Compare and contrast the characters of Mr. Birling and inspector Goole. How does Priestley use dramatic devices to help shape audiences response to view represented in the play.

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Compare and contrast the characters of Mr. Birling and inspector Goole.

How does Priestley use dramatic devices to help shape audiences

Response to view represented in the play.

John Boynton Priestley was born in Bradford, Yorkshire on 13th September 1984 the play an inspector calls was written by him in 1945. It came on stage in Burnley Lancashire in 1914, although it was set in 1912. The characters- the Birling family have a dinning room which is constant throughout the play, where there is nothing to distract the audience. Priestley uses many dramatic/linguistic devices to create dramatic irony in order to help shape the audiences response.

When comparing and contrasting Mr. Birling and the Inspector they are two opposite characters, Priestley uses them as representations to educate the audience. When the two characters meet. Birling speaks very posh towards the Inspector to intimidate him and try to make himself look good and great " oh just before you came - I'd been giving these young men a little advice". The Inspector proves to be uninterested and speaks very carefully with short replies. In the play Birling s seen as a "hard headed business man". With