In Act One of Inspector calls’ how J.B. Priestly uses dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to the members of the audience, as well as interest and involve them in his play? In Inspector calls JB Priestley teaches the audience the consequences of being a capitalist, he shows through the Inspector, the Inspector interrupts when Mr Birling is giving his capitalists views; he comes to question him and his family about their actions and tell them the disaster that had happened. Mr birling is a very strong and high headed man, he believes ‘that a man has to make his own ways’ but the Inspector proves him wrong. Priestley’s main concerns were people were too busy only caring about themselves, little community sprit (not looking after each other’s needs), lack of responsibilities and they weren’t ready to take the consequences and this all related to capitalism. The dates 1912 and 1945 are important because in 1912 the play was set but it was performed in 1945, this means that the play was based in the 1912 and it was performed in 1945 to show the audience how the people were and how capitalist they were which caused war.
One of Fo’s most known works is “Can’t pay won’t pay!” in which he uses Farce and other dramatic conventions to influence and motivate the audience about contemporary issues. As Fo’s work gained popularity he became not only a source of entertainment for people but a spokesperson in which he brought up matters that affected the society around him. Fo uses Farce as a dramatic weapon which influences and motivates the audience while educating them about contemporary matters. This is seen in the famous play “can’t pay won’t pay!” in which farce is used to expose the corruption of the government and how the working-class families are being unrightfully ripped off by the higher authorities. This is mainly presented through the character of Giovanni who symbolises the common people and is used by Fo to relate to the audience and make them reflect upon themselves.
As he continues to make his speech FDR makes it clear that he will be more involved with the people. Franklin D. Roosevelt wants the vision of the people to become a reality. “For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and devotion that befit the time. I can do no less.” With this speech, he addresses several issues that currently surround the country at the time of the Great Depression and economic panic was sweeping the nation. Roosevelt commented on the unimportance of material wealth, unemployment, the greatness of the constitutional system, and the future.
An Inspector Calls In act 1 of inspector calls, how does Priestley use dramatic devices, plot & character to present divisions in society? The play inspector call was written in 1940 by J.B.PRIESTLEY.Priestley was very concerned about socialism and helping others at a time where class divisions meant the divide between rich and poor was huge. He deliberately set the play in 1912 just before the outbreak of WW1. To get his message across, priestly gets the audience’s attention through dramatic devices such as characterisation and surprise. The central figure is the inspector who acts as an instrument for communicating priestly’s views.
Imediantly showing Mr Birling’s personality, which is selfish. Then he goes on and saying, “There isn’t a chance of war” this dramamtic irony leads the audience into looking forward to seeing Mr Birling being prove wrong. In addition, this shows Mr Birling’s thoughts on responsibilities are wrong. Saying this, the sudeience should not agree with him and his thoughts on responsibilies due to the examples of dramatic irony. After he had finished his speech on keeping labour cost down and profit high, Inspector Goole enters and throws a shocking news at the Birlings.
As the political Ida of capitalism has corrupted the Birling family, Priestly shows the audience how the inspector, the voice of socialism, constantly out-wits the birling’s. This therefore appeals to the audience as within today’s society there are still large segregations between what political ideology people choose to believe in. In conclusion I feel that the play “an inspector calls” creates lasting appeal as it interests today’s audience within all aspects of life, and how morals and ideas portrayed within the ply can be compared to peoples everyday situations. As political ideology as the largest theme within the play, today’s society are interested not just in today’s politics, but how morals and politics shaped the world previous to their
Even from the opening of the play the Birlings are presented as a selfish middle/upper class family with friends, Gerald, also of high class, so they fit their stereo type for their social status. One of the main methods priestly uses to present the selfishness of the family is dramatic irony; it is used throughout the play and in Mr Birlings speeches particularly dramatic irony is used strongly which priestly uses to show how selfish Mr Birling is and used to humiliate people like the birlings, and by seeing the birlings being able to relate to them and seeing how you really are. In the play we see sheilas lack of consideration for working class people we see this when she gets eva smith fired because she didn’t like the way she was looking
At the beginning Pumblechook was cruel to pip but as soon as Pips status rose, he called him 'dear friend' and repeatedly asked 'may I?' to shake Pips hand. Not only does he try to befriend Pip because of his new found money but he also tells everyone that he was the benefactor because he wants the attention and popularity, he says 'I have been the humble instrument leading up to this', making him an imposter. After Pips downfall, Pumblechooks behaviour changes again towards him and accuses Pip of not having 'common human gratitoode'. So Dickens portrays Pumblechook as a man who changes his behaviour towards someone according to their status just for his own benefit.
This is shown immediately when Arthur Birling states, 'You'll be marrying at a very good time.' There is no mention of the traditional requirements for marriage, such as love, commitment, etc. This is a business deal that pleases Birling as it boosts his own power and standing in the community this shows that he is what we call a social climber, The language he uses reinforces this obsession with money and power, words such as 'interests', 'capital', 'protected' and 'prosperity' all suggest a business man, not words a father-in-law which should be emotional and caring
When Magwitch reveals that he is Pip’s benefactor, for instance, Pip is disgusted by the convict and describes him solely in negative terms; as his affection for Magwitch grows, the descriptive terms he chooses to apply to the convict become much more positive. Close 2. What role does social class play in Great Expectations? What lessons does Pip learn from his experience as a wealthy gentleman? How is the theme of social class central to the novel?