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    Peng Zhan‚ a Chinese born Global Business Management graduate of Central Lancashire University has had twenty years experience working in large mining projects at a senior level of big companies in Cameroon and Niger. His long term friend and mining entrepreneur‚ Abigail Jallow‚ who has made a fortune mining copper has contacted him about a new opportunity. The proposition is that he could set up his own company and take over a proposed gold mining opportunity in Sierra Leone. At present the

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    In the play “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestly‚ Mr. Birling and Sheila Birling have contrasting attitudes to social issues. J.B Priestly uses this difference to highlight the diversity between generations and their reactions to the situations faced. He also shows the difference in the way they act upon hearing the news and how they change throughout the play. Arthur Birling is the father to Sheila Birling and so is presented as the older‚ “old-fashioned”  generation whereas Shelia is the younger

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    female roles presented in The Crucible‚ Macbeth‚ and An Inspector Calls. In An Inspector Calls‚ there are three female characters. The fact that they are outnumbered from the onset is a clue to the fact that thy play a more submissive role in the entire piece. This also reflects on how women expressed themselves very submissively in the time period being written about (1912). The three women are: Sybil Birling‚ Arthur Birling’s wife‚ Sheila Birling‚ his daughter‚ and Edna‚ the maid. The fact that Edna

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    Although JB Priestley wrote the play in 1946‚ it was set in 1910. ’An inspector Calls’ is a morality play which reflects the social and industrial unrest of the time. Priestley was a socialist living in a capitalist society. He felt very strongly about this and wrote the play to get people to change. He believed that Britain needed a socialist government to lead it into post-war reconstruction. It is clear from the play that the poor were treated very badly by the rich. Priestly believed in equality

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    How does JB Priestly explore and present the theme of gender in the play ‘An Inspector Calls”? Section 3 - Throughout this play JB Priestly has included a range of female characters in the play‚ from an upper class snob‚ through a mature daughter and a working class girl. However Eva Smith‚ the working class girl‚ was the only character who suffered the most because of her gender‚ she was treated differently by all character throughout the play. She had no value in society what so ever and we’ve

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    Inspector Goole in Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls’ is arguably the most important character. An agent of change and a voice and a voice of personal and social conscience he delivers the main message of the play in his parting speech challenging the Birlings‚ and the audience‚ to “Remember” that there are “millions and millions” of people like Eva Smith‚ all “linked” in some way. Clearly at this stage his examination of the Birlings behaviour and the investigation of the suicide of Eva Smith

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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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    I was very surprised how the article made a point of how mothers are represented in the media. They are usually represented as cooking‚ cleaning‚ and baby machines. It is sad but is oh so true. In the article the focus is the way that mothers are portrayed in the media. The over simplification of the role of motherhood inside house and outside of the house is something to take notice to. Often in the media mothers are recognized for being housewives and care givers. Yes‚ this is true that they are

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    How does Priestley show that tension is at the heart of the Birling Family?’ Tensions in the Birling household are shown from the beginning of the play. The house is described as “not cosy and homelike” which represents the cold and unfriendly atmosphere; these characteristics very much reflect the family itself. There is a significant contrast between the older and younger generations throughout the play. An early hint of this is evident at the start of the play when Sheila says she would

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    To kill a mocking bird is a novel written by Harper lee set in the southern part of America just after the civil war had ended . This means that though slavery had been abolished ‚ black people were still held to a lower standard than white people . It is not only black people who are subjected to racial prejudice but also anyone who fails to conform to the social norms of the ‘tired old town’ of Maycomb. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters in To Kill a Mocking Bird.He is the father

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