An Inspector Calls Essay Examples Page 2

Not to have an hour play with months of time in it, not enough detail would be put in and it wouldn’t be realistic, set and costumes would have to be changed as things change over time, and you don’t always wear the same clothes all these time. An Inspector Calls follows these rules as…

By the phrase “A prolonged clatter of skeletons” we mean a long drawn out revelation of many secrets. To some extents this is true of “An Inspector Calls”, but to say that this is the limit of the play’s message would be unfair to the hidden depths contained within. “An Inspector Calls” is a well-structured…

In this assignment I am going to talk about character Eva Smith who actually doesn’t appear in the play ‘An inspector calls’ but the whole play revolves around the Birling’s family treatment of her. J. B. priestly wrote this play “AN INSPECTOR CALLS” it was set in 1912 but it was written in 1940. Society…

He tells the Inspector how he was Lord Mayor for two years and how he is very soon waiting to receive his Knighthood. This is no importance to the Inspector, but Mr Birling thinks it will knock him down a peg or two. When Birling finds out about Eva Smith he doesn’t seem to care…

How does JB Priestly use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to the audience, as well as interest and involve them in his play? The play written by JB Priestly comes under several genres mystery, murder, detective, psychological thriller and whodunit. An Inspector Calls is also a morality play as it does teach…

You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago and that he’s still a magistrate. ” Eva Smith went to an organization to which women in distress could appeal for help in various forms. Mrs. Birling was a prominent member of the committee and refused to help Eva. Mrs. Birling…

In 1912, women were not treated as equal to men, although they were the ones who were doing most of the hard labour. They didn’t get as much pay or respect and this was the case with Eva Smith. The working class and ‘upper class’ treated each other very differently. The first thing we discover…

    ‘ As we see from these extracts that he was wrong about another thing, and that was when he mentioned peace and prosperity… By this time there are numerous strikes and feuding one of the major ones were from the action taken by the suffragettes – for the women’s vote. If the audience…

I think one of the most suspenseful parts of this play is the section towards the end of act 2, from when Sheila realises that Eric is the culprit, up until the end of the act. I also find the last paragraph in the play very enthralling and dynamic. Sheila is a clever, quick-witted girl, and she…

‘An Inspector Calls’ was written in 1945 by John Boynton Priestley. He was born on the 13th of September 1884 in Bradford, England. He died on the 14th August 1984 in Warwickshire and was widely respected as a great English writer and broadcaster. Priestley was born in a highly respectable suburb in Bradford. His father was…