An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 but was written by J B Priestley in 1945 The Inspector Calls takes place at the end of the Edwardian Era Around this time took place many new inventions along with social controversy and political activity In 1912 the wealthy upper class people lived extraordinary lives whilst the lower class lived poor deprived lives This is shown extremely well in An Inspector Calls as The Birlings and Croft family are upper class families and show their wealth and intoleranc
I am going to be writing this essay on the well known play Romeo and Juliet I will be focusing on the main elements of conflict and violence in the plays plot and language I will also look at the range of linguistic devices employed in the plays script The Prologue of the book tells us a little bit about the background of the two familys the Montague and the Capulet familys It mentions that there is an ancient grudge to break new mutiny this tells us that there is an ancient rivalry between the
The play Romeo and Juliet is written by an author named William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet is one of the all time classics of not only Shakespearean but of all plays It remains like this because of its timeless story that has allowed for reinvention across a variety of media Its treatment of a deep seated hatred bordering the essence of romanticism make it a highly interesting text for study in this century examining the types of conflict that arise throughout its length The conflict in the p
Explore Shakespeares presentation of race and religion in Act 1 Scene 3 of The Merchant of Venice There are many ways in which Shakespeare presents his views on race and religion and the way he portrays the characters that have very different religious beliefs The effect that The Merchant of Venice might have on the audiences is changing the way people think about race and religion In this play the main religions are Christianity and Judaism At the time of Shakespeare anti Semitism was a big is
The Tempest was written by William Shakespeare and is accepted as this last solely written play The plot is about the rightful Duke of Milan Prospero who with his daughter have been stranded on an island for 12 years after Prosperos jealous brother Antonio sent them to sea and took over the dukedom When Antonio Alonso the King of Naples and their court are on a ship sailing past the island Prospero uses his vast leaning and magical abilities to cause a massive storm which brings them to him It
Revenge is a major theme in the Tragedy of Hamlet There were three major families in the play these being the family of King Fortinbras the family of Polonius and the family of King Hamlet The heads of each of these families are all slaughtered within the play Fortinbras King of Norway was killed by King Hamlet during a man to man battle thus entitling King Hamlet to the land that was possessed by Fortinbras Polonius was an advisor to the King and father to Laertes and Ophelia was nosy and arro
Explore the presentation of psychopathic behaviour in John Fowles The Collector and Iain Banks The Wasp Factory Both John Fowles The Collector and Iain Banks The Wasp Factory present characters whose behaviour can be described as psychopathic Psychopathy can be described as chronic immoral and antisocial behaviour In The Collector Frederick Frederick behaves in an obsessive evil and psychopathic way when he imprisons Miranda eventually leading to her gruesome death In The Wasp Factory Frank Cau
Throughout Death of a Salesman time switches are used continuously typically to present the audience with the Loman familys background and show deterioration In act one we see the first flashback at the beginning of the play As the play starts to go into flashback the backdrop changes from the present Apartment houses and the surroundings become covered in leaves This is the first sign of the Lomans happy past Willy is talking sense and telling Biff to watch his schooling giving him good advice
In the Novel The kite runner courage is portrayed through the characters and how the value each other as family and friends Through the book courage is a quality that is shown by many of the characters in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The characters are brave in their effort to protect physical well being personal values their reputation and sanity In the novel the characters exhibit genuine bravery in order to guard the things important to them Firstly the characters in the nove
Curleys wife is never given a name and this makes her sound as if she is curlys possession throughout the novel She is constantly defined by other individual as a flirt temptress poisonous influence and sexual object reducing her sense of identity Curleys wife is aware of her sexuality and parades around the ranch in inappropriate clothing that is seemingly designed to attract the maximum amount of attention although she always claims to be looking for her husband She wears the colour red most