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english lit an inspector calls answer 9-1

Hey i was wondering what kind of grade this answer would be:

Throughout the play, we are constantly reminded of the key theme 'social responsibility' as it is the moral of the story.

Priestley presents Mr Birling as a caricature of a typical capitalist business man, who is heartless and ruthless, only concerned with himself and his wealth. We as an audience find it hard to sympathise with Mr Birlings opinions and instantly devalue his myopic ways of life.
Priestley suggests we should feel that socialists, such as himself are to be respected and valued as they very much value the idea of social responsibility who differs from Mr birling as he fails to learn the Inspectors and Priestleys lesson of social responsibility.
This infuriates the Inspector as he declares that his lesson will be 'taught in fire and blood and anguish'. The use of a polysyndetic list accentuates that each noun carries an equal importance creating an analogy, as Priestley believes lower classes have an equal value of those of the upper class despite the evident polarity in treatment between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Priestley is insinuating that Mr Birlings unforesifhtful view of life, where we act alone, is incorrect and instead uses the inspector to narrate his own views to the audience. By creating the inviolable message that 'we don't live alone, we are members of one body, we are responsible for each other' teaches the audience a new meaning of life. The use of anaphora with the repetition of the noun 'we' encapsulates the importance of Priestleys message as caring for each other is key to a good healthy society.
An alternative interpretation suggests that the noun 'body' suggests society is like a human body that can't function without an organ, in the same way our society cannot function without socialism and equality.
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Original post by tanisha04
Hey i was wondering what kind of grade this answer would be:

Throughout the play, we are constantly reminded of the key theme 'social responsibility' as it is the moral of the story.

Priestley presents Mr Birling as a caricature of a typical capitalist business man, who is heartless and ruthless, only concerned with himself and his wealth. We as an audience find it hard to sympathise with Mr Birlings opinions and instantly devalue his myopic ways of life.
Priestley suggests we should feel that socialists, such as himself are to be respected and valued as they very much value the idea of social responsibility who differs from Mr birling as he fails to learn the Inspectors and Priestleys lesson of social responsibility.
This infuriates the Inspector as he declares that his lesson will be 'taught in fire and blood and anguish'. The use of a polysyndetic list accentuates that each noun carries an equal importance creating an analogy, as Priestley believes lower classes have an equal value of those of the upper class despite the evident polarity in treatment between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Priestley is insinuating that Mr Birlings unforesifhtful view of life, where we act alone, is incorrect and instead uses the inspector to narrate his own views to the audience. By creating the inviolable message that 'we don't live alone, we are members of one body, we are responsible for each other' teaches the audience a new meaning of life. The use of anaphora with the repetition of the noun 'we' encapsulates the importance of Priestleys message as caring for each other is key to a good healthy society.
An alternative interpretation suggests that the noun 'body' suggests society is like a human body that can't function without an organ, in the same way our society cannot function without socialism and equality.


I would rate that 16 Marks out of 30 & 2/4 for SPAG (A04 - Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar); in total, 20/34 - High Grade 5

Talk more about Priestley's views (and if you are doing AQA more on context) and how it is portrayed throughout the play or in characters. Write about how a 20th Century Audience would react and what the differences will be between this audience and a 21st Century audience.



P.S This is based on the marking that our teachers give - sorry if i was too harsh :biggrin:
Original post by tanisha04
Hey i was wondering what kind of grade this answer would be:

Throughout the play, we are constantly reminded of the key theme 'social responsibility' as it is the moral of the story.

Priestley presents Mr Birling as a caricature of a typical capitalist business man, who is heartless and ruthless, only concerned with himself and his wealth. We as an audience find it hard to sympathise with Mr Birlings opinions and instantly devalue his myopic ways of life.
Priestley suggests we should feel that socialists, such as himself are to be respected and valued as they very much value the idea of social responsibility who differs from Mr birling as he fails to learn the Inspectors and Priestleys lesson of social responsibility.
This infuriates the Inspector as he declares that his lesson will be 'taught in fire and blood and anguish'. The use of a polysyndetic list accentuates that each noun carries an equal importance creating an analogy, as Priestley believes lower classes have an equal value of those of the upper class despite the evident polarity in treatment between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Priestley is insinuating that Mr Birlings unforesifhtful view of life, where we act alone, is incorrect and instead uses the inspector to narrate his own views to the audience. By creating the inviolable message that 'we don't live alone, we are members of one body, we are responsible for each other' teaches the audience a new meaning of life. The use of anaphora with the repetition of the noun 'we' encapsulates the importance of Priestleys message as caring for each other is key to a good healthy society.
An alternative interpretation suggests that the noun 'body' suggests society is like a human body that can't function without an organ, in the same way our society cannot function without socialism and equality.


i'm in no position to grade it but i think there could have been some more evidence to do with mr birling being self-centered as this was the initial focus of the paragraph yet there were no quotations to do with it-like how he didn't think it was right to pay daisy more etc. i do think context could have been explored a bit more-perhaps on saying why the audience perhaps would have found their views aligning with that of priestley's in the sense that they had been through two world wars and would understand the importance of people caring for one another in order to avoid mistakes of the past-or something along those lines.

on the plus side however, i would say there's some really nice vocab in there like i had to look up anaphora and what on earth polysyndetic was. also, i think the point made about the human body was a nice touch and showed sophistication as it was an alternative interpretation rather than only giving one which was nice as people tend to forget about other ways of looking at things. i'd put this above average answers-somewhere in the higher grade 6-7 but i'm no examiner, just make sure you spell birling right (typos im sure) and it'll be good to go imo.
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Original post by pastelsloth
i'm in no position to grade it but i think there could have been some more evidence to do with mr birling being self-centered as this was the initial focus of the paragraph yet there were no quotations to do with it-like how he didn't think it was right to pay daisy more etc. i do think context could have been explored a bit more-perhaps on saying why the audience perhaps would have found their views aligning with that of priestley's in the sense that they had been through two world wars and would understand the importance of people caring for one another in order to avoid mistakes of the past-or something along those lines.

on the plus side however, i would say there's some really nice vocab in there like i had to look up anaphora and what on earth polysyndetic was. also, i think the point made about the human body was a nice touch and showed sophistication as it was an alternative interpretation rather than only giving one which was nice as people tend to forget about other ways of looking at things. i'd put this above average answers-somewhere in the higher grade 6-7 but i'm no examiner, just make sure you spell birling right (typos im sure) and it'll be good to go imo.


Thanksss!
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Original post by S47W4N
I would rate that 16 Marks out of 30 & 2/4 for SPAG (A04 - Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar); in total, 20/34 - High Grade 5

Talk more about Priestley's views (and if you are doing AQA more on context) and how it is portrayed throughout the play or in characters. Write about how a 20th Century Audience would react and what the differences will be between this audience and a 21st Century audience.



P.S This is based on the marking that our teachers give - sorry if i was too harsh :biggrin:


Thank you and i'm on the OCR exam board and this would usually be a question out of 20 for us.. but thanks for the advicee and that
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Original post by tanisha04
Thank you and i'm on the OCR exam board and this would usually be a question out of 20 for us.. but thanks for the advicee and that


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