wartime setting and an extra emotional dimension to the play. The audience’s proximity to the stage enhances the intimacy created by the bareness of the stage and the re-connection of the two main characters: Bridie an Australian Army Nurse & Sheila a British Civilian. The broad emotional feel of the play is embedded in the dialogue of the script that uses idiomatic expression and juxtaposition to individualise the characters personalities and backgrounds. Descriptive Language is used to recapture
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‘An Inspector Calls’ by J. B. Priestley In Act One of ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ how does J. B. Priestley use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience‚ as well as interest and involve them in the play? In Act One of ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ J. B. Priestley uses several different dramatic techniques to voice his concerns‚ ideas and political message about socialism to the members of the audience. He uses characters‚ lighting‚ sounds‚ props‚ dramatic irony and juxtaposition
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layout and gaze to create this effect of a linear timeline. If examined closely‚ it can be seen that the photos on the bottom half of this poster depict the events of the women’s time in camp and there reconciliation after‚ as described by Bridie and Sheila during their TV interviews. As
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The Shoe Horn Sonata- The Shoe Horn Sonata provides an insight into the lives of two women who were made prisoners of war by the Japanese and explores the little known and horrific conditions and events the women endured. With the use of distinctively visual techniques‚ John Misto brings Bridie and Sheila’s experience vividly to life. Through the use of projected images‚ sound‚ music and symbolism; the horrors of war‚ survival and resilience are portrayed throughout the drama. Misto uses an
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their respective will to survive. Friendship is defined as a relationship between friends. In Shoe Horn Sonata‚ when Sheila and Bridie first meet‚ it seems unlikely that they will ever be friends. They are complete polar opposites. Sheila cynical statement ‘People always get on when they’re tossed in together. I’d hardly call that friendship.’‚ reinforces that Bridie and Sheila initially formed a friendship out of desperation to survive‚ not because there was mutual affection for each other. Bitter
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suffering made Priestley realise that something had to be done. Within a week of the end of the war‚ An Inspector Calls was written‚ expressing the urgency with which change was needed through the Inspector and‚ more importantly‚ Sheila. At the beginning of the play‚ Sheila represents a typical middle-class girl of the time. She has been brought up to simply be a perfect wife. She seems very young‚ excitable and not very aware of the world around her. For her intended role in life‚ she doesn’t need
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Stupid Girls by Pink‚ use distinctively visual elements to create a sense of awareness about women. Misto’s script pays tribute to the Australian female nurses in WWII‚ revealing the realities of war through the strength and resilience of Bridie and Sheila. Similarly‚ the characterization of the ‘stupid girls’ in Pink’s film clip‚ highlight the toxic messages of consumerism aimed at young girls. She ironically does this by exploiting her celebrity status through the media. Both composers position the
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Birling’s ruthless business sense is clear here as he fails to see he has done anything wrong and that his sole duty is to “keep labour costs down”. The Inspector says that it is not just Arthur who is responsible for Eva and begins to interrogate Sheila who recalls having a shop girl sacked from Milwards department store. She is horrified and embarrassed that her vanity and jealousy contributed to the girl’s death. The Inspector mentions that after this‚ Eva changed her name to
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we are looking at the changing needs of a person in the late stages of adulthood which starts around 65 years of age. These will include physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social needs. The person whom I am doing my case study on is called Sheila. Sheila is a 76 year old woman who lives alone; she is widowed and has two adult children who are living away from home. For privacy reasons I have changed the name of this lady I am doing my case study on. I will be obtaining my information for this
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for the Birling’s daughter Sheila. The inspector begins to interrogate each of the family members of their involvement of a young working class woman named Eva Smith‚ who committed suicide. The first member of the Birling family to be linked to Eva Smith’s death is Mr Birling‚ who owns a large business. Birling admits that Eva worked for him and discharged her after she was part of a strike. Sheila is next in line for the inspector’s questions‚ and it is revealed that Sheila had Eva sacked from her
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