J B Priestley wrote An Inspector calls at the height of his powers as a playwright The plays purpose put over a pro socialist message to the audience The writer does this by using dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience It is a political drama aimed at the upper and middle classes since they were the most likely to see the play The message from the playwright is that each person in a community all have different responsibilities within society that we can al
Belief illustrates the mental acknowledgement of the truth or confidence in another or yourself Stephen Kings Salems Lot the significance of belief when it comes to resolving issues considerably big and relatively small When Ben Mears moves back to his hometown of Jerusalems Lot to compose his latest novel he meets and falls in love with Susan Norton whose mother cannot stand him or his writing As he begins adjust to his new life he hears news of new people in town and immediately faces his mos
Nurse Ratched posts the patients financial statements on the bulletin board to show that everyones account except McMurphys shows a steady decline in funds The other patients begin to question the motivations for his actions When a phone call keeps McMurphy away from a Group Meeting Ratched insinuates that everything he does is motivated by the desire for personal gain Later Harding argues that they have all gotten their moneys worth and that McMurphy never hid his con man ways from them McMurp
Emotions Overpowering Affect Why is it that humans let out emotions get the better of us and basically restrict our free will In his play Macbeth Shakespeare writes about a character Macbeth coming to power through the vile act of murder enticed to him by his wife Sinful actions have been connected with being overwhelmed emotionally several times throughout the play There comes a point when a free willed decision can cause certain consequences whether bad or good and one can be judged on how th
Lysistrata The play Lysistrata was written by Aristophanes during the twelfth year of the Peloponnesian war It was first performed in Athens Greece in 411 B C with the typical male audience and all male actors A great deal of thought went into this play that Aristophanes wrote he shows the folly of war chauvinism and sex by making his audience look foolish though sexual humor and old comedy Many things that are demonstrated by the play Lysistrata still occupy the American society today In the p
Alice Walker Everyday Use Critically examine the representation of culture groups and communities in one or more texts studied I have chosen to focus my study upon the novel by Alice Walker Everyday Use From the texts studied Everyday Use appealed to me the most and stood out as being a great representation of different culture groups and communities and ultimately how they affect identity It is a complex story of different ideals and what it means to be part of a community or culture group a s
In Shakespeares Hamlet the main character continually delays acting out his duty of avenging his fathers murder This essay will discuss how Hamlets nature and morals which are intensified by difficult events prevent him from carrying out the task In the opening scenes of the play the Ghost of Hamlets late father reveals to him the true means by which King Hamlet died The Ghost tells Hamlet that his fathers death was caused by Claudius pouring poison into his ear He exhorts Hamlet to avenge the
Discuss Shakespeares presentation and development of Hamlet in Act I Scene V Act I Scene V is one of the most important scenes of the play as it introduces us more fully to the Ghost the apparent spirit of deceased King Hamlet This scene is particularly important as it develops Hamlets character as a person we see how the appearance of the Ghost before him influences his words and actions In association with tragedies ghosts or spirits are a general convention used and bear significance to the