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How J.B Priestley Capture and Retains the Audience's Interest Throughout the Play
Introduction
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The wonderfully constructed play of "An Inspector Calls" is a play by
the late J.b Priestly, which was written when the Second World War was
coming to a close but was published two years later in 1947 straight
after the Second World War. The actual play was set in 1912 just
before the Great War (world war one) a war, which stole the lives of a
whole generation of men. The play dealt with many issues such as
moralities and responsibilities for each human. One of the messages it
delivered was we are all responsible for one and other and if as
people we don't take responsibility for our actions then it will be an
outbreak into another world (referring to the previous world wars).
J.b Priestly captures our interest at the start of the play by giving
us various hints that things aren't as cozy as they seem. We first
learn things aren't right at the Burling household when Mr Burling
shows his naivety when he is handing out advice to Gerald; he seems
somewhat of a visionary as he says only good can happen and the world
can only progress he feels that the inevitable war won't happen and
the titanic wont sink. Evidence that shows this is given in the words.
"Germans don't want war, nobody want's war" "In a year or two we'll
have aero planes that will be able to go anywhere. The Titanic she
sails next week, New York in 5 days unsinkable absolutely unsinkable."
This piece of evidence shows that you shouldn't trust Mr Burling and
that he is both arrogant and ignorant.
Another way in which J.b Priestly keeps the audience in...
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... Eric both represent lust whilst Sheila represents Jealousy.
There are many ways in the play 'An Inspector Calls' keeps and retains
our interest the play. One of the ways it keeps our interest and
retains it throughout the play is the unsolved mystery of who the
inspector might and how possessed so much knowledge about the
Burling's and Gerald. The play also captures attention from the
audience as it delivers a strong message that being greedy and only
thinking about yourself leads to severe consequences. The main way in
which 'an Inspector Calls' captures and retains our interest is by
giving many hints that things are not as they seem and then revealing
the truth behind them. An example of this is the way in which we learn
about each member of the Burling family and Gerald's involvement with
the death of Eva Smith.
as it matters ‘a devil of a lot to him’. He is relieved that there is
world war, where it plunged into the war as soon as the United Kingdom got involved, in the
Sheila says this to Eric at the table. As we can see this is quite a
Examine Priestley's use of dramatic techniques to create tension in the play. Priestly was a socialist writer, and 'An Inspector Calls' is one of the plays in which he tried to display his socialist ideals in. The play was written in the 1940's, a little after the end of the Second World War, and it was first performed in 1946, in Russia, then later in England. Priestly had served in World War 1, and the terrible scenes he saw lead to him having socialist views. He was inspired by other writers whose views he shared, especially George Orwell and H.G.
Victorian rich life out to be less than what it seems. I think it was
World War I, was not only a dispute among nations, but also affected thousands of people
World War I, also known as “The Great War”, was a global war that revolved mainly around Europe. It took place from 1914 to 1918. This was a very brutal war that caused many casualties. The soldiers who survived experienced severe trauma and mental discomfort. This trauma was a direct result of the violence and agony they experienced during the war.
“War is unorganized murder, and nothing else” (Harry Patch). In World War 1, which was first called the Great War, there were many causes of the war breaking out. The Great War started August 1st 1914, days after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, when they visited Bosnia. Many soldiers went to war for no reason but to fight for their country. The Great War was not only affected by the soldiers, but also by the civilians as well.
Yancey, C. Arthur, and 2001. "World War One - The War To End All Wars." Tripod. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2011. .
The theme of the play has to do with the way that life is an endless cycle. You're born, you have some happy times, you have some bad times, and then you die. As the years pass by, everything seems to change. But all in all there is little change. The sun always rises in the early morning, and sets in the evening. The seasons always rotate like they always have. The birds are always chirping. And there is always somebody that has life a little bit worse than your own.
Mowbray, James A. "Preceding the Outbreak of War." The Great War. United States Air Force:
The first event was with the Industrial Workers of World (IWW), where they were blamed by Tulsan’s in bombing the house of a wealthy oilman. It began on “October 29, 1917”, when the home of a wealthy oilman was bombed in Tulsa. There were little clues to be found but as Scott Ellsworth reports in his book Death in a Promised Land, “The newspapers were pointing the blame to the IWW”(25). The secretary of the IWW was going to be the spokes person for the twelve members of the IWW in court, with the accusation of bombing the house of a wealthy oilman. Ellsworth reports:
World War 1 was called “The Great War”, “The war to end all wars”, and “The first modern war”. It had many causes and a few repercussions and I will describe them in detail.
The Birlings are holding a party to celebrate their daughter’s engagement with Gerald Croft. The pleasant scene is interrupted when a rather shady looking Inspector gives them a visit, investigating the suicide of a young working-class girl in her middle twenties. Each family member is interrogated and they all find out that they are somehow linked to the girl’s death.
Investigating these theories the focus must be on the implication they have on my practice. These are only useful in so far as they can help the learners achieve the lesson aims and objectives. (Wallace 2007:93)