The poem The Ballad of Calvary Street’ by James Baxter‚ the film American Beauty’ (directed by Sam Mendes and released in 1999)‚ and the play An Inspector Calls’ written by J.B. Priestley and performed at Circa Theatre in 2005‚ are all texts that share a similar theme. Although these three texts are different in terms of authorship and the medium through which the significant messages are communicated‚ what the texts do have in common is that they all convey ideas about how facades and superficial
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social hierarchy in 1946. The play was set in 1912 in the dining room of the Birling’s house in Brumely‚ an industrial city in the North Midlands. The Birling’s consists of Mr.Birling‚ Arthur‚ Mrs.Birling‚ Sybil and their son and daughter‚ Eric and Sheila. The play also presents Sheila’s fiance‚ Gerald‚ the Inspector and the mention of Eva Smith. In the play the Inspector has gone to the Birling’s house to enquire about a girl‚ Eva Smith‚ who has committed suicide. The Inspector is there as he knows
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superior of the Birling family and tells her Husband Mr Birling off for mentioning how ‘very nice’ the meal was‚ as the cook was of a lower class. This emphasises her prejudice character. Mrs Birling later scolds her daughter‚ Sheila for talking in slang ‘what and expression Sheila! Really the things you girls pick up these days!’. Mrs Birling does this as she does not believe that her daughter should talk like that. This emphasises Mrs Birling’s views on the importance of manners. Priestley’s use of
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presentations at various schools as well as running nature camps at his home. This led him to quit his job as a fourth-grade teacher and concentrate on the expansion of his business‚ Natural Designs Inc. On the long-term‚ Mr. McMaster and his wife Sheila produced bird feeders off of their garage but have to expand due to the increasing customer demands. For this long-term structural decision to be realized‚ it requires careful and thorough planning which could entail more time and a larger capital
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OpeningThe style of Prestlies play seems at a first glance to be that of a straightforward‚ detective thriller‚ but as the inspector arrives with announcement of Eva smiths death‚ and the involvement of each members of the family is progressively established. The structure becomes that of a wodnut‚ with the inspector slowly unraveling the history of Eva Smith. The audiences interest is sustained not only by progressively revelations but their desire to find out whom ultimately‚ was responsible for
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way that Inspector Goole conducts his “investigation” of sorts not only exposes Eva Smiths tragic “chain of Events” which leads to her eventual suicide but also enables the audience to understand each individual characters role in Eva’s death for Sheila getting her fired from her last steady job and Arthur Birling caring to much about “lower costs and higher prices” than his workers welfare. Goole is very clear when informing the Birlings and Gerald Croft of the way he like to “go to Work”! He states
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The Declaration Questions The Declaration- By Gemma Malley Chapter 1 1. Anna is at Grange Hall because she is a surplus. 2. A surplus is an excess of production or supply. A surplus is more than what is needed or used. Anna is referred to as a surplus because she is not meant to be there and is more than what the people need. Anna is just part of the excess of people. 3. A Valuable Asset is someone who is an extremely useful person. A Valuable Asset is there to clean‚ cook and do all
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Union and 1946 in the UK but is set in 1912. It is one of Priestley’s best known works for the stage and considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre. The Characters are as follows Arthur Birling‚ Sybil Birling (wife)‚ Sheila Birling (daughter)‚ Eric Birling (son)‚ Edna (maid)‚ Gerald Croft (to be son-in-law) and Inspector Goole (Inspector). All the three acts which are continuous that take place in the dining-room of the Birlings’ house in Brumley‚ an industrial city
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For Sheila‚ the supreme sacrifice of selling her body to the Japanese in order to obtain the necessary drugs for her friend’s survival is all the more poignant as we understand the cultural and social background that she had come from. Misto focuses on the unsung’ hero’s of the war‚ for example the Australia nurse that washed the bed pans of the women on the way to Belalau. "It was the bravest act I have ever seen. She didn’t get a medal for it but all of us loved for of that " (Sheila) The
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There are a total of 257258 house hold in district 18th with an average income of 60226 dollars per year‚ even though there is a high 20.8% of families whose income is below poverty level with an unemployment of 9.4%. The district’s representative‚ Sheila Jackson Lee‚ she was born in New York‚ 1950. She studied political science at Yale University‚ where she was a member of the Honors Program‚ and graduated in 1972. She received a J.D. degree from the University Of Virginia School Of Law in 1975 and
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