An Inspector Calls coursework, (the role of the Inspector)

is enforcing the point ofbeing part of one community and that we should look out for one andother. This also shows the link of how the inspector could just bePriestley in another form such as a ghost. I believe that Priestley isreminding us to look out for each other just in case any major warshappen and we have to rely on each other so that's maybe why he isenforcing this.When the inspector first enters, the stage the atmosphere changes butnot a great deal on first sight of the inspector. The inspector doesnot appear to be a big man but he does make him self appear strong andconfident. He gives an impression that he will destroy them if theytoy with him.Sheila changes the way she thinks and decides from now on she is goingto be good. She has come to this decision as a result of the influencethe inspector has had on her. His socialist views have been understoodby Sheila and have changed her because she is going to start to carefor other people. For example 'whoever that inspector was it wasanything but a joke. You knew it then. You began to learn something.And now you've stopped,' said Sheila. This shows us that the Inspectorreally has influenced Sheila and she has learnt something from what heis trying to say. Also she is showing the divide between the Birlingswhen they find out the inspector was not real as they now will nottake responsibility for the death of Eva Smith but the youngsterswill.The Inspector creates a split between the family by dividing theyounger and older generations. He is a catalyst because he divides thefamily and makes them angry at each other. Gerald and Sheila will notget married because of the inspector's visit. Birling may not get hisknighthood because of the visit from the inspector may cause ascandal. All these things are the effects of the Inspector's visit.All Priestley is trying to do is make everyone take responsibility fortheir actions, for example what he is doing to the Birlings. By doingthis it makes the audience feel like they need to do the same thingbut not act like the older generation of the Birlings but act like theyounger generation.Near the end of the play the inspector is thought to be a fraud. TheBirlings have various reasons to believe this. There was noinformation about him and he did not tell us anything about himselfwhen he introduces him self. He is unknown in the force as thepoliceman Gerald asked said there was no such inspector. Also Birlingis very familiar with the county police force and he said he had neverseen or heard of an Inspector under the name Goole. The way he wasworking through the Birlings made them think he was a fraud as noinspector has ever done this to the Birling's before. Near the end ofthe play it is discovered that there is no inspector named Goole andhe has never been seen on the police force. For example; I met asergeant I know He swore there wasn't any inspector Goole or anybodylike him on the force here,' said Gerald. This is proof there is noInspector Goole and he really is a fraud. Also there’s is more proofbecause no other inspector works like him but it definitely is veryeffective as he left the Birling family in shambles.The Inspector is considered a fraud. Gerald is the first to questionif the inspector really is an Inspector. He goes on to say that theinspector did not show all of us the same picture as he showedeveryone a picture one by one so there is no evidence that he couldhave showed each of them all different pictures let alone the real EvaSmith. They all may have seen different photos. He then goes on to saythat there was no evidence to prove that there really was a young girlcalled Eva Smith that had died. This is Gerald's view of how theinspector works and how it makes him a fraud. The inspector also tellsus how and why he works. 'It's the way I like to work, one person andone line of inquiry at a time. Otherwise, there's a muddle.' Thisshows us how the Inspector explains how he works and why. This sound’slike the real way an inspector should work which misleads us at thebeginning of the play and makes us think he really is an inspector.This makes the story effective and dramatic because it all leads to ahuge twist at the end when we find out the inspector does not reallyexist and there is no dead girl called Eva Smith however there isanother twist at the end when they really do find out an Eva Smith hadreally died and an inspector is on his way over. This makes the storymore interesting and more dramatic like a soap opera and it adds moresuspense to the play.The inspector is used in the story as someone who is supposed to belike J.B Priestley. He is like a substitute for J.B Priestly and theyare linked as the inspector is being used to put across his messages.The inspector is in the story to make the Birling's haveresponsibility for their actions. He is trying to make people thinkabout what they do before they do it. "Look before you leap" as thesaying goes. The inspector is trying to say that people should all betreated equally. All these messages are aimed at the audience as wellas the Birlings. This is how Priestley gets his points out to us, through the link between him and the inspector. I think his mainmessages are that we are all part of one community, not individualpeople but we are connected one way or another so we have to care foreach other and look after each other. For example; we areresponsible for each other,' said the inspector. This shows us theinspector has socialist views and does care about others apart fromhimself.Priestley puts across message of capitalism verses socialism as heshows the Inspector, the socialist saying how we should not be like acapitalist but more like a socialist and care for one another. Theinspector is a socialist as is Priestley and have socialist views.They are against capitalism, as they do not feel you should just earna living for money and for yourself but you should help other people.The inspector's name is a pun for ghoul. This then leads us to believethat the inspector does not exist. He is some sort of ghost or phantomwho is a nightmare to the Birlings. The Birlings have other beliefsthat prove the inspector does not exist like Gerald. He finds out fromanother police sergeant from the county force that there is no onelike or called the inspector they had met. In addition, the oldergeneration, seem to think it is all a hoax. For example 'It's a hoax ofsome kind,' said Gerald. This shows that the older generation thinksit is some old fool playing a trick on them causing a scandal. Thereis nothing wrong with them believing this as they now have evidencethat the inspector really is not an inspector but a fraud but that isonly if he really does exist which is unknown to everyone. It couldalso show that the inspector is a bad ghoul playing tricks on familyto have fun. He seems to know about his future because he knows whatwill happen to Eva Smith that no one else knows about, which may givethe audience an idea that he is not a human being. He is another typeof life such as a spirit that does not exist in our world, as it isvirtually impossible to predict the future. He does make the Birlingsscared of him as he breaks them down one by one leading them toconfess. This may also show why he is a ghoul because he is scary. Theinspector being a ghoul makes the audience more interested in thestory because there is no obvious thing at the beginning of the storythat gives him away but we all have our suspicions and this leads totension as we want to continue to view the play to find out whetherour suspicions were correct or not. This is another aspect that makesthe play so good and again it involves the truth hidden behind theinspector.The inspector had an enormous affect on the Birlings. He caused themto fall out with each other and go against each other. From all whathe told them the only people that actually learnt their lesson was theyounger generation. The elders did not as when they found out theinspector was a fraud they were celebrating so what the inspector saidwent through one ear out the other. I think the family could get backto how they were before but it would be on Sheila and Eric'sconscience that they once helped lead a girl to suicide. Priestley’sover all messages in this story was we are all part of one communityand we have to look after each other rather than just looking out forourselves. If one person is affected in the community than all of usare. That is what Priestley’s over all message is. I believe the overall role of the inspector was to play a substitute of Priestley to getPriestley’s messages across to the audience and the Birlings. TheInspector has many hidden messages in him. He plays so many differentroles and the he himself makes the whole story. He makes you think andputs across the messages, which to me is the point of the book. He isvery effective and adds a great deal of drama.