Priestley(TM)s Aims in An Inspector Calls
Priestley's Aims in "An Inspector Calls" The main aim of drama is to entertain but drama can also be used for educational purposes and to convey a moral message to the audience. The audience can relate to these moral lessons by realizing how it relates to them in existent situations. Drama allows people to be attentive of different events that take place in life, in addition to that in drama people are capable of using their imagination to then act as a dissimilar person. An example of a drama play is 'Romeo and Juliet' by William Shakespeare. This play is significant because it is an extremely heart touching play and the importance of true love is expressed. J.B. Priestley's aims in the play, 'An Inspector Calls,' are that he wants to communicate to the audience the responsibilities of people in society and the rights of women in 1912. Entertainment is the most essential element of drama because after watching the play the audience decide whether they like it or not. Priestley successfully achieves the goal of entertaining the audience because he includes numerous events in the story which the viewers are able to relate to. He does this by making all of the characters have different opinions concerning the death of Eva Smith which then shows whether they have responsibility for the actions they perform or not. Priestley wants to bring across the message that in a
Romeo and Juliet/The Tempest
How does Shakespeare present father/daughter relationships in Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest? Of all family relationships, the father/daughter relationship is one of the most prominently featured relationships in literature or movies. This is because the father/daughter relationship has much dramatic potential and so, it makes a great story. This is probably why Shakespeare chose to explore different aspects of this relationship in his plays, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest. In Romeo and Juliet, the relationship between Juliet and Lord Capulet is presented as somewhat distant and shows a weakness in the bond between the two. In Act 1 Scene 2, Lord Capulet often suggests that Juliet is not a mature teenager and perhaps underestimates her. He also suggests that she has not seen the real world. This becomes apparent when he says, 'My child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath not seen the change of fourteen years.' Furthermore, 'stranger to the world' implies the fact that she might be a stranger to him. It also displays a lack of trust in Juliet and possibly some hidden doubt about her loyalty to him as her father. However, it could also mean that Capulet cares for his young Juliet and wants to protect her innocence by not wanting her to marry at such a young age. Similarly, Prospero's relationship with Miranda possibly has two interpretations to it, like Lord
Life is a documentary
Life's a documentary It was 1995 and T.J Jackson was the first 13 year old to have earned a place in Compton's basketball team, The Compton Craze. He went to a free trial and made it in to the team. T.J wasn't a very lucky teenager and had a bad childhood, his dad beat him and his sisters and nearly killed his mother which made his mum stay at her friends sometimes, and he had to beg on the streets at the age of 7 because his dad couldn't pay the rent for his 2 bedroom flat, also he watched his father put a gun to his uncle and shoot him because he went too far with a joke and was told not to mention a word or he would die. At the age of 12 his father was arrested on drug allegations. Now at 13 years old he was playing for the youth team of The Compton Craze who offered T.J $200 worth of equipment such as, a full kit, basketball shoes, and a basketball to practice with. T.J's mother was a former Crip affiliated gang member. T.J spent most of his early life in a crip gang neighbourhood called Santana Blocc. Crips were rivals with bloods. Although being born in Los Angeles, California he grew up in Compton, California. Rachel, his mother, started to hustle after her husband was arrested and this was the easiest way to make money. She sold drugs and old clothes to make money for T.J and his sisters to go to school. T.J went to school at Compton high school and was a shooting
How is Genocide Presented in The Boys in Striped Pyjamas and Hitel Rwanda
How is the theme of genocide presented in Hotel Rwanda and The Boy in Striped Pyjamas? The Official Oxford English dictionary defines genocide as the `deliberate killing of a very large number of people from a particular ethnic group or nation.' It also is said as a holocaust. Holocaust is the great or complete devastation or destruction or any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life and it is normally referred to the genocide of the Jews that happened during the period of 1939 to 1945. The two genocide we are focusing on are the genocide of the Jews during the second world war and the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi's in 1994. Directed by Terry George in Hotel Rwanda and Mark Herman in The Boy in Stripe Pyjamas, they have a similarity between the films they are both rated a 12 year old. Instead of recreating the horrors of genocide in both films they use the naivety of a boy and the hope of survival to present the story mentally. The difference between the films is the fact that one is a fictional representation of a real event and another one is a true story recreated. The effect of this is to compare the feelings of someone who actually been through a genocide and someone who have not been through this. Hotel Rwanda was released in 2004 and is based on a true story about the genocide of the Tutsi's in 1994, it documents the life of Paul Rusesabagina during the
How does stevenson explore the duality of human nature in "Jekyll and Hyde"
How does Stevenson explore the duality of human nature in "Jekyll and Hyde" Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "The strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in 1886. It is thought to be an example of a 'supernatural fiction'; this is when one of the characters goes against the laws of nature. The main themes are usually good and evil, hate and love. One of the characters tries to change from one state to another and this usually amuses the reader because in some way it crates tension, excitement, pity and terror as the characters struggle to change back to their normal natural self. The novella was written during the reign of Queen Victoria. At this time, England was just industrialising and becoming powerful in both literature and technology. The people of the Victorian England were so vulnerable because they were forced to believe in Christianity and almost everyone practised it. They also believed that there was God and Satan. This encouraged writers to write horror novels. Most horror novels used to scare the Victorian readers because they used to have a character that opposed the readers believe or human nature like Hyde. Stevenson creates horror in "The Strange case of Jekyll and Hyde" by exploring the duality of human nature. Firstly, Duality means two sides, two meanings, two behaviours or characteristics. While Human nature means an attribute that is only associated
To what extent are Shakespeares plays a product of the Elizabethan theatrical context in which they were first performed?
English language and literature coursework: "To what extent are Shakespeare's plays a product of the Elizabethan theatrical context in which they were first performed?" Little is known about the personal life of one of, if not the greatest playwrights of all time, William Shakespeare. What we do know is that his works were and still are very popular. The popularity and success of Shakespeare's plays to this day has been due to his jaw dropping story lines, realistic raunchiness and tremendous tragedy. Throughout his plays, the themes of love, jealousy, romance and revenge are put across. In plays such as Othello and Hamlet, the main themes are jealousy and love, which contributes to why audiences are still so intrigued and involved in the story lines to this day. Shakespeare's theatres differ a great deal from those of today, for example they had very little money for props and scenery and short running times. Nowadays, millions can be spent on scenery and props and plays can last up to 30 years. Theatres such as the Globe would have had many trials to conquer, for example: the noise, the hustle and bustle and distractions from the audience. In Shakespeare's time, all sorts of people would have gone to the theatre, from prostitutes to thieves and drunks to homeless people. Because of the cramped conditions, lack of seating in the yard and types of people that were
How Have the Nazis been represented on Film?
HOW HAVE THE NAZIS BEEN REPRESENTED ON FILM? The macabre past of Germany during the Nazi period is an emerging topic in films. The Nazis were political fascists whom were members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power under Adolf Hitler in 1933. Directors and producers have made certain films in different ways as some have manipulated Nazi behaviour, while others have used hindsight to show the actual behaviour of the Nazis. Many people are fascinated by how Hitler could control the whole of Germany with all the shocking and barbaric acts of his regime. The Nazis have been represented in many different ways and some examples of the films I have been looking at are: Triumph of the Will, Cabaret, Schindler's List and The Lion King. Triumph of the Will was produced in 1934, five years before World War II, as a documentary film written and directed by Leni Riefenstahl, a former actress. The film was a record of the 1934 Nazi Party Rally at Nuremburg. The political purpose of the film was to persuade Germans to support Hitler. The scene opens with a very graceful, ethirial and triumphant theme. Hitler is presented as a God-like, to the viewer, descending from the sky looking down on his people in
War letter,
My Dearest Mary I just received your letter and was very pleased to hear from you. I also received a letter from Mabel which was a nice surprise as I have been very anxious to hear from her also, so this is in reply to you both. Not much has happened since my last letter but we are soon to be called to go over the top. We have been moved again, but not far this time. Whilst travelling I saw many terrible sights which will stay with me forever. We had to pick our way through mounds of bodies infested with rats, feeding on their remains. In the distance we saw our comrades move forward in an attempt to cross No Man's Land, only to be mown down before our eyes .I felt sick to my stomach at the sight of this carnage. One chap was still alive, screaming in agony. We rushed over to see if we could help. We were horrified when we saw the extent of his injuries. Half of his face had been blown away and there was a gaping whole in his chest where his insides were spilling out. He begged me to shoot him. I stood rooted to the spot. The sergeant stepped forward and did the honours and we moved on. I am feeling quite low at the moment. To think we all came here full of pride and patriotism, happy to be fighting for King and country. How naive we were. I am frightened Mary, worried that I will not be able to do the job I came here to do. I know I am not the only one to feel like
How does JB Priestly use characters in an inspector calls to have an effect on the audience
An Inspector Calls is a play written by J.B. Priestley in 1945, based before World War I, in 1912. The play is about a family, the majority of whom are aristocrats who live in a capitalist atmosphere; full of lies, pride and pure selfishness. Throughout the play a mystery inspector gradually reveals the characters' true identity, looking at how they all contributed to the suicide of Eva Smith. As the play progresses you begin to see that the characters start to understand their personalities, 'wrong-doings' and problems in a clearer light and each of them, despite differing degrees of transformation, move closer to being a socialist citizen. Priestley's main concerns at the time of writing An Inspector Calls was the state of society and social inequality; there was a huge gap between the rich and the poor. Priestley was a socialist, whilst the characters that he was trying to convey to the audience were, in general, capitalist. Furthermore, Priestley's play is heavily influenced by his own experiences and emotions; he is attempting to convey the idea of social discrimination to his audience - a familiarity that Priestley knew all too well! The whole play is based in the Birlings living room where they are celebrating the engagement of daughter Sheila, to her fiancée, Gerald Croft. They are having a dinner party with the Birling family and Gerald, put on not just to
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, is more about violence than love. Discuss this quotation, using your knowledge of Shakespeare's stage craft and skills as a writer. Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy written and performed in the Elizabethan era by William Shakespeare. Frequently Romeo and Juliet is classified as a romantic play; however this is a common misconception for a number of reasons. Violence is one of the major themes in the play which influences the relationship between the main characters, Romeo and Juliet. The love between a pair of "star crossed" lovers, Romeo and Juliet, comes about from an ongoing family feud between two rival households, the Capulets and Montagues. In the play, this ongoing feud has inevitably resulted in the death of members of either household in the past. The love of Romeo and Juliet inescapably brings about violence and conflict as Romeo is a member of the Montague household and Juliet being of the Capulet household. During the time of the Elizabethan era, even though love was a powerful emotion, many people weren't allowed to express it or act on it. In Shakespeare's time the father of the family controlled the actions taken by all family members. Thus it was the father who decided with whom his child was going to get married to. Therefore, the father had a huge amount of power and could do what he pleased. Also he would want
