One instance of selfishness is with the Birling family, who appear to live in their own “comfortable” bubble of wealth and avarice, which inhibits and warps their views of the world. For instance, the stage directions describe the “suburban” Birling family home as “pink and intimate”. The use of the adjective “pink” connotes ‘rose tinted spectacles’; the sense that the Birling family has a nostalgic, anachronistic and out-of-touch perception of the world, implying they are detached from the realities of modern Britain. This feeling is further augmented when the Inspector arrives and shatters their rapacious ignorance. The lighting changes drastically, going to “brighter and harder”. The implication of such a change is that the Inspector is shining a light (as though in a police interrogation) on areas the Birlings had never previously seen (because of the ignorance afforded to them by their greed and selfishness).
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My guess would be D but idk. This is a hard one.
Answer:
B is the answer.
Explanation:
<u>To compare: To make a comparison, usually showing similarities. For example.</u>
<em>A comparison between cats and dogs:</em>
- Cats have ears, so do dogs.
<em>A comparison between a laptop and a television:</em>
- Laptops have screens that display information, televisions also have screens that display information.
<u>To contrast: To show the difference between things. </u>
<em>A contrast between cats and dogs:</em>
- Cats meow, but dogs do not. Dogs bark, but cats do not.
<em>A contrast between a laptop and a television:</em>
- Laptops have keyboards, but televisions don't. Televisions prop up with a stand, and laptops have a clamshell design you can open and close.
So a compare and contrast essay would <u>point out the similarities in differences between 2 or more things</u>, or <em>comparing-</em>and-<em>contrasting</em> them.
The figurative language used in the excerpt "The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds" is the <u>paradox</u>.
The paradox connects in the same situation two opposite things in a construct phrase that together acquires sense: although it seems more logical that when knowledge increases, ignorance reduces or fades away, the meaning of this sentence is that the more we know, the more we discover that yet we have much to learn; Then, the connection of the increasing knowledge with the unfolding ignorance makes sense.
