Explore the dramatic effectiveness of the final speech given by the Inspector and discuss his role throughout the play An Inspector calls.

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Sophie Wright                            Coursework                                15th January 2003

Explore the dramatic effectiveness of the final speech given by the Inspector and discuss his role throughout the play

An Inspector calls is a play that involves complex meanings and thought provoking text. On the outside you see it is as a typical detective story but within is a naturalistic drama focusing on the fallacy of our actions and on human selfishness.  The consequences of our actions change parts of the lives for other people, and this play conveys Preistleys thoughts on what he thinks is morally correct and, the socialist and political views of the time. The effectiveness of this extremely well written play is produced through the writing and through the characters produced in the play.

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The scene before the arrival of the Inspector introduces us to the Birlings, a typical middle class family, self-absorbed in their own lives and their own wealth. They are of middle class prosperity living in their ‘substantial and comfortable and old fashioned but not cosy and homelike’ house, describing not just the house, but also the family living in it. They seem quite relaxed with their surroundings but Mrs. Birling seems to want a more formal meal as she picks up on the smallest errors in table manners. You get a feeling of a lack of respect for each ...

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