An Inspector Calls Essay Examples Page 5

Discuss the Role of the Inspector in J. B. Priestley’s Play: “An Inspector Calls.” The play is set in 1912, in a well-to-do household in Brumley. The family who live there, and are later subjected to the Inspectors’ questions, are the Birlings. Arthur Birling is the father, Sybil Birling his wife, Sheila his daughter and Eric, his…

It was a known and accepted fact that nearly eight million people earned less than twenty-five shillings (1.25) a week, were under housed, underfed and not properly clothed. The play was written to show that you must have respect and take care of other people. It was brought out just after the war to encourage people…

J.B. Priestly keeps the audience interested in a variety of ways and uses a lot of different strategies; he uses a number of things to build up tension and then brings it back down again. The first thing that builds up the tension is the doorbell ringing after the inspector has left. The person at…

The task I have been set and the purpose of this essay is to consider the many ways in which J.B. Priestly uses the character of Inspector Goole as a dramatic device in the play An Inspector Calls. I aim to discuss, in this essay, the character’s reactions to the inspector and the type of…

Compare and contrast two characters from the play “An Inspector Calls”. Explain how Priestly uses them to show the different ideas and values of the older and younger generations. In the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ a young girl called Eva Smith commits suicide by drinking disinfectant and we see the reaction of the Birling family when…

In my personal opinion, I would say that Sheila is more to blame than her father, simply because Eva had loved her job at Milward’s and she had just come off the streets and was straight into a well-paid job. When she was fired she must have had serious emotional problems, as I believe this…

The audience would learn that the play has seven characters and is set in 1912. The whole play is conducted from the Berlings dining room that is in an industrial city called Brumley in the North Midlands. The play opens with the Birling family celebrating Shella’s engagement to Gerald Croft who is also at the…

What reaction/s does Priestley intend the audience to have to the content of the play? How does he set about achieving them? Do you think he is successful in achieving his intentions? The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written by J. B. Priestley in 1945. However, it is set in 1912; the Edwardian era, in…

Inspector Goole interrogates each member of the family, one person at a time, Priestley does this to build dramatic tension and lead the story where he wanted it to go. He slowly draws out the information and guilty connections they have, he permanently remains in control by deciding what happens and when. The Inspector first…

Choose two contrasting characters in “an Inspector Calls” examine how they deal with the inspector’s accusations of their guilt. Go on to consider how J B Priestley uses the play as a vehicle of social criticism. J B Priestleys “an Inspector Calls”, written in 1945, is a well written play. It differs from other plays because…