East is East
George's relationship with Ella in their respective background is that George wants to keep his children within the Pakistani culture and under his control, "I tell you what he bloody done Mrs. He make bloody show of me. All your family make bloody show of me" Here George is mentioning that the children don't belong to him and that they all belong to Ella. George knows he's starting to lose control over his children's lives. He is getting irritated because his kids are making a show of him and embarrassing him in front of people. The audience would think that George is hilarious because he loses his temper easily and they do not take him seriously because of his Pakistani accent. Ella is more of a laid back character who cares for her children a lot. She doesn't really want her kids to be forced into doing something they don't want to do or be, but George annoys her by saying that he will make his first wife in Pakistan to come live with them in their house. "Why is big problem, first wife always treats second wife like sister? All live together happy" George and Ella are totally different people. George is annoying Ella by threatening he will bring her to Britain but he says it so much that she knows he's joking because he always laughs when he says it. George's relationship with his six children is very poor and faint. He doesn't have a brawny connection with them. He is
the merchant of venice
The Merchant of Venice How does Shakespeare present the character of Shylock in Act1 scene 3, Act 2 scene 3 and 4, and Act 3 scene 1? How do you respond to the presentation of the character? In Elizabethan times there was lots of anti-Semitism when this play was written in 1589, there were no Jews legally allowed to live in Britain. Elizabethan hated Jews and had a stereotyped vision of them being greedy, bloodthirsty, vengeful and deceitful. 'Merchant of Venice' was set in 1270 in Venice. Elizabethans hated Jews for religious reasons, unlike Hitler who hated Jews for racial reasons. The audience who first watched this play would have hated shylock immediately and would expect him to behave bloodthirsty, vengeful and deceitful. In act 1 scene 3 Shakespeare presents Shylock as being manipulative. We can tell this when Shylock refers to the bond as a "merry sport" and an act of "kindness". This shows he is manipulative because he is enticing Antonio to go along with the deal by thinking its just for fun, but Shylock's real aim is to revenge Antonio by cutting out his heart. Shylock is also shown as bloodthirsty, we can tell this when he says to Antonio if you don't pay in time I want a pound of your flesh. This tells us he is bloodthirsty as not many people say if you don't pay me I want your flesh. Shylock doesn't charge Antonio any interest, which shows us he doesn't want
Inspector Calls
Stating Differences between Mr Birling & His Daughter An Inspector Calls is about a family that quite frankly keep secrets from one another and showing what emotions they have towards those secrets. I am going to differentiate between two characters Mr Birling & his daughter Sheila birling. These two characters even being related have utterly different personalities Sheila is seen to be timid and quite caring, whereas Mr Birling is seen to be as rude arrogant and thinking about him self at any cost. The play begins as Sheila and Gerald (her fiancé) have just been in engaged. During the beginning of the play we realise that social attitudes are clearly separated as Mr Birling shows us that he clearly is thinking about himself and his money, he does not realise that there are other people around him whereas Sheila tries to keep everyone happy and feels terribly guilty about the whole matter. Arthur also upstages Sheila on various parts in the play this shows us that the liability between men and women was also very weak and men are always seen as superior. We can tell this when Mr Birling feels it is unnecessary to get Sheila involved with the details of the affair. Priestly is good at showing when one person is upstaged by the other as the inspectors presence ,was definitely a surprise and on many occasions we feel that Mr Birling is slightly threatened by the fact that the
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Frankenstein Mary Shelley's much celebrated novel, Frankenstein was published in the early 1800's. The novel established the birth of a new genre of writing, known as Scientific Horror; this form of horror was greatly welcomed during the early 1800's scientific breakthroughs and technology was seen as unfamiliar and thus left room for a lot of uncertainty and suspicion to dwell in the hearts and minds of the general public. She wrote Frankenstein while she was on holiday in Switzerland with her husband Percy Shelley and some friends. At the time when she was writing the novel the weather was very bad; so to pass time they wrote horror stories. In the novel Frankenstein at first goes to a scientific school to educate himself about how to create life. In the scientific school he meets a doctor who carries out many illegal experiments such as trying to create life (which was illegal). The doctor showed him all his experiments. Frankenstein found a book at the doctor's place which was all about creating life. However the jigsaw of creating life in the doctor's book was not complete and it was left to Frankenstein to complete the jigsaw as the doctor had been murdered by one of his patients who was later hanged for his horrendous deed. Frankenstein decided to begin his experiments in creating life. Frankenstein began to collect bits and pieces from dead bodies.
Juno and the Paycock
Juno and the Paycock "O'Casey's women in Juno and the Paycock are strong and admirable characters". Juno and Mary Boyle's lives aren't very pleasant in this 1920's play which is separated into three acts which contain a mixture of both tragic and humorous elements. Juno, the wife of Captain Boyle, is the mother of two children who are in constant need of attention from her. Furthermore, as the play continues this need of attention grows with the facts of financial difficulties, the pregnancy of Mary (daughter) and also her son's, Johnny, death in the end. O'Casey clearly shows that Juno certainly has her work cut out for her, as she is not only the one person in the family who has a job, but also she is the house-wife and must render her family by making all the meals, going to buy the groceries, doing any form of house work and looking after the family in general. For example, on page 8 she says, "I killin' meself workin'," and also on page 12 she says, "Your poor wife slavin' to keep the bit in your mouth..." these two references show just how hard Juno works to keep her family happy and alive. This is not made any easier when Mr. Boyle spends any money Juno has saved, in hope for any decent future for the family, on alcohol in the local pub. Therefore Juno cannot afford any type of luxuries for herself as she definitely does deserve it. The poverty is evident on page 12
Of mice and men
Of Mice and Men coursework why are dreams important to a number of characters in "of mice and men" In 1937 Steinbeck shows the harsh reality of the American dream, in his book "Of Mice and Men". At that time life was hard, and people had to hold on to their dream as it made it easier to accept reality and the difficult circumstances. Steinbeck has made the dreams of his main characters, difficult ones to achieve. The 1930's was a very difficult period, because there was massive unemployment, as banks collapsed, this was called the Great Depression, there was 25% unemployment Climate also changed, there was a draught, which caused land to dry up, this led to food shortages. Due to all this, people who could work had to travel to different places as far as California. I think its fair to say, that during this background of unemployment and poverty, the dreams of many men were hard to achieve. In this essay I am going to explain why Steinbeck feels it is important to present the lives of people, whose dreams never come true and how dreamers suffer the most. Steinbeck's main characters George and Lennie, have a very hard life and throughout the novel their dream is told over and over again "An I could build a smoke house like the one gran-pa had" George is a quick witted person, who dreams of owning his own ranch, Lennie is considered big, he is mentally immature, and his
Of mice and men coursework
Of Mice and Men is written in a very realistic style, but really the book is all about dreams, do you agree The novella of "of mice and men" is written in a very realistic style. Its portrayal of migrant ranch workers during the great depression between 1920 and 1930 is very realistic and refers to many facts. The "Great Depression" was a decade of unemployment, low profits, low prices, high poverty and stagnant trade that affected the entire world not just workers in the USA as the book describes. During this period of time an uncounted amout of people had to turn to the lonley life of a migrant ranch worker who unwillingly has to travel all over the nation in pursual of money ,solitude and to many the "The American dream" . This fact was at the four front of many people's lives during that period of time and is also in this book. 'Seems like ever' guy got land in his head", just as crooks describes it. The only outlet for the characters in this book is to rise above there harsh lives as workers and dream of a live in a better place. From the beginning of the story Lennie and George ride high on the thought of someday owning their own piece of land. For George, it is the expectation of being his own boss and taking care of his own place. For Lennie, it is simply the expectation that he will be able to pet animals all day long. When this dream is shared between others it
An Inspector Calls
HOLLAND PARK SCHOOL ENGLISH COURSEWORK MS ARMSTRONG AN INSPECTOR CALLS An Inspector Calls The play "An Inspector Calls" written by John Boynton Priestley is about a mysterious inspector who visits a family and asks them many questions about a suicidal person, Eva Smith. The opening of the play is about a wealthy family named the Birling's who are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila Birling who is getting married to Gerald Croft, whom also comes from a wealthy family too. Both families have been friendly business rivals and now Mr Birling is now looking forward for both companies to unite. An Inspector Calls was only discovered in 1944 before the Second World War, as "the mysterious inspector who visits a family". The play was first performed in 1945 even though it is set in 1912. This play is here hoping to tell the audience, and to warn us that the exploited poor will not sit and suffer; soon, they will all rise. The plays' moral is also for us to realise that as we may assume the world is pristine if the rich have the power and is at the highest in the hierarchy. But the story proves us wrong, as war breaks out in 1914. An Inspector Calls is what is known as a well made play. Its progression is that from ignorance to knowledge, not only for the audience but also for the characters themselves. Priestley observes the classical units of time, place and
Time Machine
`The Time Machine H.G. Wells has explored the idea of evolution in this book. He has considered and put across his thoughts and ideas about the future many hundreds of thousands of years into the future and nearing the end of the book, millions into the book. The 19th Century (H.G Wells's time) was an age of exploration, of scientific discovery which brought about the question, "How did the world really begin?" was it Adam and Eve and God or just evolution. The book kicks off where the Time Traveller is showing and explaining his ideas on time travel. Of course, the people listening think that the idea of time travelling is farfetched and laughable. But the time Traveller explains about a 4th dimension. We can go up by using tools like balloons, so why cant we use some special tool to help us travel through time which is the 4th dimension according to the Time Traveller. The Time Traveller has invented a device made of iron and a transparent crystalline substance which he calls "The Time Machine". When they next meet the Time Traveller had already embarked and returned from his journey into the future. The Time Traveller is a mysterious man and sometimes its hard to read what he's feeling, but when he gets back it seems that he is enjoying the attention and enjoying keeping them waiting and tense. The Time Traveller begins his story wearily explaining how the he had