ one can see that his character changes due to the recent turn of events. At first‚ he is grieving over his father’s death; after all‚ about two months had passed since his “death”. Hamlet is agitated over the
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