the Birling family. The Birling’s are a family of two generations; the older assertive and callous generation and the younger ambitious generation with not yet fully sculpted minds. The lack of understanding and empathy for the younger generation (Eric and Shelia) feeds the tension at heart:- ‘Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble-that’s why.’ This quotation reflects on Eric’s sense of distance between himself and his farther whilst implying that Mr Birling
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The Birlings often show their wealth and power through gestures of grandeur. In act 1‚ Mr Birling assures Gerald that that what he is marrying into is a honourable family. He does these countless times through sly mentioning of the port they’re drinking or the size of their business. At this moment Sheila also makes teasing comments to Gerald‚ but towards Gerald Mr and Mrs Birling feel obligated to portray a family with great manners including a modest and obedient daughter. Eric shows the flawed
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Initially Priestley presents the character Sheila Birling as shallow and naive. He firstly does this through his use of stage directions‚ which describe her as "a pretty girl in her early twenties‚ very pleased with life and rather excited." The words “very pleased” imply that she has an easy life and no worries or concerns‚ which contrasts with the life of Eva Smith‚ a poor lower class girl. This suggests that Sheila is very naive to the hardships that people of lower classes face in life. In addition
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Calls’ written by J B Priestley‚ Mr Arthur Birling is a prosperous manufacturer as well as father of Eric and Sheila. He is married to Mrs Birling and lives a stable social life. But does this explain everything? We do not know his character‚ his appearance or any deeper information about his habits. And yet at the end of the play everything is clear. So the question is how did the author let us know about Mr Birling’s inside? At the beginning of the play Mr Birling seems to be a very happy man. His
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fascinating portrait of the way that people can let themselves off the hook. If one message of the play is that we must all care more thoroughly about the general welfare‚ it is clear that the message is not shared by all. By contrasting the older Birlings and Gerald with Sheila and Eric‚ Priestley explicitly draws out the difference between those who have accepted their responsibility and those who have not. An inspector calls is a murder mystery with a strong moral message set at the peak Edwardian
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How is the interrogation of Mr Birling made dramatic. What does this extract reveal about the themes of the play? Priestley introduces us to each character in the first few pages of his short play “An Inspector Calls”. It is established that we are thrust upon a political marriage between the Birling family and Gerald Croft‚ son of the owner of Crofts Ltd‚ a competitor to Birling & Co. The family are celebrating the engagement of Gerald Croft to Mr Birling’s daughter‚ Sheila just before an Inspector
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Explore how Williams presents Stella. Choose two or three sections from the play to analyse in detail. In your answer you should consider: Williams use of language Dramatic Technique Stella plays an important role in ‘a streetcar named Desire’‚ even though she is not the protagonist. Williams presents her in the middle of Blanche and Stanley’s conflict‚ this is mainly because they both have continuous battles over who gets to have her love and
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Explore how writers present disturbed characters in Macbeth and The Laboratory. Macbeth is arguably one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. Written sometime between 1603 and 1606‚ the play is strongly written with King James the first’s of England’s interests in mind; the supernatural. Because of this we are introduced to the idea of the paranormal and witchcraft straight way in the play with the three. This would have scared a Jacobean audience as they feared the supernatural; it also foreshadows
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How is Mrs. Birling presented in ‘an inspector calls’ and what does this reflect about Priestley’s ideas? In the play ‘An Inspector calls’ Priestley presents Mrs Birling as a; immoral‚ proud‚ prejudice‚ bad mother. Priestley presents Mrs Birling as being proud of her social status; he uses Mr Birling to highlight this ‘Arthur you’re not supposed to do such things’. Mrs Birling is the social superior of the Birling family and tells her Husband Mr Birling off for mentioning how ‘very nice’ the meal
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classics of mid-20th century English theatre. The Characters are as follows Arthur Birling‚ Sybil Birling (wife)‚ Sheila Birling (daughter)‚ Eric Birling (son)‚ Edna (maid)‚ Gerald Croft (to be son-in-law) and Inspector Goole (Inspector). All the three acts which are continuous that take place in the dining-room of the Birlings’ house in Brumley‚ an industrial city in the North Midlands. It is an evening in the Spring of 1912. Arthur Birling He is described at the start as a "heavy-looking
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