you’re not supposed to say such things.’ (To Sheila) ‘when you’re married‚ you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend all their time and energy on their business. You’ll have to get used to that‚ just as I had.’ (To Inspector Goole) ‘You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago...’ ‘Girls of that class.’ (On Eric’s drinking) ‘he’s only a boy.’ IG to Mrs B ‘ You’re a member‚ a prominent member‚ of the Brumley Women’s Charity Organization
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The role of Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly. Inspector Goole is probably the most important character in An Inspector Calls. He creates big impressions and somehow reveals all about the Birling family and Gerald Croft. He interrupts their celebrations to question them over the death of Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton. In the process of doing this he makes some of the characters realise what they are really like‚ and how the small actions they had done in the past affected her and
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a just a plain movie‚ it can make us happy. However‚ with the same entertainment‚ the literature and the movie can have similar and different ideas based on the person who wants make it. Just like in the book The Hound of The Baskervilles‚ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ and the movie Hound of the Baskervilles directed by David Atwood. Therefore‚ in these two forms of entertainment there are many differences and similarities founded in its setting‚ plot‚ and in the characters which change the overall
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book could answer my question. It seemed I could learn about anything in the world. Except Hound Street. Hound Street‚ formally known by its more drab name‚ 120th Street‚ is the gravel road that sits near my house. While it’s unknown to the majority of the 7.5 billion people living on Earth‚ it’s the road I use nearly everyday. On each end of the short stretch of road‚ a small white sign with the words “HOUND STREET” painted in bold black letters is nailed to a
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The finale of An Inspector Calls brought cheers but most of all it brought about confusion. It was obvious this play wasn’t going to lay out a neat plot for the audience; it was going to be a play that stays in your mind for the next few days. The intriguing part of this play was‚ for once‚ everyone didn’t just wake up‚ bleary-eyed to give the cast a meaningless clap. When I looked around‚ I saw people I would have pegged for being gone before the lights had dimmed‚ actually paying attention‚ and
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In reading The Hound of the Baskervilles and watching the movie‚ I noticed many similarities and differences between the two. Writing this compare and contrast essay made me understand the story far more than I did with just reading the book. Here are some differences and some similarities I found while reading and watching The Hound of the Baskervilles. Many people probably noticed differences in the character’s behavior between the movie and book but I found many more similarities. In both‚
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“The Hound” In Robert Francis’ poem “The Hound‚” the writer creates a sense of fear by comparing how mysterious and unpredictable dogs are to life using an extended metaphor to show life as uncertain and one has to wait to see what it brings at them. In lines 1-5‚ the writer states: “Life the hound/Equivocal/Comes at a bound/Either to rend me/Or to befriend me.” The speaker compares the habits of a hound to life to show even though they are not alike‚ they are similar in the way of not
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As most of us know‚ Elvis Presley’s‚ “Hound Dog” was one of his most famous singles‚ however there are many people that do not know of the original written by Willie Mae‚ “Big Mamma” Thornton. Why did Elvis have more commercial success with his version? Big Mamma Thornton’s version was released just four years before Elvis’ and was number one for seven weeks. Rather than it being recorded as a pop song‚ it was a blues/RnB single. The tonality of this version is dramatically telling of the introduction
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time; the rich and the poor. 87% of all the money in England belonged to only 5% of the population! In 1912‚ England had little welfare system‚ in other words‚ there was no dole if you didn’t have a job. Even when you did have a job‚ there were no real unions or laws that helped people at work- there was no minimum wage and the average number of hours people worked each week was up to 65‚ we only work an average 39! Employers could basically treat their workers as they wanted. If you were ill‚ you
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An Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls is set in 1912‚ during the Edwardian Era. It tells the story of a family’s journey from ignorance to enlightenment by using both the plight of an unseen working class girl‚ and the exploration and questions of an (apparently) conscientious police Inspector in an attempt to change the attitudes of the middle class characters created for this play. This drama brings to light the important issue of how the working class is treated by their so-called superiors’
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