A View From The Bridge - Write About The Ways In Which Arthur Miller Presents The "Culture Clash" In A View From The Bridge
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What message Dickens want to convey to his readers of A Christmas Carol and how does he get this message across to his readers?
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I think that the main theme of An Inspector Calls is responsibility, because the Inspector's questioning reveals the irresponsible behaviour of each of the other characters in turn.
I think that the main theme of An Inspector Calls is responsibility, because the Inspector's questioning reveals the irresponsible behaviour of each of the other characters in turn. There are a lot of lies told in this play. Every character lies except the maid. In with the lies there is also hypocrisy e.g. when Mrs Birling told Eva Smith to " go and look for the father of the child. It's his responsibility". She made it clear to the Inspector, not knowing the father was her son that he should be found and "then make sure that he's compelled to confess in public his responsibility The Birling family and Gerald Croft are all lying about their lives because they act as if they are in the upper class and are successful, but deep down they know they are not. The Birlings have an attitude problem and this is what makes them different from the middle and lower class. The Inspector acts as a catalyst to bring responsibility to the family as he reveals secrets and lies. Mr Birling is a man who is into his expanding business and makes a lot of money out of it, and because has money, he thinks he is upper class. Mr Birling is a mean person and thinks he is richer and therefore bigger than anyone else, which I believe, make it sounds very snobbish. He also believes that he will be knighted very soon, which means he has high expectations of himself - this is the part of society
How does 'A View from the Bridge' show manliness, hostility and aggression?
How does 'A View from the Bridge' show manliness, hostility and aggression? In the play 'A View from the Bridge' Eddie Carbone play's the protagonist. Eddie has a very particular view of what it means to be a man and in this sense is the main example of manliness, hostility and aggression in the play. Manliness, hostility and aggression are a big part of existence and of living in the play. Arthur Miller creates this by using the characters against each other, always challenging each one then the other. Throughout the play the audience are reminded of Eddies manliness and what he believes to be manly. The audience are fed an idea of what Eddie presumes to be manliness right from the start of the play. Catherine has just told Eddie that she has got a job as a stenographer, but Eddie thinks that she should stay at school. Catherine then uses the argument that she'll be earning $50 a week. Eddie reacts angrily to this "look did I ask you for money" and then claims, "I supported you this long I can support you a little more" this gives the indication that Eddie believes that a man should be supporting the family and should go out of his way to make sure his niece doesn't need to go to work. Eddie then gives his views of manliness by judging Rodolfo's way of living in an argument with Beatrice about Rodolfo's friendliness with Catherine. Beatrice thinks he is a nice boy but Eddie
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Jennie McCombs St Julie's High School 28/06/03 Assignment no. 7 34358 CLK The Crucible. English How does Miller build up tension in Act 1 of the Crucible? Miller builds up the tension using theatrical effects, language, the relationships of characters and the plot development, the structure of the act. He makes us visually aware of the tension using these tools. He needs tension as the story of the crucible is about witchcraft. Miller draws in the character of Proctor as himself, as Miller was caught up in communism in America and fought to maintain his dignity, as Proctor does, near the end of the book. The communism is not an issue in this play but was relevant to Miller and inspired his writing of this play. He uses the build up of tension throughout this play especially in act one. The whole of act one is set in the bedroom of Betty Parris. At the beginning of the act there is only Parris and Betty in the small claustrophobic bedroom. "A small upper bedroom in the home of reverend Samuel Parris." "There is a narrow window at the left." Miller makes this act more intense by increasing the number of people in this bedroom as the act progresses. This
How has your reading of J.B Priestley's "An Inspector calls" been enhanced by Daldry's production at the Garrick theatre?
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A study of Kes by Barry Hines and Allan Stronach.
Kes Essay (Good copy) We have been studying the play called "Kes" by Barry Hines and Allan Stronach. We also watched the film. We have been studying the Main Character, Billy Casper, and his home life, hobbies and school life. I will be writing about these points and some parts of the film. Billy is keen in falconry. He is very interested in this type of bird. He gets his hawk from a nest high up on an old ruined monastery where some of the bricks where unstable. Billy wants to train it but does not know how so he goes to the library to try and borrow a book on falconry. When he gets there he can not take it out as he is not a member of the library. So he goes to the shelf and steals the book. In the film this is different because he goes to a book store and steals the book there instead. He calls the bird Kes and keeps it in his shed. He grows close to the bird as he starts to train it slowly. Eventually he lets it fly on its own. He spends most of his time with Kes. At home Billy has to share a bed with his older brother, Jud. Jud bullies Billy by hitting him and calling him names. The mother, only known as Mrs Casper, doesn't care for Billy and Jud very well. She doesn't make them breakfast in the morning. Later she asks Billy if he has fags when he is about to be late for school which shows what she thinks of her son. Mrs Casper and Jud argue a lot of the time as Jud
