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An inspector calls essay

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In this essay I have been asked to find out " how priestly uses language and dramatic techniques to create tension and suspense in act one of An inspector calls " and I may use information from act 2 and 3 to support my evidence. Even before the play starts in the stage directions they're putting on a front because it says that they're celebrating a special occasion but they are arguing throughout the play, at the start of the play tension begins to build when Sheila uses " mock aggressiveness" towards Gerald. A little further down the page Sheila uses a manor that is " half serious, half playful ". Another example of tension also on page through is at the bottom of the page where Sheila cuts into Eric's sentence and then Mrs B cuts over Sheila then changes the subject. These build tension because it creates frustration and...

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