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    Juliet who he falls in love with. She is a member of a family that Romeo’s family is at conflict with. There love is forbidden‚ but they go against it and pledge themselves to each other. Juliet‚ in order to be with Romeo‚ pretends to kill herself‚ but he does not know. Romeo finds Juliet in her pretend death believes it is real and kills himself right beside her. Juliet wakes up and realises what has happened and she also truly kills herself. This play has one dominating theme this is PASSION. There

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    for one particular character in The Great Gatsby based on their thoughts‚ actions‚ etc.? 2. How do Nick’s qualities as a character affect his narration? 3. How exactly does Gatsby represent the American Dream? 4. What are the apparent strengths of Jay Gatsby? 5. How does The Great Gatsby relate to current society? Chapter 1-2 1. The Notebook‚ The Vow‚ Fast and Furious‚ The Crucible‚ Friends With Benefits‚ Hall Pass‚ and The Twilight Saga. 2. I feel that writers use love

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    Generations An Inspector Calls ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a play set in 1912 by Mr. J. B. Priestly just before world war 1. Britain was drastically different from the post World War 2 Britain as the nation was very capitalist and there was a bigger separation in the social classes. Aristocrats‚ such as Mr. Birling would never mix with people of lower social standing. This was also before the win of Labour in 1945 and the creation of the welfare-state(NHS); which is the time of when the play was first shown

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    An Inspector Calls How does Priestly develop the Character of Sheila Birling? In an Inspector Calls‚ Sheila Birling’s character is seen as a child that has been raised into an upper-class family and has become familiar with the luxuries and social standing lower classes wouldn’t dream of obtaining‚ her spoilt upbringing and deceiving parents have grounded her in a semi-childhood where she is blinded from the injustice of the class system and the treatment of the lower ‘classed’ majority of the public

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    it is quite early. One who takes this journey early is Huckleberry Finn. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ the journey Huck takes is one to man hood and maturity to an understanding of the world and that his choices are his own. He learns what it takes to be a man‚ even though it isn’t a simple walk in the park he learns more than you are given an impression of. Huck’s childish thinking is changed into the thinking of a man because of his lessons in honesty‚ his maturing understanding

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    doesn’t question what is happening in his society and goes along with it. Montag questions his job and what he does in his society. Montag wants to know what his society is missing and it is driving him. Montag changes his beliefs about society and this causes him to reject it because he wants to know what his society is hiding. At first Montag went along with his society without questioning. Montag‚ being a fireman in his society where they burn books‚ is happy with his job and doesn’t even question it

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    ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’ both authors indirectly show their beliefs and opinions towards women and the way they are treated by society. In the time both texts were set- 1912 and the 1930’s- women were generally seen as a lesser class than men and due to their sexuality‚ they were not treated fairly. Steinbeck and Priestley show this at many points in their texts. Both Eva Smith and Curley’s wife are victims of their class as Eva is victimised by each member of the Birling Family‚

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    How does Priestley present the change in Sheila during the course of the play? How do you think this change reflects some of Priestley’s ideas? In An Inspector Calls J.B.Priestley present Sheila Birling’s change during the play in order to reflect some of his own ideas. Sheila is one of the few characters in the play who changes the most in terms of views on social responsibility. Priestley purposefully chose to present Sheila in this way to show the audience that her change should influence them

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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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    ‘The Tempest’ is thought to be Shakespeare’s last play‚ written in approximately 1611. ‘The Tempest’ belongs to the Romance Genre. Generally‚ the following features are found in a Romance: - a trial and test‚ a dynastic marriage‚ magic and the supernatural. ‘The Tempest’ includes the above features‚ in at least one of the three main plots. These plots are the romance between Ferdinand and Miranda; the comedy of Caliban‚ Stephano and Trinculo and finally‚ the tragedy planned by Antonio and Sebastian

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