Suspense and Tension at the End of Act 2 of Priestley's An Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls, by J.B. Priestly, is the story of the visit by an Inspector to an apparently normal, rich family, the Birlings. They are celebrating Sheila Birling's (Mr. & Mrs. Birlings daughter) engagement to Gerald Croft (A young man who’s father owns a large factory and is very well off), who is also present, when the Inspector arrives telling them of the suicide of a young girl called Eva Smith. At first they deny any knowledge of the girl, but as the play goes on the Inspector manages to show that they all helped kill her. Mr. Birling had her fired from his factory for demanding a small increase in wages; Sheila ordered her to be dismissed from her job in a shop simply because of her pride, and she felt that Eva found her appearance humorous when wearing a hat; Gerald Croft kept her as his mistress before leaving her suddenly; Eric Birling (Mr & Mrs Birling's son) also had an affair with the girl and stole money from, his fathers office to keep her living; and Mrs Birling used her influence to deny help to Eva Smith when she needed it most, all of this eventually drove her to suicide. Mr. Birling is a successful factory owner, ex-Lord Mayor of Brumley and a local magistrate. He doesn’t take into view the concerns of his workers, and the world outside of Britain. He is besotted with himself and his aim is to make more money, he says that industry is prospering and can't see why anyone would want to interrupt it by starting a war. He does not take into account that other people might value different things more highly than money. The only thing h... ... middle of paper ... ...nflict between the inspector and Mr. Birling, where Mr. Birling makes attempts to defend his family. The last one is between Sheila and her parents. Sheila doesn’t have a great part in the scene but she made a great impact by attempting to stop her mother from getting into trouble. J.B. Priestly was a socialist, and believed that if everyone in the world was treated equally then it would be much more peaceful and better place to live in. In the scene there was sufficient evidence of Mrs. Birling showing prejudice toward lower class citizens, mainly when she was referring to Eva. This is one of the reasons why she was treated and punished very severely by the inspector. This is a reason for why the scene was so tense, because the inspector and Mrs. Birling are both very different people fighting for different beliefs.
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J.B. Priestley's Motives Behind An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1894. His mother
How Priestley Presents His Ideas To An Audience In Act One Of An Inspector Calls
J.B. Priestley's Play "An Inspector Calls" "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices. And I don't see why she should have been sacked". Eric to Mr Birling says this.
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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.
The playwrights of ‘The Crucible’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’, were J.B Priestly and Arthur Miller, these plays are very different but have one in common which was the main theme of the play, this is what I will be talking about in this essay. The similar things about these plays is that both of them link to their playwrights past, such as J.B Priestly, he wrote a play that was set in 1912, showing that people who were selfish can change to someone who cares, this links to when he was at war as he recognised that the higher class was giving orders to lower classes and didn’t care about most of them, but after the war these people changed to someone who felt guilty, as they saw how devastating the war was. This is what Priestly wanted to show to
Priestley’s Main Aim in An Inspector Calls JB Priestly wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’ to enhance the message that ‘we don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other’. This is something Priestly felt strongly about and he succeeded in representing his views through the character of the Inspector in the play itself. He wanted to communicate the message that our actions, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, always affect others.
Without a general supernatural stigma from the witches, the story would not be as interesting as it is and wouldn’t lay a clear foundation. The reader can enhance their experience by making predictions about the prophecies, thus grabbing the readers attention to continue to read. The role of supernatural is to also create suspense. Suspense of the prophecies gives the reader a sense of what’s to come next. In contrast this will make the reader have motivation to continue as it is a difficult text to understand. The following quote creates suspense as it shows the reader Macbeth is at decline point while constantly relying on the prophecies to save him The mind I sway by and the heart I bear. Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Suspense is a 1913 film that portrays the story of a tramp intruding into a family’s home, where a mother takes care of her child while her husband is away. The plot is a common one that had been used previous times before the film’s release, such as in The Lonely Villa (1909). However, through taking advantage of the single frame shot, the filmmakers were able to create a masterful aesthetic of two separate stories that turn a basic plot into a complex story. The film created an inventive way of illustrating stories within cinema by allowing the audience the chance to consume more narrative in less time within just one take.
J.B. Priestley wrote the play "An Inspector Calls" in 1945 and set it in 1912. These dates are both relevant because he wrote his play in a world emerging from the Second World War, at a time when people were getting nostalgic about pre-world war one. Priestley used his play to try and show people that the idea of a community in 1912 was gradually being washed away by the upper classes and that the world needed to change rather than return to the egotistical society that existed in pre war England.
William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is truly a masterpiece of writing, and a great example of this is Shakespeare’s use of the writing technique Elision to create a feeling of suspense, as well as provoking imagery and emotion throughout the play. This writing technique is used by making key events take place of stage. These such events were the killing of king Duncan, the death of Lady Macbeth and the beheading of Macbeth.
The scene I chose was act 2 scene 2 of Macbeth written by Shakespeare. It was between two characters, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. I played the role of Macbeth. In the scene, Lady Macbeth celebrates her plan being a success. Lady Macbeth waits for Macbeth to come with news that he has killed Duncan. Macbeth announces that he has committed the murder but he is so afraid that he brings the bloody daggers with him and Lady Macbeth takes them from him, to place them with the sleeping guards. Macbeth hears knocking sounds which frightens him so his wife comes to lead him away, they then wash the blood from their hands before they get caught. My character was challenging because I had to understand his emotions and find ways of interpreting that on stage. I chose to perform this act because Shakespeare was able to create tension, build the right atmosphere to show them Macbeth’s reaction to Duncan’s murder but also show the relationship between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Shakespeare’s use of imagery, dramatic irony, rhetorical questions helped emphasise the guilt Macbeth felt after the murder.
What do you consider to be the most successful stage effect and language techniques used to create dramatic tension in Act 2, Scene 2?