IPC - Language and Structure

Language and Dramatic Irony 

• Much of the play's success depends upon the dramatic irony which Priestly creates
• We see this in Arthur Birling's expression of his faith in technology and scientific avances leading to a prosperous peace stretching far into the future
• Just like the audiences who saw the play when it was first written, we known he is mistaken, and so we guess that other views are equally wrong

• When Sheila has worked out that Eric might well be the father of Daisy Renton's child, we…