An inspector calls - How does Priestly present the character of the Inspector?

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How does Priestly present the character of the Inspector?

      Inspector calls was written by J.B.Priestly in 1945.The play was set in 1912 which is also linked with 1945 as it is about 1912.the play is about a family who are in a cosy room celebrating their daughter’s engagement, when a harsh figure of an inspector cross-examine the family cording to a suicide of a young working class women when to that each member has a shameful secret which is linked to her death.

 

      The arrival of the inspector is show as he enters the room as priestly had stage description that there is to be felt an immediate presences as he enters.

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“The INSPECTOR need not be a big man but be creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”

And has also wrote the Inspector is meant to be like

“He is a man in his fifties, dressed in a plain darkish suit of the period. He speaks carefully, weightily and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addresses before actually speaking.”

      The inspector has a way of getting information out of each member of the family even by using quite harsh words on them. I believe ...

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This is a very superficial response that doesn't make any points in any real depth. The points made should be related to how language, structure and form are used to shape meaning. 3 Stars