An Inspector Calls Essay Examples Page 4

The role of Eva Smith in Inspector Calls is crucial to the development of the themes of the play. These themes are lies, love, pride, status, responsibility and Eva is crucial to the development of all these themes. She is never seen in this play but the whole play is set around her and she…

An Inspector Calls is a play that examines how rich Edwardians were seen to be irresponsible. It does this by showing us different views and actions of a family called the Birlings. When a girl called Eva Smith dies and everybody has a part in the killing. The characters are used to show how we…

Explain the importance of responsibility and community of ‘An inspector calls’ An inspector calls is a morality play. It was written to teach not just the characters but also the audience his views of a socialist which is that `you should look after each other’. Mr. Birling’s view is `look after yourself only’. `An inspector calls’ is based around a dinner…

Explain how the audience is made to appreciate how one character in ‘An Inspector calls’ changes for the better. There are two examples of characters that change for the better in the play ‘An inspector calls.’ These characters are Sheila and Eric. I chose Sheila as I thought that she changed the most out of the…

Explore how Priestley prepares the audience for the play as a whole in Act One of “An Inspector Calls” The themes and concepts that Priestley explores in Act One provide the audience with the core of the plays meaning. The play is split into three Acts and Act One is of pivotal importance to the play…

I personally think the writer of ‘An Inspector Calls’, J.B Priestly tried to educate more than entertain. I don’t think it mattered much to him whether people liked or disliked this play, but that they left the theatre thinking about it and what it meant. In this essay I will try to explain this using…

The play opens on a luxurious and beautifully decorated dining room, its in here that we are introduced to the Birlings and Gerald Croft, all of them are successful and very rich. The room is bright and the atmosphere is happy and cheerful as they are having a party to celebrate the engagement of Sheila…

J.B. Priestley’s play, An Inspector Calls, is about a successful middle class family living in Brumley, a North Midland industrial city. Although the play was written in 1946, it is written as it is in 1912. Edwardian society at that time was strictly divided into social classes. The Birlings and Gerald Croft are celebrating in…

Throughout An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestly is setting many Left-wing ideas. Priestly presents the right wing ideology in a bad light and the left-wing ideology, as a good role in society. The play is set in 1912 which is prior to World War I. The play was written in 1946 and criticizes the Edwardian era….

In this essay I am going to discuss the role played by Inspector Goole in the play ‘An Inspector calls’. In the play the inspectors takes many roles these include the catalyst, the social conscience of the other characters featured in the play, and the ghost which only comes into the play at the end…