This builds anticipation, as we are eager to find out what will happen in each family members interview and how it will affect the inspector’s final actions. Also the one-by-one interrogation makes the final speech all the more effective as it relates to each of his interviews. In regards to Mr. Birling’s language, if we had not thought of him as a greedy, arrogant man before, thanks to Priestley’s sophisticated writing it becomes blatant in Act III. Priestly leaves the reader to discover Birling’s narcissistic character by not actually describing it in so many words. Through his conversations with his family and his actions (stage directions), we see his true personality, which is one that longs for wealth and reputation.
How does Priestley present Arthur Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’? (30 marks) JB Priestley wrote the play in 1945 during WWII; however he set the play in 1912 when the Titanic sank. JB Priestley’s intentions of doing so was to illustrate to audiences the division of social classes within this time period – the higher class had more power. The audience knows that the character’s life’s are going to change, as it was set to years before WWI started, killing millions of people. Therefore, ‘An Inspector Calls’ challenged his audience so that they thought about possible upcoming disasters which may lay ahead for them if they were not to learn from the past mistakes.
The same goes for Max and Freak, when Max was made to believe he was stupid while Freak got made fun of for his size. This makes family and friends especially important to fight against society that each story goes through. This is why the characters in each story found their ways to break free threw teamwork. Both stories were very good at portraying teamwork. Both the author of freak the mighty and the director of sons of perdition were able focused on teamwork and power in numbers.
Final Paper Men vs. Women in "The Homecoming" by Harold Pinter and "Oleanna" by David Mamet The Homecoming and Oleanna are powerfully moving dramas that act like mirrors, thus portraying both situations and characters that are significantly relevant to contemporary society. They both, for example, address issues that are current and related within today's society, while performing such difficulties within settings that are familiar to the majority of people. As such, the plays become personal, reflecting many of the problems that face both men and women in the modern world, while also portraying the way in which every person is influenced by the order of a society that is deeply set into concepts that are primarily male. The decade in which the story was written and first staged is important to its interpretation. The 1960s was a time in which women's liberations was a prominent movement.
Wiesel shows a great display of logos in his speech as well. He uses specific examples and event throughout the speech that support his stance on indifference. Also most people know that the information he refers to is reliable because of how well the events are recorded and communicated in the world. I don’t believe there is any better way to have justified and supported his speech than how he did. In addition Wiesel’s pathos was spot on.
In An Inspector Calls, the central theme is responsibility. Priestley is interested in our personal responsibility for our own actions and our collective responsibility to society. The play explores the effect of class, age and sex on people's attitudes to responsibility, and shows how prejudice can prevent people from acting responsibly. Priestley believed in the idea of the Welfare state, where everyone was supported by each other. He was a supporter of socialism - his play promotes social responsibility and criticises the problems caused by the class divide.
Ethos, or the character of the speaker, affects the whole speech. You have to be able to speech without fear and also set the tone to convince and make the audience want to listen to you. Uses of ethos were visible in both Kennedy’s and Obama’s speech’s. Kennedy used many as to show he is ready for the job, and strong for it. He quotes, “I do not shrink from this responsibility-I welcome it.” He is trying to portray the power and bravery he has for the position.
“An inspector calls” J.B Priestley’s play ‘’an inspector calls’’ leaves the impression on the audience, no matter what their political views are, that everyone should take responsibility for their own actions. The play was set in 1912 and it leaves a cliff-hanger for the audience as they make their own opinion on who is responsible for ‘Eva smiths’ death as the phone rings, announcing an inspector is on his way!. J.B Priestley crafts a character with selfishness and self centered emotions through the character ‘Mr Birling’. The audience first see this in act one when he says,” a man has to make his own way” but when ‘Eva Smith’ asked for the wage rates to be raised to ‘twenty-five shillings’ a week he refused: ’ I refused of-course’. I think this was wrong of him because Mr Birling has made it in life and had it easy, he does not have to earn a living of a low wage so he doesn’t know what it is like for poor people.
An Inspector Calls: Question 17 An Inspector calls has been called a play of contrasts Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the play Throughout the play ‘An Inspector calls’ there are many contrasts shown by Priestley not just in the Birling family but in the whole society of 1912. Some of the contrasts that will be explored are, the openness to change between the old and young generation, the contrast between Sheila and Eva, the feelings of responsibility and contrast between the Inspector’s self-assurance and the disappearance of the self-assurance of the others during the course of the play. The things I will take into consideration are the mood at the beginning and end of the play, stage directions, the use of
Passive resistant methods are put into action in the movie Gandhi and in the Glorious Revolution in order to eliminate crude laws, or cruel authorities, that bring turmoil toward the lives of people. Without the characteristic of civil disobedience, humans cannot be capable of solving most of the dilemmas of life itself. In conclusion, the disobedience that resides inside every person on Earth positively influences the ideals of many generations, creating the society everyone lives in