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    How Does Priestley Present the Character of Mr Birling in Act 1? Mr Birling is presented as a successful businessman‚ who has been active in local politics and was Lord Mayor of Brumley (although it may become clear that he does not care about the local community). Mr Birling is also wife of Sybil Birling and the father of Sheila and Eric. From the first set of stage directions we know that the family is comfortable in their wealth and also found out that Arthur Birling’s wife is his social superior

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    HOW LANGUAGE CALLS TO THE CHILD Nerve cells (centers) in the brain enable us to speak. One cell is concerned with the hearing of the speech (sensorial center) and the other with the production of the speech (motor center). The last mentioned center develops more slowly than the sensorial center. Possibly because the sounds heard by the child provoke the movements to re-produce them. Children must hear the sounds of speech before they can repeat them. NB: Speech is produced by a natural mechanism

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    Emily” is a story of love. By the end of the story‚ readers become aware of the true irony of the story. There are a variety of literary devices in the story‚ all of which contain different meanings and help readers better understand the irony. Because Emily loved Homer so much‚ she killed him so he wouldn’t “leave” her. The reality is Homer is actually gone‚ because he is dead. Ultimately‚ William Faulkner uses symbolism‚ imagery‚ and flashbacks to tell the ironic story of “A Rose for Emily”. There

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    DRAMATIC TECHNIQUES Things to look out for in plays. Context You will need to write about techniques used in plays during your KS4 course. You will be expected to be able to look closely at how the playwright creates tension and characters through different techniques You can use this homework to help you develop your skills when writing about any play but not all plays will use the same techniques. Objective To identify dramatic techniques in plays. What you need to do. 1. Read the help sheet ‘Dramatic

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    Dramatic purpose Act 3 Scene 1 is the main turning point of the play. It is during this scene that the play becomes a tragedy. The scene begins with Benvolio asking that they all go inside because he fears a brawl. Benvolio states‚ “I pray thee‚ good Mercutio‚ let’s retire: The day is hot‚ the Capulets abroad‚ and‚ if we meet‚ we shall not scape a brawl.” Mercutio ignores him and is entertaining everyone by taunting and provoking Tybalt. Soon the happily married Romeo enters. Tybalt calls

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    MACBETH & DRAMATIC IRONY The story of Macbeth written by the infamous William Shakespeare is an excellent storyline known and taught as a great piece of literature. Even after the creation of this tale almost 400 years ago‚ this wonderful written work is still admired and known all over the world. It is an adventure of a noble and truthful hero who is overcome by the lust for power and by greed. His aroused hunger for authority and supremacy leads to him losing his path and turning to the way

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    The author uses literary elements such as symbolism‚ allegory‚ and irony to help the reader understand the theme. However the story does lack depth of characterization‚ a compelling story‚ and a point of view that allows the reader to know more of what is going on. The author still gets his point across while using the elements that are shown throughout the story. This short story deserves literary merit because it achieves its central purpose. Which is to inform the reader further on the theme.

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    the knowledge from books. Throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury uses situational irony and foreshadowing to portray the theme of knowledge being an important key to forming a solid‚ strong society and personal happiness. To begin with‚ Ray Bradbury collectively uses situational irony throughout the story to prove that lack of knowledge can cause a society to lose humanity and

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    An Inspector Calls is a play set in 1912. In the play‚ Gerald and Sheila are enjoying an engagement party when intrudes a ‘police inspector’ who reveals that a lower class woman drank disinfectant and died. The inspector gradually reveals that every member of the family plays a part in the girl’s death. What is important about this play‚ and at first seems irrelevant‚ is that it is set in 1912. What must be remembered is that today if a young woman was struggling with the dilemmas that Eva Smith

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    Houston Saxon Dr. Matheny Oral Interpretation Dramatic Analysis 1. Who is speaking? A.) Peregrine‚ a traveler and deceiver. His goal is to deceive Sir Politic Would-be‚ and take from him whatever he can‚ including‚ possibly‚ his wife. His obstacle is the Sir Politic Would-be‚ and later in the play several more men. His tactics are to insinuate himself with Sir Politic as a friend‚ this includes‚ inventing stories and pretending to be ignorant of things which he actually knows. His expectation

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