Q1: "Substantial and ... cosy and homelike"

Question 1

“_____ and ______ comfortable but not _____ and ______”

Answer 1

“Substantial and heavily comfortable but not cosy and homelike”

Question 2

who said it and when? who did they say it to? what is it about?

Answer 2

stage direction.
opening of Act 1.
Description of the dining room of the Birling’s house in Brumley, a fictional industrial city in the north Midlands.

Question 3

4 key analysed points:

Answer 3

• juxtaposing nature of duo of adjectives ( “substantial and heavily comfortable” and “not cosy and homelike” conveys tension
• negation (through ” but not”) insinuates that house lacks all characteristics of a ‘home’
• in relation to Priestley’s notion ‘money cannot buy comfort, not be a substitute for happiness’
• underlying tension may correlate to the cruel way in which their wealth was obtained