Discuss the role of the inspector in the play.Comment on the purpose of his visit and the methods of his enquiry. Was his enquiry successful in your opinion?

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Discuss the role of the inspector in the play.

Comment on the purpose of his visit and the methods of his enquiry. Was his enquiry successful in your opinion?

I am completing an essay on Inspector calls. In this essay I will discuss the Inspector and his methods of enquiry. Set in a Yorkshire household during the early 1900s, Inspector Goole calls at the home of a wealthy industrialist Arthur Birling to investigate the mysterious circumstances behind the death of a young woman named Eva Smith (Jane Wenham). Each one of the family has a secret - and a series of flashbacks reveals each one is partly responsible for driving her to suicide; the father had fired her from his factory, his daughter had got her the sack from a shop, the son had made Eva pregnant, and Sybil Birling had refused her charitable aid. The determined Inspector slowly proves their collective guilt before a final twist in the story.

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We first see the inspector, when Mr Birling was giving his future son in-law advise on his marriage. As Inspector Goole steps into the room, he has very little expression on his aged, furrowed face. He is very assertive and sure of what he wants.

 Inspector Goole comes in and reports to the family that a young girl has just poisoned herself, but he never names the persons name. In a self-assured manner he asks to speak with Mr Birling privately.  When he speaks to the family, they are all refusing to have been responsible for Eva ...

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