Controlled Assessment Of J. B Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'
An Inspector Calls – Controlled Assessment Draft
An Inspector Calls, a play set in 1920, written by J.B Priestley, has many dimensions, many agenda’s and many outlooks on life and society. J.B Priestley uses the characters within this book to portray his message indirectly, even the tiniest of details have an array of meanings behind them, for example, the lighting and how they should be, intimate and soft until the inspector arrives and the lights turn sharper causing the whole atmosphere to change, dialogue and the choice of words used by the characters show much more than what we take for face value. Though this is a three act play we see much contrast and drastic change and development especially in the younger characters, one of them …show more content…
The beginning is almost like a red-herring, -a distraction from what is truly underneath, deceit. The engagement is as if meant to be a formality, a ring binding to households together, but no their hearts. We are let on to this fact, especially when Sybil calls both Sheila and Eric out of the dining room for assistance in something or other, which triggers off the feeling that perhaps that’s not all she is calling them out for, after all she has Edna the maid servant to be of help to her. Sheila enters the room just after Mr Birling confesses, and is shown to be more inquisitive than the rest of the family present at the scene; Sheila; “What’s this all about? Mr Birling; “Nothing to do with you, Shiela.Run along. Sheila: “What business? What’s happening?”, The above shows that Sheila is interested in what is going on and is a curious character, however her interest is brushed aside by Mr Birling, who treats Sheila like a child even shoo-ing her off as if she were a dog, yet his treatment towards her doesn’t discourage her to stop asking questions, in fact she goes on asking, showing that she is also an insistent person. She has moved on from the celebratory occasion, and doesn’t bring up the subject throughout the entire interrogation,
An Inspector Calls, a play set in 1920, written by J.B Priestley, has many dimensions, many agenda’s and many outlooks on life and society. J.B Priestley uses the characters within this book to portray his message indirectly, even the tiniest of details have an array of meanings behind them, for example, the lighting and how they should be, intimate and soft until the inspector arrives and the lights turn sharper causing the whole atmosphere to change, dialogue and the choice of words used by the characters show much more than what we take for face value. Though this is a three act play we see much contrast and drastic change and development especially in the younger characters, one of them …show more content…
The beginning is almost like a red-herring, -a distraction from what is truly underneath, deceit. The engagement is as if meant to be a formality, a ring binding to households together, but no their hearts. We are let on to this fact, especially when Sybil calls both Sheila and Eric out of the dining room for assistance in something or other, which triggers off the feeling that perhaps that’s not all she is calling them out for, after all she has Edna the maid servant to be of help to her. Sheila enters the room just after Mr Birling confesses, and is shown to be more inquisitive than the rest of the family present at the scene; Sheila; “What’s this all about? Mr Birling; “Nothing to do with you, Shiela.Run along. Sheila: “What business? What’s happening?”, The above shows that Sheila is interested in what is going on and is a curious character, however her interest is brushed aside by Mr Birling, who treats Sheila like a child even shoo-ing her off as if she were a dog, yet his treatment towards her doesn’t discourage her to stop asking questions, in fact she goes on asking, showing that she is also an insistent person. She has moved on from the celebratory occasion, and doesn’t bring up the subject throughout the entire interrogation,