Consider the ways in which Priestley's portrayal of Inspector Goole an the way in which he carries out his investigation of the Birling family and Gerald Croft create dramatic interest?
An Inspector Calls By J.B Priestley Consider the ways in which Priestley's portrayal of Inspector Goole an the way in which he carries out his investigation of the Birling family and Gerald Croft create dramatic interest? 'An inspector calls' was written in 1945 by J.B Priestley. The play is set in 1912 and centres on Arthur Birling, a prosperous manufacturer and his family, who are celebrating the engagement of their daughter, when they are suddenly and dramatically interrupted by the arrival of the police inspector. The inspector, investigating the suicide of a young working-class woman, uncovers each of the family's shameful secrets that link them with the young girl and her death. Priestley was a strong believer in socialism, opposing capitalism which exploits and degrades the working classes to benefit the rich. Priestley believed that whether we acknowledged it or not, we are all part of one big community and have the responsibility to look after everyone else, no matter who they are or what their status is. In 'An inspector calls' Priestley tries to highlight these beliefs and educate the audience on how they should treat one another. This message was particularly effective to the audiences of 1946 as, weary from the Second World War they were looking for change. The Inspector's quote of 'Fire, blood and anguish' refers to the 1st and 2nd World Wars, would have had
The story 'Of Mice and Men' is all about hopes and dreams, the perfect life and 'the American Dream'.
Chris Blinston 10X English-Of Mice and Men The story 'Of Mice and Men' is all about hopes and dreams, the perfect life and 'the American Dream'. Simple hopes and dreams, which aren't so simple, are the only thing that keeps a man going in this story. Hopes and dreams are the driving force of this story; they are what keep a man sane. The characters are trapped, enclosed in one big circle the migrant ranch workers keep moving from ranch to ranch earning their 'fifty bucks', but they spend that money at the nearest town as soon as they get the money. The normal ranch workers are also stuck in the cycle because they are stuck at one ranch and are constantly spending their money in town. The women in the story are possessions or 'working girls', they have no status, freedom, opinion, nothing. They only exist to be shown off, flaunted, used and spoilt. George and Lennie, these two companions also have 'the American Dream', some of their own land and to make some money. George and Lennie have a lot of compassion for each other, George is like a father to Lennie and he tells Lennie about their dream all the time to help keep Lennie going. George cares a lot for Lennie and likes to see him happy; so he talks about their dream. Their lack of money is due to George going to town and 'blowing' it, as soon as they get paid, George goes to the 'cat houses', bars and just likes to spend
Do you have any confidence in the success of the marriages between Clym and Eustacia and Thomason and Wildeve?
Do you have any confidence in the success of the marriages between Clym and Eustacia and Thomason and Wildeve? Against the unchanging background of Egdon Heath, fiery Eustacia Vye spends her days, wishing only for passionate and exciting love. She believes that her escape from Egdon lies in marriage to Clym Yeobright, home from Paris and discontented with his work there. But Clym wishes to return to the Egdon community; a desire which sets him in opposition to his wife and brings them both to despair, therefore I have little confidence in the success of their marriage, for we already see that Eustacia the fiery character that she is used to getting what she wants. We see in book two Local workers are building a pile of firewood outside Captain Vye's house. From indoors, Eustacia Vye hears them talking about the imminent return to the heath of Clym Yeobright, who has been working as a diamond merchant in Paris. The local labourer Humphrey mentions that Eustacia and Clym would make a good couple, an innocent remark which sparks in Eustacia's mind intricate fantasies of a romance with Clym, and so she makes it possible, and as usual she gets what she wants or at least what she thinks she wants, she is used to being able to exercise power over men and she knows she can "I have shown my power, a mile and a half hither and a mile and a half back to your home- three miles in the
Compare and contrast the difference between modern day and pre-1900 poems on the topic of love and relationships?
5th October 2007 Compare and contrast attitudes towards love and relationships As presented in three of the poems studied. "T he Beggar Woman", by William King, "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and "Valentine" By Carol-Ann Duffy are all pre-1900 poems which focus on the topic of love and relationships. In this piece of work I will look at the attitudes towards love and relationships in these three poems as presented in the text. The first poem I will look at is "The Beggar Woman" by William King. This poem is set in the seventeenth century when women had no rights, and is about a young gentleman hunter in the woods with his party which he is then separated from. On his way he spots a young beggar woman who he is surprised by as she is quite clean and fresh looking and he is instantly attracted to her. He then asks her to sleep with him, after much arguing she finally obliges and they go through the woods to find a suitable place. Finally, they find one, and the woman's child Bobby seems to be causing a great disturbance so the young hunter offers to strap the baby onto his back. The young beggar woman quickly hands over the baby and departs, leaving baby Bobby with the poor man. There are two main themes to consider here. One is that the woman is trying to teach the man a lesson about being responsible for his own actions. Another theme here from the mans side
Compare and contrast the different perspectives on abnormal behavior (4 perspectives) Good and bad and what do you think.
0/02/03 Compare and contrast the different perspectives on abnormal behavior (4 perspectives) Good and bad and what do you think. Several models have been put forward over the years. Four of these models are the medical model, the psychodynamic model, the behavioural model and the cognitive model. All of these models have good and bad points depending on what the abnormality is. The medical model shows that abnormal behaviors result from physical problems and should be treated medically. It shows that mental disorders can be treated with medicine. They are four kinds of medical explanation. The four kinds of explanation are infection, genetic factors, biochemistry and neuroanatomy. All of these are different conditions that the patient may have can cause the abnormal behavior, the medical model suggests that some of these conditions can be treated with medicine and some of these conditions are impossible to treat with the current medical technology and has to be researched to give a treatment. Some of these treatments have proven to work with some patients, however, medicine cannot always treat the patient and has claimed to be untreatable. Some of these untreatable mental disorders have been treated through other means instead of medicine. This shows that the medical model is very successful in some psychological conditions. For example the condition of phenylketonuria
Compare and contrast the different ways that Shakespeare and Shelley's sonnets deal with the themes of transience and immortality.
Pre-20th Century Poetry Coursework Compare and contrast the different ways that Shakespeare and Shelley's sonnets deal with the themes of transience and immortality. The two sonnets I am comparing, Sonnet LX by Williams Shakespeare, and Ozymandias, by Percy Shelley. I am going to compare the way both deal with the themes of transience and immortality through the sonnet form, the arguments and ideas expressed and the way the writers use imagery, language and tone to make their point. Ozymandias, by Shelley, is a traveller's story of an old king who believed his empire would live on to forever yet nothing remains except some ruins of his statue. I feel that Shelley is trying to express that only nature can remain immortal, nothing else. I feel that he also trying to convey that possessions are not immortality. He uses strong imagery and irony to portray this. The statue, which is described as being "two vast and trunkless legs of stone...a shattered visage lies", which is all that remains. The head is described as have a "wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command" possibly indicating that he was a harsh and tyrannical leader which is being indicated by the sculptor. Shelley uses irony to depict Ozymandias' immortality. On the pedestal to the statue, The words engraved say " My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" This is next to
Discuss and analyse the dramatic impact if Act 1 scene 5 and Act 3 scene 1 - Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare Coursework Discuss and analyse the dramatic impact if Act 1 scene 5 and Act 3 scene 1 Romeo and Juliet is a dramatic play written by William Shakespeare around the period of the Elizabethan times/ Renaissance period. The play is based on the anger and brawling between two families, the Capulets and the Montegues, this is due to events, which took place in the past between the elder generations of the family. The play deals with many important issues, which are to do with life such as love and hate, light and dark, devotion and betrayal, religion and blasphemy. All these issues are juxtaposed together, the play can also be known as a play of opposites. The whole focus is on the two main characters Romeo and Juliet, the focusing on these characters means that the play is easier to understand by there being no twisting sub plots this way it makes the play move at a much faster pace. The plot of the story can be shortened down to this Romeo is at a party held by his enemies family, the Capulets, he is having a great time messing around when he spots Juliet. As soon as he and she make eye contact it seems to be love at first sight, it is very ironic how the to are brought together and then are distraught to find out that they are in love with one of the enemies family, "O dear account! My life is my foe's debt"- Romeo (pg- 45). Everyone are convinced that it is just
Outline the arguments and evidence for and against the functionalist's view of the relationship between industrialisation and family structures.
Outline the arguments and evidence for and against the functionalist's view of the relationship between industrialisation and family structures. Industrialisation is the transformation of societies from being agricultural to industrial, which took place in the eighteen and nineteenth centuries. Functionalists have many views on the issues of industrialisation and family structures. One of the leading functionalists was Talcott Parsons. He expressed many views on these issues. He and many other functionalists believed that industrialisation led to greater geographical mobility and the loss of regular contact with extended kin. They also said that the larger and wider family network was no longer important nor required, as emotional and personal needs would now be met by the nuclear unit. However, in the 1950s and 1960s sociological studies suggested that the isolation of the nuclear family had been largely exaggerated. One such study was the study of Benthal Green in London by Young and Willmott (1957). Many people agreed with the view of functionalists on industrialisation, claiming that one of its advantages was that nowadays children have the opportunity to go to school and receive a better education, whereas in pre-industrial societies all members of the family had to work to bring in enough money for the family. All members of the family, whatever age or sex, would be
Outline the key principles of Neoliberalism and its actual and prospective contribution to wealth and welfare in developing societies.
Outline the key principles of Neoliberalism and its actual and prospective contribution to wealth and welfare in developing societies. Counter-revolution was seen as a new vision of growth when it first comes out. In the mid 80s, the development if counter revolution was supported by the Western media and government aid agencies, also by some very influential international organisation, e.g. the World Bank Counter revolutionaries see themselves a better interpretation than the development economics. The development economy identify the problem of the developing countries in various way, it imply dual economics, labour surplus, low level equilibrium trap, unbalance growth, vicious cycle of poverty, big push industrialisation, foreign exchange bottlenecks and unequal exchange rate. However, counter revolutionaries claim the orthodox economics was unrealistic because of it assumption on people behaviour and technology implication in the industry. Also, it's said to be irrelevant, since it's main concern is with the allocative efficiency of given resources. These weakness means the development economics cannot address the problem of the growth aspect, neither it could deal with the problems of poverty and the distribution of income. Some counter revolutionaries believe that, the 3rd world exists only as a kind of collective psychological delusion. It's important to see how the
Compare the Actions and Attitudes of Sheila and Mr. Birling Towards Eva Smith and Their Responsibility of Her Suicide
Compare the Actions and Attitudes of Sheila and Mr. Birling Towards Eva Smith and Their Responsibility of Her Suicide In the novel, both Sheila Birling and Mr Birling each play a huge role in Eva Smith's death with their actions and their attitudes towards her. The first person that seems to be responsible for the death of Eva Smith was Mr. Birling. He was the owner of a mill and hired Eva Smith to work there. He admitted that she worked well but had to make her redundant due to her asking for an increase in wages and protesting against Mr. Birling not giving her a rise. "We were paying the usual rates and if they didn't like those rates, they could go work somewhere else. It's a free country", says Mr. Birling. From Mr. Birling's actions it does not seem to be the full responsibility of Mr. Birling for the death of Eva Smith. He was looking at the best interests of his firm and it his firm would not run very efficiently with a troublemaker. I also think he is not fully responsible because Eva Smith must have thought of the consequences of protesting against low wages, although his actions were the starting point for the rest of the bad things that were to happen to Eva Smith. Although Mr. Birling does refuse to take full responsibility in that when he fired Eva Smith he did do a morally wrong thing. The Inspector does not question the Birling family as if they have all
