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    English homework An inspector calls 1) Find 3 quotations that show how characters change from Victorian to modern mortality “What an expression Shelia! Really the things you girls pick up these days!” “I think Shelia and I had better go into the drawing-room and leave you men” “Why the devil do you want to go upsetting the child like that?” 2) How would a modern day audience have responded to the characters/ the play? A modern day audience would be very shocked by the characters behaviour

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    How does Eric change throughout ‘An inspector calls’. How does the writer present the change? In Edwardian Britain‚ social status was measured by material wealth‚ etiquette and moral responsibility. The play is sat in an industrial town‚ which centres around the jobs of the main characters. An Inspector calls starts off with the family celebration of an engagement between two social classes‚ the inspector then calls to interrogate the family about their ignorance and selfishness in contributing

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    In the starting scene of ’An Inspector Calls’ J.B. Priestley used a variety methods and techniques to give the audience an idea about what was most likely to happen throughout the play. because the play is a murder and mystery genre‚ the audience are not given any real cause on why Eva Smith killed herself. Priestly is providing hints on who might of killed Eva Smith but the audience are not sure on who exactly might of been the cause of her death‚ which leaves the audience on the edge of their

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    In the novella‚ Call of the Wild‚ Jack London’s story shows the importance of Buck’s strength in the wilderness‚ the trait that ultimately saves his life. Buck is stolen from his luxurious life in Santa Clara and thrown into the treacherous wilderness‚ a completely new environment. Buck must learn to adjust to this different lifestyle‚ and he quickly learns the skill of dog sledding‚ and “his development (or retrogression) was rapid. His muscles became hard as iron and he grew callous to all ordinary

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    How does J.B Priestly use the inspector as a dramatic device in his play? J.B Priestly book “An Inspector Calls” is set in 1912. During the time the book was set in a lot of riots and people weren’t getting paid as much as they needed. It is a play that grips the reader from the start. It’s a play that was turned into a book and it is about an inspector who visit’s the Birlings to investigate a murder or possible suicide from drinking disinfectant. At the beginning of Act 1 play in

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    NOTES Priestley’s Life: John Boynton Priestley was born into a working class family in 1894. He knew early on that he wanted to become a writer‚ but decided against going to university as he thought he would get a better feel for the world around him by working. Instead‚ he became a junior clerk with a local wool firm at the age of 16. When the First World War broke out‚ Priestley joined the infantry and only just escaped death on a number of occasions. After the war‚ he gained a degree from

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    Buck Buck is a not so large dog‚ with strong muscles and long hair. He lives in a town called Santa Clara Valley‚ the year is 1897. In that town‚ he stays in a place called Judge Miller’s place. The house he lives in is hidden among trees‚ back from the road. The house’s driveway is gravel. And here‚ is where Buck was born‚ and had been living for four years of his life. But Buck isn’t a house‚ or kennel-dog‚ the whole realm was his. Buck plunged into the swimming take‚ went hunting with the

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    Orla Brennan How are women presented in "An Inspector Calls" and why are they presented in this way? In the play‚ all the women are portrayed as delicate characters- particularly Sheila who the men feel needs protecting from all manner of things like the information that a girl has committed suicide. Set in 1912‚ the woman in the play would have been seen as possessions to their husband and did not work or have careers due to the patriarchal society. However‚ it would have been acceptable for

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    BOOKREPORT – "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley Short plot summary: The play deals with an inspector‚ named Goole‚ who arrives by the Birling family‚ who is celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald Croft. He tells about Eva Smith’s suicide. After lots of questions it turns out that they are all more or less responsible for this tragically death and after the inspector left they find out that he wasn’t a real inspector and that no girl died. The play opens with the engagement celebration

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    In this essay I will be discussing why J.B Priestly wrote the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ and how he uses the to influence the 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

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