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1912 - answersWhen the play was set ro ro ro ro ro ro
What was about to happen in 1912 - answersWW1 was about to start
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What tragedy happened in 1912 - answersTitanic sinking ro ro ro ro ro ro ro
JB Priestley wanted his audience - answersTo see how bad life was before the war (class, capitalism, sexism)
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Why did Priestley want people not to go back to pre-war views - answersAll bad
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1945 - answersWhen the play was written and produced
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What happened in 1945 - answersCountry was improving after the war, more equality etc.
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What sort of person was JB Priestley - answersStrong socialist
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Socialism - answersA system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of
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What did JB Priestley hate - answersCapitalism ro ro ro ro ro ro
Capitalism - answersAn economic system based on private ownership of capital ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro
Outdated ideas - answersWomen getting paid less, ro ro ro ro ro ro
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Dramatic Irony - answerswhen a reader is aware of something that a character isn't ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro
real time - answersthe present moment or the actual time in which something takes place
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Tension - answerspressure ro ro
Monologue - answersA long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group. ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro
Capitalist - answersA person who has invested personal wealth in business ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro
Socialist - answersperson who supports community ownership of property and the sharing of all profits
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Modal verbs - answersModal verbs behave very differently from normal verbs. A good way to remember them: You use
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"not" to make modal verbs negative. EXAMPLE: He should not be late.
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Imperative verbs - answersthe command form of the verb ro ro ro ro ro ro ro ro
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