The Stylistic Analysis of The Play Dangerous Corner by J.B.Priestley John Boyton Priestley is one of the outstanding English authors. His Time Plays brought him world fame. He was the first one who used time tricks in his works. Priestley`s most famous novels are They Walk In The City‚ Angel Pavement‚ Wonder Hero‚ Far Away‚ Bright Day‚ but I`d like to analyze his creation which was his first effort in dramatic art‚ the extract from the play Dangerous Corner. According to its title
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Dangerous corner John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) is one of the outstanding English authors of today. His early books (1922-26) were of a critical nature. It was the success of his novel "The Good Companions" (1929) which brought him world fame. In early thirties Priestley began his work as a dramatist. "Dangerous Corner" (1932) — one of the series of Seven Time Plays — was his first effort in dramatic art. Priestley’s other most famous novels are "They Walk in the City"‚ "Angel Pavement"‚ "Wonder
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J.B. Priestley is one of the outstanding English authors of his time. His Time Plays brought him world fame. The extract under analysis is taken from the play “Dangerous corner”. The situation described in the play deals with the state of affairs in the family of Caplans. From the beginning of the extract we can see the development of two sub-plots: wireless play‚ and the situation on the foreground‚ which are mixed. The main character of the play is Robert. As I’ve seen Priestly had a dual attitude
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An inspector calls was written by J.B.Priestly‚ Priestley presents the character of the inspector as a defense of socialism as Priestley was a defensor of the socialist party. The play was set in 1912 which is also linked with 1945 as it is about the same century. the play transmits a lot of political and social messages as Priestley believed in socialism and used his plays to convince people of his way of thinking. The play is about a family who are in a lunch room celebrating their daughter’s engagement
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‘An Inspector Calls’ by J. B. Priestley In Act One of ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ how does J. B. Priestley use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience‚ as well as interest and involve them in the play? In Act One of ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ J. B. Priestley uses several different dramatic techniques to voice his concerns‚ ideas and political message about socialism to the members of the audience. He uses characters‚ lighting‚ sounds‚ props‚ dramatic irony and juxtaposition
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An Inspector Calls‚ by J.B. Priestley‚ is set in Brumley‚ England; ‘an industrial city in the North Midlands’ (p.XIV). The play starts at the dinner table one evening in Spring‚ 1912. The Birling’ s were celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to Gerald. Their ‘large suburban house’ and ‘good solid furniture’ (p.1) shows the Birling’ s high living standards. At the dinner table‚ Mr.Birling is sitting ’at one end‚’ and Mrs.Birling ’at the other’ (p.1). This shows that Mrs.Birling has a
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BOOKREPORT "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley Short plot summary: The play deals with an inspector‚ named Goole‚ who arrives by the Birling family‚ who is celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald Croft. He tells about Eva Smith’s suicide. After lots of questions it turns out that they are all more or less responsible for this tragically death and after the inspector left they find out that he wasn’t a real inspector and that no girl died. The play opens with the engagement celebration Sheila
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На английском языке Theater Theater is one of the best means of art and entertainment‚ which brings cultural enrichment. It uses live performers on stage to express different plays. From the times of its appearance theater has changed a lot. There were especially many transformations in modern times. The only genres seen in the theater of ancient times were tragedy and comedy‚ whereas nowadays there are lots of contemporary genres and styles. Even the types of theaters vary from classical to musical
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‘An Inspector’s Calls’ is a play that was written by J.B. Priestley in 1945 but set in Edwardian England 1912. The play is set in a fictional industrial city in the North Midlands called Brumley. The fictional industrial city of Brumley would have been typical of many towns‚ as in the town there would be factory owners‚ who would provide much needed jobs‚ this meant that the factory owners were able to run their businesses any way they wanted to. These factory owners were more important in 1912
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TEXT ANALYSIS The text under analysis is written by John Boynton Priestly. He is one of the outstanding English authors. He was the success of his novel “The Good Companions” (1929) which brought him world fame. The genre of the story is a play (drama). Form of narration is dramatic dialogue‚ especially in author’s remarks there are descriptive narration. According to the title we can guess that the play describes some dangerous situation‚ it implies that “dangerous corner” is a dead end‚ a
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