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May seem eager to boost the school's marks as the play takes place in the 1980s when Margaret Thatcher was in power of Britain. She enforced that periodic inspections take place on school's progression, to identify if the faculty members were any good at their jobs.

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Different characters in the play, have differing views about education in society.
Unsurprisingly, the Headmaster only cares about the overall results and school averages that the students achieve in the exam, to boost Cutler Grammar School's reputation and to boost the chances of students from his school going to high ranking universities such as Oxford and Cambridge. E.g. "But I am thinking of league tables"
Compare this to Hector, who isn't just satisfied with the marks, but wants the boys to embrace the literature and the arts of what is being taught, so that it sticks with them for the rest of their lives. Hector sees great importance in this, as he is a staunch believer in the boys expanding their minds. E.g. Hector speaks French to his students.

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Mild words or sentences that replace words and sentences that are too harsh to say out loud. For E.g. Let's get a cup of coffee has the alternative meaning of Let's have sex ;)

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Pretty sure Cooper is too busy with his football career

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Pretty sure Cooper is too busy with his football career

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the ambiguous use of the word "drink" can call for fun times ;)

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The characters quickly go from vernacular speech into some more vulgar speech in certain scenes

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Irwin has a certain aesthetic

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What happens behind the door stays behind the door ;)

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There are many intensifiers that must be used when talking about how extremely bad Hector's groping was

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blasphemous/obscene language.

Examples : D**khead, B**hole, C*nt...

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The loquaciousness of Dakin got him and Irwin into some awkward times

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Hector as a character can be seen to display garrulous mannerisms as he tends to direct conversation to trivial and arguably irrelevant topics.

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The swearing is also used to establish the setting of the play, of a more working-class, as well as the English and juvenile backgrounds for the students at the school.

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The ending of the play doesn't follow stereotypes or clichés of other stories with similar settings and plots. Instead of a huge celebration about their success outside the school, the ending follows the death of Hector and what the students did after university.

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Idiom A sequence of words that is a unit of meaning -e.g. kick the bucket. A phrase that cannot be taken literally though its meaning is understood.

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Hector is garrulous and uses poems when confronted with real life problems/accusations

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Hegemonic masculinity: Their homosexual inclinations place the boys outside the realm of societal “normalcy” and lead to feelings of loneliness and frustration. The play ultimately uses sex and sexuality to illustrate the boys’ processes of maturation, and to show that becoming adults requires working either within or against a set of prescribed rules

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The closet and the ‘other’ bus as an analogy to being homosexual 

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The closet and the ‘other’ bus as an analogy to being homosexual 

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Boys are not stereotypically masculine

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Hector is portrayed as a rebellious figure that constantly breaks the rules. The Motorcycle assists with this, as the people that ride them are commonly associated with rebellious male figures in both literature and pop culture.

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Expletives: Rude words that would earn a beating with jumper cables in the wrong company

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Expletives: Rude words that would earn a beating with jumper cables in the wrong company

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The boys change their level of language from when they talk to Irwin/Hector to when they're by themselves

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Boys were sexually abused by Hector. While they don’t seem too obviously scarred by this, they were still touched without their consent. Fiona was sexually harassed by the Headmaster.

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Circumlocution: Instead using a few words, many words are used, which isn't necessarily necessary because fewer words would have been just as effective at getting one's meaning across instead of using so many words to express the same idea that would have been expressed with fewer words.

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Circumlocution: Instead using a few words, many words are used, which isn't necessarily necessary because fewer words would have been just as effective at getting one's meaning across instead of using so many words to express the same idea that would have been expressed with fewer words.

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Hectors and Mr Irwin's lessons are more talking at the boys rather than them writing stuff down. The boys are expected to study and examine texts in their own time rather than them writing in class and Hector and Mr Irwin analysing the boys' responses.

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Throughout the text Hector exposes his value of words through his consistent verbosity and encouraging the boys to become more garrulous by exploring more trivial topics.

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Colloquial language is used in The History Boys to emphasise the close and comfortable relationships within the text.

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Dakin's use of historical knowledge to make connections about the idea of 'sex'. This represents the relationship between a male's masculinity and dominance in contrast with a female's femininity and protecting herself.

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The use of sexual innuendoes throughout the text that hide sexual scenarios from the reader at first sight, creates depth in the play. It also plays on the humorous side of the boys, separating them from more educational orientation.

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The usage of profanity is done to characterise the individuals in the play by making them realistic (the boys swearing) or by giving them opinions that they are heavily invested or passionate about

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The use of offensive language in the play to emphasise the dramatic tension.