AN INSPECTOR CALLS MR JOHNSON’S EXAM REVISION BOOKLET HOW SHOULD I REVISE? 1. Firstly‚ you need to look at some past exam questions so you know what to expect – see pages 3 and 4. Do this now. Once completed put a tick next to this first step. 2. OK‚ now that you’ve done that you need to understand what to write and how to write it. You’ll find all of this information on page 4 and 5. Read and digest this information now. Once completed put a tick next to this second step.
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Explore how Priestly presents and develops the relationship between Shelia and Mrs. Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’. Priestly uses dialogue and stage directions to show a void between different generations. Although Mrs. Birling is Shelia’s mother she still refers to her as a ‘girl[s]’. The audience can sense Mrs. Birling’s condescending tone and how she still retains the view that Shelia is an immature and ignorant ‘girl[s]’ even though she is a fully grown adult who will soon be wed. This is ironic
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the writer relates the issues of each individual within the issues of another individual shows the writer put forth a lot of effort when using his imagination. The answers were easy to spot when one wants to figure out how the characters ended up the way that they are by identifying the underlying hurt within each character. The best way to explain the how easy it was to grasp the approach the writer took is by understanding this particular strategy. While not all strategies involve real life experiences
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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 him
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"An Inspector calls" takes place in 1912‚ where there are great social divisions and distinctions. Written by JB Priestley in 1945 this allows for hindsight which eventually leads to dramatic irony. There are many examples of this‚ all of which are said by Mr Birling‚ "Just because the Kaiser makes a speech or two‚ you’ll hear some people saying that war is inevitable. Well I say to that - fiddlesticks" This play was first published after the second world war and so the audience will know just
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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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Throughout the play An Inspector Calls JB Priestly uses the characters to portray the different levels of society. He does this so as to give each class a moral belief and name. The play is called ’An Inspector calls’ and was written in 1946 by J.B. Priestly. It is set in the year 1912‚ in between the time in which it was set and the year it was written two world wars had taken place. In 1912 classes were very different and were socially divided. There was a lot of poor people and very few rich people
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arrival of Inspector Goole undermines the natural pathways of authority within the household. As his name suggests‚ ‘Inspector Goole‚’ seems to have supernatural power and racks up the tension through his intimidating questioning of the characters. The pace and tension are controlled by his character and the audience is carried by the dramatic which suggests he is almost god. CONCLUSION: We see the power shift in Act I as the action progress through the super knowing power of the Inspector. His
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Examine how the inspector is so successful in his methods of investigating the Billings for their ‘crimes’ against Eva Smith. In An Inspector Calls the Inspector plays a very important part‚ if not the most important of them all. He is the only man who‚ in one night‚ managed to tell the family all that the family itself had been ignoring and pretending not to see for a long time. He barges in on them when they are celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft therefore a very
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J.B Pristley wrote the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ for a specific purpose; to highlight the injustices of society in 1912. The original audience understood the context of the play and endured two world wars. Pristley presents a socialist point of view‚ using his characters to convey his ideals. Priestly’s overriding message in the play is that ‘We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.’ The characters symbolize how society should be. Mr. Birling is the opposite of Pristley’s view:
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