'An Inspector Calls': Top Set Analysis
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But a good tip for getting a good grade in inspector calls is using prologue (stage directions) for each character as it will boost up your grade. Eg for Eric you can use the stage direction “half shy, half assertive” which basically suggests that Eric Doesn’t like to express his emotions so therefore he represses them.
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And this could also maybe link to the part of the play where he yells and is angry at his mother, Mrs Birling. This shows his bottled up emotions flooding out, and he explodes
@@es-rh8oo do you mean eva called eric a kid? not the other way round that doesn't make much sense
@@arooj7329 or when he says that his father "isn't the type of person a chap can go to when he's in trouble", so his emotions are repressed because he feels his family cant take his feelings seriously
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English lit exam tomorrow and I’m absolutely balloxed
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"half shy, half assertive" - prologue (stage directions-describing Eric)
"shy" - adjective, connotes uncertainty and indecisiveness
- suggests lack of confidence and maturity
"assertive" on the other hand contrasts with shy
- furthermore suggesting confidence and dominance.
To conclude - Priestly uses contrasting adjectives -view Eric pessimistically in order to show the capitalist patriarchal society is not trustworthy.
- furthermore encourages the audience to reject the capitalist ideas that Eric appears to be representing.
Hope this helps :)
Also, it could portray Eric as feeling uncomfortable in an upper class, capitalist family; almost as if he doesn’t fit in.
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Another thing about Edna. In the play you never really hear the lower classes talking and defending themselves like you never hear Eva talk. But having Edna on stage dutifully following the orders of her social superiors provides a visual aid for the audience and they can clearly see and understand themselves that the lower classes aren't treated well.
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I had this thought that maybe Mr Birling and Mrs Birling could represent Adam and Eve. They are the older generation and have committed sins ( the deadly sins). They do not accept responsibility and therefore will be sent out of their heaven which is their wealth and social class. Because they have committed this sin, perhaps original sin, will affect the next generations to come which it does. The younger generation, Shiela and Eric are affected by the original sin and therefore also commit sins. However, they have learnt to accept responsibility and therefore will be forgiven by perhaps Inspector Goole- a god like character- and consequently will achieve paradise: wealth and remain high or even higher in the class system.
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Got the English lit gcse exam tomorrow... I thought it was Macbeth which I have been studying for the past week, realised it was inspector calls and now watching this video..... wish me luck 💀
(Update: didnt go too bad, had the easiest inspector calls question but the poetry was.. well.. not so great...
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NO SAME... I was revising key Romeo and Juliet quotes for the past week but asked my teacher today what the exam is on and she said 'Poetry and an Inspector calls'
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Need help on a character analysis of Mr birling?
Regarding this, how does Priestley present Mr Birling as a capitalist?
Throughout the play, Priestley presents Mr Birling as a clear representation of the patriarchal upper class. This reflects a lack of social responsibility and justice in his character, and demonstrates Priestley's disdain for Capitalist beliefs and society.
Similarly, what does Mr Birling represent? Mr Birling represents the greed, self-importance and stupidity of capitalism. It is symbolic that his first line - the opening line of the play - is an order to his servant regarding the serving of port.
Similarly, it is asked, why does Priestley use Mr Birling?
Priestley uses Mr Birling as a symbol to represent the selfishness and arrogance of capitalists in Edwardian society. Priestley wanted his audience to dislike Mr Birling and to see him as a fool. By rejecting the attitudes held by Mr Birling, Priestley's audience would lead a more responsible, socialist life.
Why is Mr Birling important in an inspector calls?
Mr Birling is a business man whose main concern is making money. This is what is most important to him and he comes across as being greedy. "we may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together - for lower costs and higher prices."
My mocks are tomorrow and I’m scared because I have to learn 14 poems, key quotes for this play and have an unseen poetry section :(
I have my first english lit mock tomorrow (year 10) and i literally feel the exact same way! how did it go?
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Soon after his entrance, the audience start to realise that the Inspector's investigation focuses on the surprising links between different events and people. The Inspector initiates this idea of connections through anadiplosis; by repeating 'what happened to her afterwards' at the end of one clause and the beginning of the next, the sentence structure itself cleverly emphasises how the content of these statements is inextricably connected and leads on from one another. Next, he memorably summarises this concept with the metaphorical image of ‘A chain of events'. The concrete noun ‘chain' refers to an object that embodies physical linking. Even more so that that, however, it connotes heaviness and imprisonment, perhaps inferring that the links between various 'events' involving the Birlings and Eva Smith could be what weighs down the entire family.
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I can' believe i have these gcses tomorrow and I've not even read the text. I guess this will have to do but from what he said, I believe this is a top set analysis of the play.
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Even though I absolutely hate this text and priestly, thank you for aiding my revision kind sir!
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Great video. At 14:20, the fact that [Birling stops to listen] to the doorbell is an example of irony as he doesn't have the patience or the sense to listen to any of the other characters. This further elevates Priestley's campaign for a socialist mindset.
This is good
Anyone else got their lit exam tomorrow
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Course i do😂 just wanted to see if im the only one cramming in info last minute
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Nope my gcse is tommorow
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I would recommend people read brave new world by Aldous Huxley as an allegory for what might happen if the inspector's ideology goes to far - 'everyone belongs to everyone else' is a motif within brave new world.
Often in analysis of AIC, the inspector is seen as being completely right and good - and as a proxy for Priestley this is understandable; but it must be remembered all things are best in balance.
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Very helpful video and can you make a video on 'Macbeth' and 'Dr Jekyll & Hyde' for "top set analysis"
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Wait, Inspector calls is next week. Yesterday was Shakespeare and a 19th century book......
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"germans don't want war."
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22:34 Mr Birling has a similar attitude towards edna as he does in the first act, showing how he has not changed throughout the play in his attitudes because he still treats the working class with the same harshness and condescendation as he did at the start of the play.
Thank you for uploading this very useful video which I will be using with my Year 10 and 11 students.
“Spoiler alert” for a play over a hundred years old
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Anyone else got their english lit exam on thursday?
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English Exam Thursday, Good Luck Everyone!
I’m only watching this because it makes me feel better about sitting the exam tomorrow - even though I know for a fact I WILL NOT remember any of it....
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thank you...This may present as a bit off topic, but i am thinking of writing a mass open letter to many in the regulatory / justice / police system - all of whom i have contacted in relation to fraud and theft by professional executors from my fathers estate. The mass disinterest, non action (or even protectionism) by those responsible in the so-called 'justice system' for calling (thieving) 'professional executors' to account brings this wonderful play to mind often. I may title the email to all those who have responsibilities but have done nothing 'An inspector Calls' !
"unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable" is also a diacope
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When the bell rings and interupts Mr Birling, is that an example of a dramatic pause?
I would watch the actual play on TH-cam to see if there is a moment of silence and anticipation. But when the phone rings in act 3 saying that a girl committed suicide that’s definitely a dramatic pause. Sorry this was too late lol
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I have my English lit tomorrow and have no idea what to revise and my last years AIC exam I got less than 20%... any suggestions on what to revise? I also don’t know what the them will be
Got my exams and haven't revised at all this gonna be helpful
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This is helping me through analysing An Inspector Calls during lockdown
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In the original production [1946] different aspects of the room [set] were shown in each of the three acts.
16:16
18:28
20:55 'instantaneously' & 'recompense'
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