‘The lighting should be pink and intimate until the
Inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder’
Priestley chooses to do this because at the start they have are having a nice time until the Inspector comes and then the celebration is over so is why the lighting changes.
‘The inspector need not be a big man but creates at
Once an impression of massivness, saidity and
Purposefulness. There was shock at the inspector’
He differs from a normal police inspector because his way of general manner and conduct of different. For example, Eric said
‘Could I have a drink first?’
Birling sad ‘no’ and then
The inspector said ‘yes’.
There are four twists at the end of the play these are, they phone the police department and there were no police inspector called Goole, then there phone up the infirmary and no phone die today and they were all showed pictures different times and never saw the picture together and at the end the police called round Evidence suggest he is either some kind of supernatural being or a hoax.
The inspector is not there to investigate a murder he they to try to make all of them to blame. He is investigating a moral crime and wants the characters to inspect themselves and this quote will show the responsibility and blame.
‘This girl killed herself – and
Died a horrible death’
‘Remember that never forget it’
The inspector has three important dramatic functions firstly he act as storyteller by linking the incidents together to form a story of Eva’s life. Secondly he like father someone that they confess figure forcing people to confess to their involvement and thirdly he his voice of social conscience and pointing out there social responsibility.
Priestley is trying to convey his view that everyone is equal and all have responsibilities to accept. Birling thinks that everyone is for there-selves, but the inspector thinks you should all look out for everyone in your community. This is Mr Birlings quote to show his opinion
“A man has to make
His own way in this world”
This is quote to show the inspectors opinion
“We don’t live alone
We are members of one
Body. We are responsible for each other”
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the character dose not. Three example of dramatic irony are firstly, mr Birling said “the titanic is unsinkable” but it sank in 1912. Secondly, he said “world war one would not happen” but it did in 1918, and thirdly there was not just one world war there was two and world war two started in 1914 and ended in 1918.
Mr Birling dose not want to take any blame for Eva smiths death. He sacked her because she wanted a pay rise year ago. The inspector thinks that Birling started the chain of events by sacking Eva smith. This suggests that this could have been the first in a series of events that went wrong for Eva. Mr Birling dose not take any his responsibility for his actions.
Shela Birling got Eva sacked from a clothes department because she was jealous that Eva looked better in a dress than shela would and because Eva was prettier than shela, but unlike mr Birling shela accepts responsibility for her action.
Mrs Birling was a member of the brumly women’s charity organisation and when Eva smith applied to this organisation for help because she ws desperate, she told Mrs Birling a lie witch was her name was (Mrs Birling) and she was married but then eventually she told the truth that she wasn’t married and that she was taking money form him until she found out that the money was stolen money. Mrs Birling then blamed the farther of Eva’s unborn child and that he should be punished this would suggest that Mrs Birling is trying to take the responsibility away from her-self for Eva’s death. Eric Birling had a drunken fling with Eva and made her pregnant and he was paying her money that he had stolen for the family business witch Eva found out about then went to Mrs Birling charity for help. Eric takes some of the blame for his actions leading up to Eva’s death. Gerald shelas husband to be meet Eva in a bar that was well knowed for prostitutions and took her to a room that he was looking after for a mate. Eva smith fell in love with Gerald but there relationship finishes at the end of the last summer.
I think that the inspector was half suggsesfull in his investigation because he got Gerald to show remorse although he did not get Gerald to accept full responsibility for his actions, the inspector got Eric and shela the fell guilty for there action Eva when they fund out that the so called ‘inspector’ was not a real inspector and that there was a real suicide which involved a girl that drunk disinfectant cleaning. Although I think that the inspector felled his investigation when it comes to mr and Mrs Birling because he did not get them to take responsibility for there action and did not make them feel guilty.
I feel that mr Birling is to blame for Eva’s death because he sacked Eva and started the chain of events. I think that priestly successfully put across his message to the audience because he shows the people that own up to there responsibility are the nice one and the one that are not nice are the blame shifters, they shift the blame on to others. In my opinion, I think that priestly delivered his message clearly otherwise, we would not be living in the same world as we do today.
