The Role Of The Inspector In An Inspector Calls
An Inspector calls
An inspector calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1934 and performed in 1945, 33 years after the war. But the play itself is set around 1912 just before the war broke out, the play is a neutralistic, mystery drama about a middle class family named the Birlings who all have a mischievous secret that involves the death of Eva Smith, which teaches people a lesson about social justice. When the play opens the Birling family are cheerfully celebrating the engagement of the beloved Shelia Birling and well-known bachelor Gerald Croft. Just as Arthur Birling is half way through his memorable speech unannounced an inspector named inspector Goole abruptly enters. Inspector Goole has come to bombard the family with questions about the tragic suicide of Eva Smith. The inspector wants to teach the Birlings respect and morals about class and social justice. …show more content…
J.B Priestley was a socialist and believed in equality for all. But also his aim of the play was to entertain because if the play did not do that then the message, that everyone has a duty of respect to their fellow man, regardless of class i.e. rich or poor, would not get across.
The dates were important as the play was set in 1945, the dates are relevant throughout the play as the audience watching was recovering from war and society didn’t have the pressure of capitalism anymore. So they knew a lot of what the characters say isn’t true, making it humorous and ironic. The genre of inspector calls is a detective
An inspector calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1934 and performed in 1945, 33 years after the war. But the play itself is set around 1912 just before the war broke out, the play is a neutralistic, mystery drama about a middle class family named the Birlings who all have a mischievous secret that involves the death of Eva Smith, which teaches people a lesson about social justice. When the play opens the Birling family are cheerfully celebrating the engagement of the beloved Shelia Birling and well-known bachelor Gerald Croft. Just as Arthur Birling is half way through his memorable speech unannounced an inspector named inspector Goole abruptly enters. Inspector Goole has come to bombard the family with questions about the tragic suicide of Eva Smith. The inspector wants to teach the Birlings respect and morals about class and social justice. …show more content…
J.B Priestley was a socialist and believed in equality for all. But also his aim of the play was to entertain because if the play did not do that then the message, that everyone has a duty of respect to their fellow man, regardless of class i.e. rich or poor, would not get across.
The dates were important as the play was set in 1945, the dates are relevant throughout the play as the audience watching was recovering from war and society didn’t have the pressure of capitalism anymore. So they knew a lot of what the characters say isn’t true, making it humorous and ironic. The genre of inspector calls is a detective