“An inspector calls communicates a message that is relevant only to the plays first audiences; it has no interest or relevance on a modern audience” What do you think of this statement? An Inspector calls was written in 1945 in the setting of an Edwardian 1920’s Britain. In the same month that the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima‚ audiences were queuing anxiously for J. B Priestley’s latest creation. An Inspector calls was hugely relevant to 1945 audiences‚ as it echoed their feeling
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‘We do not live alone. We are members of one body.’ How does this play highlight the theme of responsibility? ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a detective/drama play written in 1945 by J.B. Priestley. Priestley believed in very socialist views that are very much about sharing and same values for all. Theses get reflected in the play‚ most notably as his role as the inspector‚ where Priestley most outputs his views in direct contrast with Mr Birling. Priestley portrays Birling as an idiotic capitalist that
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don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see. (She looks at him almost in Triumph)” Shelia‚ shortly before the end of Act 1‚ crucially begins to understand the importance of the Inspector and the fact that he has more information than he is revealing. She is the first person in the play to really begin to perceive the inspector. Throughout the play‚ she becomes the most sympathetic family member‚ showing remorse and guilt on hearing the news of her part in the girl’s downfall‚ and encouraging
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Women play a major part in enabling J.B. Priestley‚ the writer of the morality play ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ and John Steinbeck‚ the author of the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ to successfully portray their messages. In ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ Priestley is able to enforce his message that there was a great need for change in 1945 post war Britain‚ away from the unjust and unavailing capitalist society to a socialist one where everyone is responsible for their counterparts through women. This is achieved
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An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly - A* GCSE English Literature Drama Coursework An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly - A* GCSE English Literature Drama Coursework Page 1 of 11 by Luno2012 29 Followers Scroll to the bottom of the page to find more A* GRADE GCSE coursework! An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley A* GCSE English Literature essay writing Helpful hints! The text in bold will give you pointers and advice as to what you should include in your essay‚ and why this will
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the Inspector in ‘An Inspector Calls’ ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a fascinating play of guilt and innocence‚ and of prejudice and hypocrisy. Throughout the play‚ the Inspector acts as a physical object for Priestley’s personal views. The play is a morality play‚ in which Mr Birling is a Capitalist and the Inspector is a Socialist. As Priestly is obviously trying to achieve the audience agreeing with his views‚ he creates Birling to be a pompous and an ‘easy to dis-like’ character. The Inspector works
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Examine how the inspector is so successful in his methods of investigating the Billings for their ‘crimes’ against Eva Smith. In An Inspector Calls the Inspector plays a very important part‚ if not the most important of them all. He is the only man who‚ in one night‚ managed to tell the family all that the family itself had been ignoring and pretending not to see for a long time. He barges in on them when they are celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft therefore a very
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An Inspector Calls has been called “a play of contrasts”. Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the play. Priestley presents many contrasts in the play‚ An Inspector Calls. One of the most prominent is the contrast between the generations: the open‚ more impressionable younger generation is contrasted with the traditional older generation throughout the play. For example‚ Sheila changes much more in the play than her parents‚ to the point that she is “frightened” and “ashamed”
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What is the Inspectors role in the novel An Inspector Calls? The Inspector plays an intriguing role in J.B Priestley’s Inspector Calls. There are many different interpretations of the Inspectors role in the play but in my opinion he represents the author Priestley without the audience knowing until the end of the play. The Inspector as a character is used to show Priestley’s views of social and political unjust of his time. Priestley does this by giving the inspector power to‚ question each character
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you’re not supposed to say such things.’ (To Sheila) ‘when you’re married‚ you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend all their time and energy on their business. You’ll have to get used to that‚ just as I had.’ (To Inspector Goole) ‘You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago...’ ‘Girls of that class.’ (On Eric’s drinking) ‘he’s only a boy.’ IG to Mrs B ‘ You’re a member‚ a prominent member‚ of the Brumley Women’s Charity Organization
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