What is the Inspectors role in the novel An Inspector Calls? The Inspector plays an intriguing role in J.B Priestley’s Inspector Calls. There are many different interpretations of the Inspectors role in the play but in my opinion he represents the author Priestley without the audience knowing until the end of the play. The Inspector as a character is used to show Priestley’s views of social and political unjust of his time. Priestley does this by giving the inspector power to‚ question each character
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their work”. To what extent do you agree with this? The ‘true value’ of a relationship can be interpreted in various ways‚ the idea of a positive romantic love and trust are aspects associated directly with this notion. Yet in some ways the true value of a relationship can be more in line with realism and imperfections‚ which both F. Scott Fitzgerald and Carol Ann Duffy explore. In ‘The Great Gatsby’ F. Scott Fitzgerald presents an illustration of the American dream and with this theme the idea of
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the protagonist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ to an extent is a tragic hero. This is because it follows some of the many common traits of a typical Aristotelian tragic hero. These include how the Frankenstein is lead to his downfall due to his excessive pride. Other points include how Frankenstein‚ the hero discovered his fate by his own actions and also how he saw and understood his demise‚ and that his fate was because of his own actions. The last point is how he was physically and emotionally scarred of
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ribbon symbolised a wound. In this description‚ many references are made to beheading‚ using terms such as ‘blade[…] sliced it through’ and ‘crimson[…] arterial blood’. Considering the intentions of the character of the Marquis‚ this is greatly foreshadowing and extremely violent. Carter’s writing techniques vary between a lack of description‚ such as the consummation of the main characters’ marriage‚ and a lot of description‚ such as the imagery of the ‘ruby choker’. This is because Carter aims to emphasise
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“The play ‘Twelfth Night’ delights in chaos and confusion” To what extent do you agree with this statement? The plotline in many of Shakespeare’s comedies are often considered complicated and confusing. The plots of these plays usually follow a general structure where a comedy contains five acts and where the climax of the play is found in the third. This is where where a big event in the play is carried out to mark this event. This confusion is usually resolved in the last act‚ followed by the
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measure different aspects of a countries development. For example‚ life expectancy gives an idea of how long a person is expected to live in a particular country. The higher the life expectancy‚ the longer a person is expected to live and therefore you can make conclusions about the countries level of development can such as the country is likely to have good medical provision and public health. However‚ a high value does not necessarily indicate a high level of development. For example‚ a low number
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‘Ultimately‚ Malvolio is a comic character’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? Comedy is entertainment consisting of jokes and satire‚ in order to make an audience laugh. In my opinion‚ Malvolio is a comic character. A comic character would need characteristics to do with comedy. For example‚ in Malvolio’s case‚ he shows that he is an arrogant character‚ almost villainous‚ and because of Marias plot he can be seen getting what he deserves‚ and a villainous character getting their
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"To have a good life‚ you must have a good education." How many times‚ has this sentence been ingrained into our minds‚ by our parents‚ our teachers‚ even our older siblings? How true is this statement? In my opinion‚ it is largely true; however‚ not everyone who has a good life is educated. Following the same argument‚ not everyone who is educated leads a good life. What is deemed by an education? An education‚ as defined by the Merriam-Webster is the action or process of educating or of being
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An Inspector calls An inspector calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1934 and performed in 1945‚ 33 years after the war. But the play itself is set around 1912 just before the war broke out‚ the play is a neutralistic‚ mystery drama about a middle class family named the Birlings who all have a mischievous secret that involves the death of Eva Smith‚ which teaches people a lesson about social justice. When the play opens the Birling family are cheerfully celebrating the engagement of the beloved
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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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