PPT-Act Plot 1a The Birling family are holding a dinner party to celebrate the engagement

everything is perfect Mr Birling is a bit too anxious to impress Gerald Eric seems rather nervous and Sheila playfully rebukes Gerald for not having come near her the previous summer there is a happy lighthearted atmosphere. Priestley WW2 reporter with a regular radio programme. WW2 - women had work responsibilities, more class integration in the forces and working in England. WW2 – . Churchhill’s. effective persuasive speeches that were broadcast to the nation (‘We will fight them…’). Who is the Inspector?. Is he a ghost? YES.. Is he the voice of Priestley? INDEED.. Is he the voice of God?. Is he the voice of our consciences? PERHAPS.. Do you have any other suggestions?. Who or what is the Inspector?. By. JB Priestley. Connector . Complete the. . old . vs. young . cardsort. .. LO –To study the character of Arthur . Birling. and compare him to other characters in the play. Old Vs Young. Age. : The older generation and the younger generation take the Inspector's message in different ways. While Sheila and Eric accept their part in Eva's death and feel huge guilt about it, their parents are unable to admit that they did anything wrong.. Birling. Character Study. Sybil. The Roman / Greek prophetess….. Who can’t see. Key points about character. Even more hard-faced and arrogant than her husband.. Introduced as her husband's . ‘social superior’. “Please. , sir, an inspector's called. .”. . Dramatic Irony. By setting the play in the past, Priestley can make use of . dramatic irony. . – the audience knows what happens after the events in the play but obviously the characters don’t.. For each card, . ask your partner:. 1. Who said this? Or, if stage directions, who is it about?. 2. What is the context surrounding it. ? . (Who do they say it to? Why do they say it? When do they say it?). What you will need to know. Context. When the play is set and when it was written. Historical/social factors that are relevant to the time it is set and the time it was written. How the context affects the plot, characters and themes. Mr Birling. ?. . What is his personality like?. What sort of words describe . Mrs Birling. ?. . What is her personality like?. What sort of words describe . Sheila?. . What is her personality like?. G. ardner. Designed by Rose Johnson. Adapted by. Rose Johnson. SETTING. Place. : rural India at the home of a. c. olonial official and his wife . Time. : Colonial India. spirited. Full of or characterized by animation, . Final revision and preparation for the GCSE exam. The Exam. 1 hour 30 minutes long- 45 minutes for each section. Answer 1 question from section A and 1 from section B.. Section A is for ‘AIC’ and you have the choice of 2 questions…you can choose which one but make sure it is the one that you feel confident about.. Final revision and preparation for the GCSE exam. The Exam. 2. hours 15 minutes long- 45 minutes for each section. Section A is for ‘AIC’ and you have the choice of 2 questions…you can choose which one but make sure it is the one that you feel confident about.. Act 1. Opening Stage Directions.  . (At rise of curtain, the four . Birlings. and Gerald are seated at the table, with Arthur Birling at one end, his wife at the other, Eric downstage and Sheila and Gerald seated upstage.. To analyse the development of characters in the play. To explore the different uses of symbolism and themes in Act Two. Monday, 02 October 2017. Character development. Symbolism. “No, he's giving us the rope – so that we'll hang ourselves.” . How does the opening scene suggest that the Birling's are the ‘perfect’ family? . Before the Inspector arrives, Arthur Birling makes a speech about the state of the world. Name one event that the audience know will happen after 1912 which proves he's wrong. .