Dramatic devices

Comment on the effectiveness of the dramatic devices employed by Priestley in 'An Inspector Calls'      Dramatic devices are elements of the play which allow the writer to build tension or other intended effects. Priestley uses dramatic devices throughout the play to share his ideas with the audience. They have been used to teach the audience an important lesson.    The first dramatic device used is the lighting in the play, Priestley uses the lighting to change the atmosphere as at the start of

is not able to see the ghost, and as a result cannot discourage Hamlet from the actions he may take. This shows that the ghosts impact directly influences characters within the play. By initially only speaking to Hamlet, it can be seen as a dramatic device to forward the plot, the ghost's appearance directly motivates Hamlet's actions throughout the play and only appears when he is in denial about

Dramatic Tension in Miller's All My Sons This extract begins with Chris and Ann deciding how they're going to break the news to the Kellers. They start with Joe Keller, and he somewhat approves. The scene is lighthearted until Keller finds out the George is on the phone for Ann from Columbia. This drives is suspicions and gets him very protective. He begins to try and hint to Chris that Ann is here to try and convict him of the death of Larry. Chris then gets very

case his wife. We understand that Beatrice needs Eddie more than Eddie needs her throughout most of the play, until the very last moments when Eddie calls out 'My B!' and Beatrice replies 'Yes, yes!' before her husband dies in her arms. The rapid, dramatic and tragic interaction between the two shows Eddie ask for forgiveness and Beatrice grant him it. Like in many tragedy, the protagonist realises his mistake too

tension between the characters, however this tension is mainly shown in Act Two. Although the main theme of the Crucible is witch craft, this act concentrates mainly on the relationship of John and Elizabeth Proctor. Miller uses a variety of dramatic devices such as, stage directions, long pauses and silences, entrances of other characters (interruptions), use of contrast, length of sentences and punctuation to express mood and feeling, use of figurative language and repetition and how other characters

Dramatic and Linguistic Devices in William Shakespeare's Othello Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, in my opinion is one of his most cleverly written plays. It is a tragedy, similar in a way to the likes of the famous Romeo and Juliet, as there is a definite romance in the play, which quickly turns sour, due to lack of trust and jealousy, or as some might think, the tragedy is all down to manipulation and deceit. The play deals with many controversial issues such as racism which

Nathan Radley-Boo Radley’s brother shoots at them as he thought his house was attacked by burglars. In chapter six of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Harper Lee cleverly uses a variety of literary techniques and devices to create tension prior to the shooting. This essay discusses the language devices used and its effectiveness on the reader of the text. The techniques that Harper Lee

spectacle delivered by her brother Ferdinand, as his way of punishing and torturing her (Pacheco, 2012, p169) The dramatic function this serves is that it reveals a violent and painful death to the audience, made all the more shocking and tragic with her welcoming death and believing, ‘to meet such excellent company/In th’ other world.’ (Webster, 2004, p159) Webster employs dramatic irony at this point as she thinks Antonio is dead and the audience know this is an act of torture and so this illustrates

anything but. Menenius, Coriolanus? close friend, tries to calm Coriolanus praying him to stop but the citizens erupt, ?To th? rock, to th? rock with him!? playing their part to enrage him more. Shakespeare uses dramatic devices in this scene to emphasise Coriolanus? feelings. Dramatic devices help to emphasise how the audience react to the character by stage directions which follow the text, also sound, lighting and body positioning on stage. These emphasise mood and emotions, and during the RSC production

Analysis of the Last Scene of Film Frankenstein by Kenneth Branagh The monster that Victor Frankenstein created to stop death has destroyed him emotionally. This monster has killed all that Victor ever loved. He killed his little brother, his wife, his father, and his housemaid. Wanting vengeance Victor follows the monster north in an unwavering pursuit. All he wants to do is to destroy the monster. But the monster soon kills him by torturing him while on the run.