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EDIT THIS CAME UP LMAO Inspector Calls 18/05/2024 Predictions Thesis Priestleys point of view: trying to promote socialism to recommend that we need social responsibility to look after the working classes, we need to stop exploiting women. This is not just an anti capatilist play its also an anti war play MR BIRLING - “a man has to look after himself and his family “ - Priestley is trying to show there Is no social responsibility, there is no such thing as wider responsibility there is only personal responsibility. These words lead to the inspector coming because like an incantation they summon the Inspector, Inspector interrupts Birling at the time he is saying that. This is priestleys way of showing a supernatural reaction of berlings selfishness and rejection of social responsibility. This is a supernatural element of inspector “They’re not cheap labour they’re people” - reinforces the idea of social responsibility and socialism. Priestley chooses all the victims in this play to be female - main victim is Eva and Sheila - she discovers geralds affair and confronts him. Geralds perspective goes against this because he wants greater profit 7 deadly sins - jealous. Inspector points out to Sheila that she had eva sacked because she was jealous. Here priestley points out a feminine message because Sheila says she couldn’t feel sorry for her and the girl can look after her self. This means that patriacharal society values a woman appearance as their most important quality. Also eva was looking better than Sheila so it justifies that fact the Sheila was jealous. Priestleys wider message is Sheilas cruelty is because she was taught by society that the most important thing about being a woman is about appearance. Priestleys wants to go against that through exploring it through Sheila so her transformation through the play helps priestley to explore the inner lives of women and priestly is calling for a more feminine society. This gives us a contrast to Gerald as he is an antithesis to Sheila, he is described as a “prince” because he helped Sheila and eva to get out of trouble. “Prince” (Gerald) - we see him as a Machiavellian figure - Gerald had affair with eva and exploited her and used her for money and treated her like nothing. Initially, Sheila's description of Gerald as a "wonderful fairy prince" might suggest her immature and romanticized view of him, believing he acted nobly in helping Daisy Renton when she was in trouble. However, Priestley uses this metaphor to highlight the facade of Gerald’s supposed generosity. Gerald's actions are far from princely when scrutinized closely. Priestley presents Gerald as someone who sees himself as a savior by installing Daisy in "a nice little set of rooms," providing her with money and affection. This arrangement, however, is predicated on his power and control over her. Gerald's justification of his actions paints him as a magnanimous figure, yet his true motives are far more self-serving. The rooms, given to him by a friend who went to Canada, were a convenient way for Gerald to keep Daisy without significant personal expense. His claim of helping her is undercut by his eventual decision to end the affair and abandon her when his friend returns, revealing his unwillingness to continue supporting her once it became inconvenient. This cynical view is deepened when considering the parallel to Machiavelli's "The Prince." Gerald's actions, like those of a Machiavellian figure, are calculated and manipulative. He exploits Daisy's vulnerable situation for his own pleasure, and when the arrangement no longer suits him, he discards her. This manipulation is compounded by the fact that Daisy may have been in love with him, making his exploitation even more reprehensible. Gerald’s readiness to use and dispose of Daisy when it is no longer convenient showcases his moral bankruptcy. Priestley’s portrayal of Gerald through the “fairy prince” metaphor serves as a powerful critique of the superficial morality of the upper classes. Gerald’s actions are not those of a hero, but rather of a man exploiting his position of power for personal gain. Through this ironic metaphor, Priestley encourages the audience to be critical of appearances and to question the true nature of seemingly noble acts “CHAP EASILY TURNS NASTY” (eric) - he says how he was in a bad state doing nasty stuff which is a euphemism for the sexual violence that he is threatening Eva with. Here eric is lustful and violent. Priestley is trying to say upper class men and their natural exploitation of people through people through capitalism that leads to the men thinking its appropriate to exploit the powerless which are women and they are great victims. Priestley puts the blame on the 2 men. “girls of that class” (mrs birling) - “shows how prejudiced she is against the working classes and also against her own sex. She could have gave eva money but she decided not to so that may be the reason why eva committed suicide. Gerald doesn’t say anything which makes him support the class system. He doesn’t seem to be fussed about the hierarchy in society. He cares about power and money and power over women. Priestley is trying to say that if the class system gets removed the generation wont get better because people have to have social responsibility and people have to stop exploiting women
Mr Salles! You should become a fortune teller because I did English Lit Paper 1 today on An Inspector Calls and your predictions were SPOT ON!! GERALD CAME UP! I was so happy and I absolutely smashed the exam thanks to YOU!! I did not even revise Gerald until you predicted it, so THANK YOU :> KEEP COOKING IN YOUR VIDEOS, ABSOLUTE LEGEND!!
You got the Inspector theme correct! I used all your quotes and ideas in my essay and they really helped to elevate it. I wrote 8 pages for AIC and my hand is in pain
sir I know you didnt get the prediction right but in the exam i remembered your video and how macbeth chooses to send the letter rather than tell LM herself to show he might have been actually manipulating her himself (and therefore shes not a powerful woman) and i think it really fit into my essay!
prediction was correct for the inspector coming up as the theme question 🙏 single handedly saved my english literature grade with your jekyll and hyde AND macbeth videos. if you don’t see this sir i just wanna say thank you for saving thousands of people’s grades
This was unbelievably helpful. I memorised all the points the night before the exam and I can't thank you enough. I went from a predicted 5 to getting a grade 8 today.
a slightly closer look into sheila's progression: she does learn the inspector's lesson at a surface level, and is definitely the greatest hope in the room, even taking on the inspector's role when he leaves ("the point is, you don't seem to have learned anything"). however, her character development throughout the play is slow and is NOT a full 180 (in my opinion). as the play progresses, she does change her perspective a little, realising for example that what she did was wrong and that she ought to take social responsibility, but ultimately continues to view the world through her own sheila-esque lens. yes, the language she starts to use different language for her parents ("mummy" and "daddy" to "mother" etc) and towards gerald ("you were the wonderful fairy prince" "you're forgetting i'm supposed to be engaged to the hero of (the story)" etc), but ultimately at the end she STILL diffuses social responsibility ("between us, WE drove that girl to (suicide)") and her own language and reactions don't actually change (i.e. she describes eva's death as "horrible" at the beginning AND further on; her initial reaction to the inspector's confrontation is to cry and at the END when he reminds them, she cries again), which suggests that, even if her eyes have been opened to the people around her, she perhaps hasn't quite connected this to greater society, and her understanding of social responsibility/upper class abuse of the lower classes isn't actually all that changed. on the ring: apart from the obvious symbolism, i agree that the ending of the play is very telling and that she is likely forced at some point to accept it. not only is priestly pointing out that women don't have the power to change a patriarchal society because men don't allow them social power, i think that this is also a comment on individuality: priestly is calling EVERYONE to action because no one person can change society all on their own (and so the ending of this play is actually quite depressing, as one might expect from a cautionary tale, which AIC arguably is as well as a morality play).
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It's strange to think that I will never be doing analysis of an inspector calls or other literature again... Thanks for the great video :) at 26:03 i linked this theme of a cyclical plot to Ouspensky's theory of eternal recurrence as well as the fact that war never changes and history repeats.
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for the first quote, you can dive in even deeper on mr b - he starts with "a man" (i.e. men have to be the breadwinners -> patriarchy), which demonstrates that he perpetuates patriarchal ideals, and this can be linked to his wanting to marry sheila off (patriarchal control) and treating her marriage as a business transaction (capitalism) even though this is obviously bad for her because of gerald (so capitalism and patriarchy are linked within mr birling's character and wider society, and both are detrimental to the individual members of society)
The question on the paper ended up being how does Priestley use the inspector to present his message of social change😮😮😮. You have a crystal ball, thank you!!!!
Thank you soo much, you have helped me boost my grades from 5 in year 9 to 8s and 9s in year 10. Can i just ask if you have done poetry please? Again thnk u so much, all my friends watch your vids!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Hi Sir, despite not watching your prediction videos for R&J and ACC, I watched you other r videos from both those playlists. I used your brilliant analysis which helped me a lot during Paper 1. I'm currently using your AIC video for Monday, so thank you so much. The only pity is that I do love and relationships for Poetry, however you do power and war. Thank you for all your efforts!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish the inspector calls questions were: 1. how does priestley use the character of mrs birling to explore ideas about social class 2. how does priestley use the inspector to present the need for social change
mr salles is the GOAT!! i went from a 3 in the yr 10 end-of-year, to a 7 in the mocks, to a 9 in the actual gcse! thank you so much for your brilliant vids sir!
for Edexcel IGCSE, smashed it with that Gerald prediction, thank you for what you did, this helped me so much, even if it was for selfish (that was the question) I managed to fit it quite well. I can't say much about Macbeth but I did summarize the video you did 3 months ago about Macbeth, so I hope that it would relate it quite well. For the next years, please tell them to practice timing their questions, I think it's everyone flaw at this point. But keep continuing your streak of knowledge, your Macbeth knowledge was amazing and I actually enjoyed Macbeth because of you. Thank you, sir.
Hello sir ! The question is on how the Inspector is used to suggest change in the society. However, I wrote a page on how Priestley establishes Mr Birling as the embodiment of capitalism and not trust-worthy for almost half of my essay. I realised it too late so I linked to the Inspector to say it is a representation of Priestley’s socialist views and is a juxtaposition to show that socialism is better than capitalism and the society should change to socialism and collective responsibility. Does that save my marks a bit ? I also throw out all the possible genre and discuss the effects
Bro I swear to god this video saved me. I started my inspector calls revision this morning when I woke up at 7:00 am and watched this. And I didn’t even revise AIC before today even a single bit
I know this MIGHT sound a bit of a stretch, but can i compare Inspector Goole to the Titanic, because he was seen as 'massiveness, solidity and purposefulness' just like the Titanic. And also that he transports the message of Priestley, and he preserves the message of social responsibility, just like the way the Titanic did?? It sounds really stretched but my friend sounded really interested when I told her, but idkkk
Hi Sir. I just wanted to ask, is it easier to do the character question in general? I find it easy as I have a template thesis statement for each character, with their presentation, purpose, and Priestley's intention. I am thinking of memorising them in advance for Monday's exam? Should I proceed?
Sir, you say that Priestley suggests that capitalists approved of war because they profitted from it the most, which is absolutely correct, however, how can you argue it confidently when Birling, a capitalist says that "nobody wants war" . Can you give any points so I can in a way argue that perhaps, at this time, Birling might not have recognised the profit capitalists could receive from war but once such capitalists saw their business thriving during war, they kind of promoted it. After all, it was such bourgeoisie that used propaganda to manipulate the working classes into going for war. Can you help?
I got a 6 in both English lit and Lang! I wanted a 7 but it’s okay lol thanks for the help!! ( i didn’t expect a 6 in English Lang because in the exam I had 10 mins left for the 40 marker 😭)
Hello, I was wondering whether you had any advise/tips on how to make a plan for an essay in the exam (e.g. plan in like 2-3 mins). E.G. would you bullet point each of your paragraphs main ideas in a few words? would you use any acronyms to remember key points (like 'DROK' for divine right of Kings) and perhaps word one from a quote to act as a reminder for you to remember it? (for example, 'famous' for 'look at them, the famous younger generation who know it all, and they cant even take a joke')
Hi sir for my Macbeth essay I found the plans from the live stream very helpful and used it, could you do the same for AIC and poetry if that's possible or something along the lines of that?
sir thx for your hard work . I hope ( with your advice ofc ) i can do better than i did in paper 1 . Als do u have any recommendations for love and relationship poems
8:49 honestly didn’t even consider this at all, makes me feel even more sympathetic towards Eva and hate Eric even more, specially because it’s what loads of women have to go through :(
@MrSallesTeachesEnglish of course! so the main technique that helped me was i would convert your widely applicable essay plans (like the one in this video) into more compacted notes, each separated into paragraphs that were each headlined by the corresponding quote. i then took the first letter of every quote from the plan in descending order and created an acronym. i would memorise these acronyms and the quotes, and then repeat them to myself walking to school, on the bus, etc, trying to then remember what i would write about each quote as well. for the poetry, i made little flashcards of notes from your quick fire poetry videos, only revising the poems which had not come up in the past. i regularly read these and tested myself on these to remember the quotes. for the unseen poetry, my biggest piece of advice would be to not be too literal and surface level with the analysis. if you think that what you’re inferring from the poem seems ridiculous and like it’s come from nowhere, you should probably use it! one of the poems was about putting up laundry and mundane daily tasks, and i ended up interpreting it as the narrator feeling suicidal and like life has lost all of its meaning and hope! and here i am, with full marks. once in the exam, i looked at all the sections of the paper and quickly decided on which would be easiest/hardest. i was going to spend 45 minutes on each one, starting with the hardest. i did the unseen poetry, then the anthology, then an inspector calls. for an inspector calls, i would HIGHLY recommend always going for the broadest question. on that question, i then copied down my acronym, crossing out the quotes which were not applicable to the question. i wrote an introduction with three major interpretations, and essay based off of the remnants of the acronym, and then a conclusion linking back to the introduction. i made sure to repeat the three major interpretations all the way through. that’s a lot more than 3-5, but i hope it helps!
@@athenebrown9963 what plays did you do? and if you did macbeth/AIC/christmas carol could you please help me out with those notes? I would be really grateful
Analysis of number 4: Initially, Sheila's description of Gerald as a "wonderful fairy prince" might suggest her immature and romanticized view of him, believing he acted nobly in helping Daisy Renton when she was in trouble. However, Priestley uses this metaphor to highlight the facade of Gerald’s supposed generosity. Gerald's actions are far from princely when scrutinized closely. Priestley presents Gerald as someone who sees himself as a savior by installing Daisy in "a nice little set of rooms," providing her with money and affection. This arrangement, however, is predicated on his power and control over her. Gerald's justification of his actions paints him as a magnanimous figure, yet his true motives are far more self-serving. The rooms, given to him by a friend who went to Canada, were a convenient way for Gerald to keep Daisy without significant personal expense. His claim of helping her is undercut by his eventual decision to end the affair and abandon her when his friend returns, revealing his unwillingness to continue supporting her once it became inconvenient. This cynical view is deepened when considering the parallel to Machiavelli's "The Prince." Gerald's actions, like those of a Machiavellian figure, are calculated and manipulative. He exploits Daisy's vulnerable situation for his own pleasure, and when the arrangement no longer suits him, he discards her. This manipulation is compounded by the fact that Daisy may have been in love with him, making his exploitation even more reprehensible. Gerald’s readiness to use and dispose of Daisy when it is no longer convenient showcases his moral bankruptcy. Priestley’s portrayal of Gerald through the “fairy prince” metaphor serves as a powerful critique of the superficial morality of the upper classes. Gerald’s actions are not those of a hero, but rather of a man exploiting his position of power for personal gain. Through this ironic metaphor, Priestley encourages the audience to be critical of appearances and to question the true nature of seemingly noble acts.
I predict the question will be about responsibility and this is an excellent model for that, showcasing geralds irresponsibility. You can also use this if another question comes up or even just take bits from this/add bits to it.
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Do i need to mention language technique for each paragraph i write for inspector gooles
@@nicee8009 no, you should only do it in one paragraph, otherwise the examiner thinks that you're adding points from 1 idea to different paragraphs.
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To all the people who feels nervous and anxious on this exam, don't worry, you got this. you clicked on this video for a reason and thats because you care about lit and you all have dedication. I believe in all of you tomorrow, give this exam all you've got it!
I don’t care about lit I just don’t want to be sat in an exam for 2 hours having nothing to write lol
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EDIT THIS CAME UP LMAO Inspector Calls 18/05/2024 Predictions
Thesis
Priestleys point of view: trying to promote socialism to recommend that we need social responsibility to look after the working classes, we need to stop exploiting women. This is not just an anti capatilist play its also an anti war play
MR BIRLING - “a man has to look after himself and his family “ - Priestley is trying to show there Is no social responsibility, there is no such thing as wider responsibility there is only personal responsibility. These words lead to the inspector coming because like an incantation they summon the Inspector, Inspector interrupts Birling at the time he is saying that. This is priestleys way of showing a supernatural reaction of berlings selfishness and rejection of social responsibility. This is a supernatural element of inspector
“They’re not cheap labour they’re people” - reinforces the idea of social responsibility and socialism. Priestley chooses all the victims in this play to be female - main victim is Eva and Sheila - she discovers geralds affair and confronts him. Geralds perspective goes against this because he wants greater profit
7 deadly sins - jealous. Inspector points out to Sheila that she had eva sacked because she was jealous. Here priestley points out a feminine message because Sheila says she couldn’t feel sorry for her and the girl can look after her self. This means that patriacharal society values a woman appearance as their most important quality. Also eva was looking better than Sheila so it justifies that fact the Sheila was jealous. Priestleys wider message is Sheilas cruelty is because she was taught by society that the most important thing about being a woman is about appearance. Priestleys wants to go against that through exploring it through Sheila so her transformation through the play helps priestley to explore the inner lives of women and priestly is calling for a more feminine society. This gives us a contrast to Gerald as he is an antithesis to Sheila, he is described as a “prince” because he helped Sheila and eva to get out of trouble.
“Prince” (Gerald) - we see him as a Machiavellian figure - Gerald had affair with eva and exploited her and used her for money and treated her like nothing.
Initially, Sheila's description of Gerald as a "wonderful fairy prince" might suggest her immature and romanticized view of him, believing he acted nobly in helping Daisy Renton when she was in trouble. However, Priestley uses this metaphor to highlight the facade of Gerald’s supposed generosity. Gerald's actions are far from princely when scrutinized closely. Priestley presents Gerald as someone who sees himself as a savior by installing Daisy in "a nice little set of rooms," providing her with money and affection. This arrangement, however, is predicated on his power and control over her. Gerald's justification of his actions paints him as a magnanimous figure, yet his true motives are far more self-serving. The rooms, given to him by a friend who went to Canada, were a convenient way for Gerald to keep Daisy without significant personal expense. His claim of helping her is undercut by his eventual decision to end the affair and abandon her when his friend returns, revealing his unwillingness to continue supporting her once it became inconvenient. This cynical view is deepened when considering the parallel to Machiavelli's "The Prince." Gerald's actions, like those of a Machiavellian figure, are calculated and manipulative. He exploits Daisy's vulnerable situation for his own pleasure, and when the arrangement no longer suits him, he discards her. This manipulation is compounded by the fact that Daisy may have been in love with him, making his exploitation even more reprehensible. Gerald’s readiness to use and dispose of Daisy when it is no longer convenient showcases his moral bankruptcy. Priestley’s portrayal of Gerald through the “fairy prince” metaphor serves as a powerful critique of the superficial morality of the upper classes. Gerald’s actions are not those of a hero, but rather of a man exploiting his position of power for personal gain. Through this ironic metaphor, Priestley encourages the audience to be critical of appearances and to question the true nature of seemingly noble acts
“CHAP EASILY TURNS NASTY” (eric) - he says how he was in a bad state doing nasty stuff which is a euphemism for the sexual violence that he is threatening Eva with. Here eric is lustful and violent. Priestley is trying to say upper class men and their natural exploitation of people through people through capitalism that leads to the men thinking its appropriate to exploit the powerless which are women and they are great victims. Priestley puts the blame on the 2 men.
“girls of that class” (mrs birling) - “shows how prejudiced she is against the working classes and also against her own sex. She could have gave eva money but she decided not to so that may be the reason why eva committed suicide. Gerald doesn’t say anything which makes him support the class system. He doesn’t seem to be fussed about the hierarchy in society. He cares about power and money and power over women. Priestley is trying to say that if the class system gets removed the generation wont get better because people have to have social responsibility and people have to stop exploiting women
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You got the Inspector theme correct! I used all your quotes and ideas in my essay and they really helped to elevate it.
I wrote 8 pages for AIC and my hand is in pain
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sir I know you didnt get the prediction right but in the exam i remembered your video and how macbeth chooses to send the letter rather than tell LM herself to show he might have been actually manipulating her himself (and therefore shes not a powerful woman) and i think it really fit into my essay!
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prediction was correct for the inspector coming up as the theme question 🙏 single handedly saved my english literature grade with your jekyll and hyde AND macbeth videos. if you don’t see this sir i just wanna say thank you for saving thousands of people’s grades
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This was unbelievably helpful. I memorised all the points the night before the exam and I can't thank you enough. I went from a predicted 5 to getting a grade 8 today.
That so good. Did you use any other videos? If you have 3-5 pieces of advice, post them here and I will publish them for year 10s in my newsletter.
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a slightly closer look into sheila's progression: she does learn the inspector's lesson at a surface level, and is definitely the greatest hope in the room, even taking on the inspector's role when he leaves ("the point is, you don't seem to have learned anything"). however, her character development throughout the play is slow and is NOT a full 180 (in my opinion). as the play progresses, she does change her perspective a little, realising for example that what she did was wrong and that she ought to take social responsibility, but ultimately continues to view the world through her own sheila-esque lens. yes, the language she starts to use different language for her parents ("mummy" and "daddy" to "mother" etc) and towards gerald ("you were the wonderful fairy prince" "you're forgetting i'm supposed to be engaged to the hero of (the story)" etc), but ultimately at the end she STILL diffuses social responsibility ("between us, WE drove that girl to (suicide)") and her own language and reactions don't actually change (i.e. she describes eva's death as "horrible" at the beginning AND further on; her initial reaction to the inspector's confrontation is to cry and at the END when he reminds them, she cries again), which suggests that, even if her eyes have been opened to the people around her, she perhaps hasn't quite connected this to greater society, and her understanding of social responsibility/upper class abuse of the lower classes isn't actually all that changed.
on the ring: apart from the obvious symbolism, i agree that the ending of the play is very telling and that she is likely forced at some point to accept it. not only is priestly pointing out that women don't have the power to change a patriarchal society because men don't allow them social power, i think that this is also a comment on individuality: priestly is calling EVERYONE to action because no one person can change society all on their own (and so the ending of this play is actually quite depressing, as one might expect from a cautionary tale, which AIC arguably is as well as a morality play).
Very well argued!
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Just got an 8 in literature and was 1 mark off of a 9 so wanted to come say thank you!!! While some of the stuff you said I didn’t really understand (I was working at a grade 5/6 level for most the year so some of the higher concepts didn’t quite work for me) your videos on checking out me history (which I used for comparison) and a Christmas carol definitely helped immensely in getting a grade 8. Thank you so much!!!
I’m glad the stuff you did understand worked!
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isn't it i looked at the question and was so happy i wrote 7 pages
What were the two questions?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish The character was Mrs Birling but i didn't really look at that one, i did the inspector theme question
mrs bilring and ideas about social class and the 2nd question was on the inspector and social change@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish
It's strange to think that I will never be doing analysis of an inspector calls or other literature again... Thanks for the great video :) at 26:03 i linked this theme of a cyclical plot to Ouspensky's theory of eternal recurrence as well as the fact that war never changes and history repeats.
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for the first quote, you can dive in even deeper on mr b - he starts with "a man" (i.e. men have to be the breadwinners -> patriarchy), which demonstrates that he perpetuates patriarchal ideals, and this can be linked to his wanting to marry sheila off (patriarchal control) and treating her marriage as a business transaction (capitalism) even though this is obviously bad for her because of gerald (so capitalism and patriarchy are linked within mr birling's character and wider society, and both are detrimental to the individual members of society)
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this is actually the most helpful video ive ever watched, i needed to get my memory on the areas of the play, as i know quotes, so this helps a lot
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The question on the paper ended up being how does Priestley use the inspector to present his message of social change😮😮😮. You have a crystal ball, thank you!!!!
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I've forgotten what the poetry section is for WJEC oh god
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Thank you so much Mr Salles. It is amazing what you do here for everyone, mad respect for you, you are a legend!
Your videos are sooo good. If possible can you do a prediction run-through on love and relationship poems plz???
Thank you so much, you helped me a lot today, your predictions were right, I'm so thankful, I hope I'll pass my literature exam)
Thank you soo much, you have helped me boost my grades from 5 in year 9 to 8s and 9s in year 10. Can i just ask if you have done poetry please? Again thnk u so much, all my friends watch your vids!
Sure have, over a month ago!
hopefully this will help my grade! you basically saved my romeo and a christmas carol and ur prediction was able to like to the question
I'm so glad!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Hi Sir, despite not watching your prediction videos for R&J and ACC, I watched you other r videos from both those playlists. I used your brilliant analysis which helped me a lot during Paper 1. I'm currently using your AIC video for Monday, so thank you so much. The only pity is that I do love and relationships for Poetry, however you do power and war. Thank you for all your efforts!
Sir thank you so much for all your videos they're so helpful!!! If possible could you do an animal farm prediction? Thank you!!
thanks mr salles, the vid really helped!! your quotes were really easily applicable :D
What were the questions?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish the inspector calls questions were:
1. how does priestley use the character of mrs birling to explore ideas about social class
2. how does priestley use the inspector to present the need for social change
mr salles is the GOAT!! i went from a 3 in the yr 10 end-of-year, to a 7 in the mocks, to a 9 in the actual gcse! thank you so much for your brilliant vids sir!
You are welcome! That's fantastic. Would you like to share 3-5 things that helped you as advice I can share with year 10s in my newsletter?
my english teacher recommends your videos, such a great recommendation ‼️‼️‼️
Happy to hear that! Please thank them for me
for Edexcel IGCSE, smashed it with that Gerald prediction, thank you for what you did, this helped me so much, even if it was for selfish (that was the question) I managed to fit it quite well. I can't say much about Macbeth but I did summarize the video you did 3 months ago about Macbeth, so I hope that it would relate it quite well. For the next years, please tell them to practice timing their questions, I think it's everyone flaw at this point. But keep continuing your streak of knowledge, your Macbeth knowledge was amazing and I actually enjoyed Macbeth because of you.
Thank you, sir.
Great advice
THIS SAVED. ME THANK YOU, I USED SO MANY OF THESE POINTS!!
Please let it be Gerald if Gerald comes up it will be the best essay of my life!
great teaching man thanks
I got a grade 8 in literature even though i was aiming for a 5. And i got a 6 in language thanks to your videos
What do you think made such a difference with literature?
Bros Spatula metaphorically represents how he cooked us in last prediction. Guys he actually cooked us 🐐🐐
wasn't expecting that intro
you literally cant fail after watching this
Anyone here for late night revision?
yep
so cooked
Screw late night revision, I’m here 2 hours before the exam and this is my first time revising 😂 it’s in gods hands atp
YOU WERE RIGHT FOR INSPECTOR !!! SAVED MY LIFE FR
Love the videos R & J really helped thanks a ton!!
Hello sir ! The question is on how the Inspector is used to suggest change in the society. However, I wrote a page on how Priestley establishes Mr Birling as the embodiment of capitalism and not trust-worthy for almost half of my essay. I realised it too late so I linked to the Inspector to say it is a representation of Priestley’s socialist views and is a juxtaposition to show that socialism is better than capitalism and the society should change to socialism and collective responsibility. Does that save my marks a bit ? I also throw out all the possible genre and discuss the effects
Totally saves your mark
mr salles you're a lifesaver i got a 9 in my aic mock from using your videos
Bro I watched this on Sunday and he actually predicted the inspector. He’s carried my whole exam.
Bro I swear to god this video saved me. I started my inspector calls revision this morning when I woke up at 7:00 am and watched this. And I didn’t even revise AIC before today even a single bit
last video i watch before my exam, gonna post my grade on results day
prediction : 8
reality :
called it #goat #salles #gloriousking
Another amazing video!
OMG u were basically right!
the question was how does priestley use the inspector to show to need fro social change
I know this MIGHT sound a bit of a stretch, but can i compare Inspector Goole to the Titanic, because he was seen as 'massiveness, solidity and purposefulness' just like the Titanic. And also that he transports the message of Priestley, and he preserves the message of social responsibility, just like the way the Titanic did?? It sounds really stretched but my friend sounded really interested when I told her, but idkkk
It only works if you compare the Titanic sinking to his failure- I have never thought about this before, but it will work!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish so what would you say his failure is?
@@D194-y1zhis failure to convince the older birlings and Gerald that they should take responsibility for their actions, I would guess
@@kentuckyfriedcommunist9496possibly
@@kentuckyfriedcommunist9496oh yh thnks😅
Hi Sir. I just wanted to ask, is it easier to do the character question in general? I find it easy as I have a template thesis statement for each character, with their presentation, purpose, and Priestley's intention. I am thinking of memorising them in advance for Monday's exam? Should I proceed?
You should proceed!
Sir, you say that Priestley suggests that capitalists approved of war because they profitted from it the most, which is absolutely correct, however, how can you argue it confidently when Birling, a capitalist says that "nobody wants war" . Can you give any points so I can in a way argue that perhaps, at this time, Birling might not have recognised the profit capitalists could receive from war but once such capitalists saw their business thriving during war, they kind of promoted it. After all, it was such bourgeoisie that used propaganda to manipulate the working classes into going for war. Can you help?
Mr Salles took the dumb Gen Z 'cooking' slang and actually made it funny and charming.
mate u got ur macbeth one and jekyll hyde one wrong, how can i trust u with inspector calls huh??? 😠😠😠😡
Yeah but many of his points still fitted into my essays even though it was a completely different question
Acting like the questions weren’t unfairly easy compared to Romeo and Juliet and a Christmas carol 🙄🙄
Its a prediction for a reason mate, its up to u if you actually revised or not smh
Macbeth wws right
I Christmas carol was incredibly 3asy because you could tall about any theme@@ThatFineArtist
I got a 6 in both English lit and Lang! I wanted a 7 but it’s okay lol thanks for the help!! ( i didn’t expect a 6 in English Lang because in the exam I had 10 mins left for the 40 marker 😭)
Wow, well done.
Hello, I was wondering whether you had any advise/tips on how to make a plan for an essay in the exam (e.g. plan in like 2-3 mins). E.G. would you bullet point each of your paragraphs main ideas in a few words? would you use any acronyms to remember key points (like 'DROK' for divine right of Kings) and perhaps word one from a quote to act as a reminder for you to remember it? (for example, 'famous' for 'look at them, the famous younger generation who know it all, and they cant even take a joke')
How many letters in MR SALLES!???🔥🔥
ATEEEEE
I meanmy teacher also predicted Gerald for this year so who knows?
(She predicted the young and old generation for the themes)
Came up last year
@@HamzaZ09 i mean juliet came up last year AND this year too
HE COOKED AND BROUGHT A SPATULA?? 🗣🗣🔥🔥
You got the prediction right!!!
IT WAS GERALD HE WAS RIGHT THANK YOU (I did edexcel not AQA 😭)
what the sigma edexcel aic was paper 1 g and it was eva smith
@@Lingo680 No?? paper 2 is modern drama and literary heritage texts and it was Gerald??
@@someone992 no????!!! Edexcel does Shakespeare and aic in paper and novel and poetry in paper 2????!!!!
@@Lingo680 Bro paper one I did of mice and men and poetry and paper two was romeo and juliet and an inspector calls idk what you're doing
@@someone992 uhhh thats the other round bro ur capping just admit it
amazing man!
Thank you.
GIYS IT WAS ACTUALLY THE INSPECTORRRR
Gerald catching strays
I'm actually going to miss these videos though after gcses 😭
thank you i love your videos
Hi sir for my Macbeth essay I found the plans from the live stream very helpful and used it, could you do the same for AIC and poetry if that's possible or something along the lines of that?
I’ve got the actual essay answers in the link in the description.
If you only want to plan, work backwards from that.
Please do language analysis and use of literacy devices
i like the spatula lol
This man is a prophet
sir thx for your hard work . I hope ( with your advice ofc ) i can do better than i did in paper 1 . Als do u have any recommendations for love and relationship poems
8:49 honestly didn’t even consider this at all, makes me feel even more sympathetic towards Eva and hate Eric even more, specially because it’s what loads of women have to go through :(
this video got me from a predicted grade 7 to a grade 9 with full marks on lit paper 2! thanks sir.
That's fantastic. Would you like to share 3-5 things that helped you as advice I can share with year 10s in my newsletter?
@MrSallesTeachesEnglish of course! so the main technique that helped me was i would convert your widely applicable essay plans (like the one in this video) into more compacted notes, each separated into paragraphs that were each headlined by the corresponding quote. i then took the first letter of every quote from the plan in descending order and created an acronym. i would memorise these acronyms and the quotes, and then repeat them to myself walking to school, on the bus, etc, trying to then remember what i would write about each quote as well. for the poetry, i made little flashcards of notes from your quick fire poetry videos, only revising the poems which had not come up in the past. i regularly read these and tested myself on these to remember the quotes. for the unseen poetry, my biggest piece of advice would be to not be too literal and surface level with the analysis. if you think that what you’re inferring from the poem seems ridiculous and like it’s come from nowhere, you should probably use it! one of the poems was about putting up laundry and mundane daily tasks, and i ended up interpreting it as the narrator feeling suicidal and like life has lost all of its meaning and hope! and here i am, with full marks. once in the exam, i looked at all the sections of the paper and quickly decided on which would be easiest/hardest. i was going to spend 45 minutes on each one, starting with the hardest. i did the unseen poetry, then the anthology, then an inspector calls. for an inspector calls, i would HIGHLY recommend always going for the broadest question. on that question, i then copied down my acronym, crossing out the quotes which were not applicable to the question. i wrote an introduction with three major interpretations, and essay based off of the remnants of the acronym, and then a conclusion linking back to the introduction. i made sure to repeat the three major interpretations all the way through. that’s a lot more than 3-5, but i hope it helps!
This is really helpful, thank you!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish You’re welcome!
@@athenebrown9963 what plays did you do? and if you did macbeth/AIC/christmas carol could you please help me out with those notes? I would be really grateful
Please do power and conflict x
Already have
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish not with a spatula though !
Bro is holding a cooking thing tell us we’re cooked 😢
Analysis of number 4:
Initially, Sheila's description of Gerald as a "wonderful fairy prince" might suggest her immature and romanticized view of him, believing he acted nobly in helping Daisy Renton when she was in trouble. However, Priestley uses this metaphor to highlight the facade of Gerald’s supposed generosity. Gerald's actions are far from princely when scrutinized closely.
Priestley presents Gerald as someone who sees himself as a savior by installing Daisy in "a nice little set of rooms," providing her with money and affection. This arrangement, however, is predicated on his power and control over her. Gerald's justification of his actions paints him as a magnanimous figure, yet his true motives are far more self-serving. The rooms, given to him by a friend who went to Canada, were a convenient way for Gerald to keep Daisy without significant personal expense. His claim of helping her is undercut by his eventual decision to end the affair and abandon her when his friend returns, revealing his unwillingness to continue supporting her once it became inconvenient.
This cynical view is deepened when considering the parallel to Machiavelli's "The Prince." Gerald's actions, like those of a Machiavellian figure, are calculated and manipulative. He exploits Daisy's vulnerable situation for his own pleasure, and when the arrangement no longer suits him, he discards her. This manipulation is compounded by the fact that Daisy may have been in love with him, making his exploitation even more reprehensible. Gerald’s readiness to use and dispose of Daisy when it is no longer convenient showcases his moral bankruptcy.
Priestley’s portrayal of Gerald through the “fairy prince” metaphor serves as a powerful critique of the superficial morality of the upper classes. Gerald’s actions are not those of a hero, but rather of a man exploiting his position of power for personal gain. Through this ironic metaphor, Priestley encourages the audience to be critical of appearances and to question the true nature of seemingly noble acts.
I predict the question will be about responsibility and this is an excellent model for that, showcasing geralds irresponsibility. You can also use this if another question comes up or even just take bits from this/add bits to it.
This is amazing! Thank you so much
I'm copying all of this if Gerald comes up😭😭
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can we really trust them after aqa romeo and juliet prediction?...😕
The spatula is so real
This guy is carrying my English gcse
😰we’re cooked😰
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Exam question on Edna the Maid sweep
noooo
I doubt it will be that because her lines are very short there is not many language methods to analyse
Priestley said maids are as obstinate as the horse!