How does J.B.Priestley create dramatic tension In this scene?

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How does J.B.Priestley create dramatic tension              

In this scene?

                       

                          Act 3 Pg 50-57.

J.B.Priestley creates strong tension in his play, ‘An Inspector Calls’.

    Each character has played a part in the death of a young woman Eva Smith. At the beginning of the play all the family are cheerfully celebrating the engagement of Sheila and Gerald. When the Inspector joins the play the atmosphere changes. He sets each family member against the other.

   Now it’s Eric’s turn. At this particular point in the play Preistley creates dramatic tension and high drama in Act 3 Pg 50-57 J.B. he has already   built up some tension but the real climax of the play is in this scene. The audience and characters have already come to the conclusion that Eric was the father of Eva Smiths unborn child. Eric has been out of the room while his mother, trying to eradicate herself and her family from blame condemns  “the father of her unborn child” as entirely responsible.

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   J.B.Priesley creates the feelings of tension, disharmony and discord in many ways.

For instance his use of adverbs. Adverbs describe the way the actor says the line. They come at the beginning of a speech, and tell the actor if he should emphasise, dwell or stress certain words or not. The adverbs are usually in italics, and in brackets. In this scene the adverbs are ones such as (explosively) and (savagely). These words convey the tension in the scene to both actor and audience.

   J.B.Priestley uses other techniques as well. Exclamation marks are used too, but not as ...

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