How does Priestley use the inspector(TM)s last speech to convey his message to the audience?

How does Priestley use the inspector’s last speech to convey his message to the audience?

‘’An Inspector calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1946,the play is set in Spring 1912.This play was written after world war 1 and World War 2.The Inspector’s last speech is the theatrical dialogue and dramatic element of the entire play. Priestley’s significance towards the audience is that members of society need to take responsibility for their own actions, although we were made by 1 creator ‘God’’ nothing is wrong with additional assistance community and watch over one another.

Priestly uses references to community in the Inspector’s final speech to convey his message to the audience. The Inspector says ‘We are all responsible for one another’. Priestley uses the word ‘responsible’ explicitly here to transmit his message across to the audience. The Inspector says this because as an individual he didn’t think they worked as a community who showed affection or liability for one another. Lastly the inspector says ‘’look after one another as brother and sisters’’ this emphasises that no matter the race, colours shape size and nationality etc we are all human and most look out for each other. In the bible it says ‘love your neighbour as you love yourself’’ if you can do that to yourself surely you can show love for others after all we all live once unlike cats.

Inspector Goole also mentioned in his speech ‘we are all members of one body’. The Inspector is saying we should take care and be accountable for our own actions, and we are all of the same body. We are all members of a community. Therefore if one person is hurt or hungry it affects the whole body.

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Priestly also uses the Inspector’s references to war to convey his message to the audience. This is because, Inspector Goole says’ if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in the fire, blood and anguish’, This gives us evidence that priestly served in the World war 1 so he has had experience of gruesome actions. The Inspector’s speech also teaches the audience a lesson that if you do something wrong, you will suffer the consequences karma works in mysterious ways.

Priestley uses Mr and Ms Birlling’s reactions of the last speech to put across his message to the audience. This is because Mr and Mrs Birling reactions were oppose towards Sheila and Eric’s reactions.

Mr Birling blames Eric for the death of Eva Smith. Mr Birling says ’You’re the one I blame for this’. In this speech Mr Birling is blaming Eric for the whole situation which is out of order because if Mrs Birling didn’t refuse to help ‘’Eva’’ chances are likely that she wouldn’t be dead yet. Mr Birling is a selfish arrogant character who is full of himself and will not take the blame or offer solutions or suggestions.

Priestley also makes the audience disapprove of Mr Birling because he doesn’t care about the whole situation. All Mr Birling cares about money. Mr Birling backs up his selfish character by saying ’But it may interest you to know that until every penny of that money you stole is repaid, you’ll work for nothing’, This quote shows a clear point how Mr Birling does not care about Eva Smith and that all that matters to him is money clearly shows he doesn’t care about the state of his workers. The only thing which will make him happy is his business and his money at the end of the day which will lead him no were because greed and selfish is the a sort cut to death! . Mrs Birling is also another character who gains the audience’s disapproval because she has a similar character to Mr Birling .Mrs Birling does not care about the whole situation ,all she is also the same as Mr Birling. Mrs Birling does not care about the whole situation, all she is doing is being selfish and taking Mr Billing’s side, over her son Eric .Mrs birling says ‘I should think not.Eric, I’m absolutely ashamed of you ’.Mrs Birling said this is not to soon after Mr Birling complained at Eric, after Mr Birling complained at Eric, after took the money.

Priestly makes Sheila the responsible one in the play because Sheila was the individual one out of the family who was responsible and did not lack common sense, and apologised for what she done, like Sheila’I,ve behaved badly too but its human, we all learn from our mistakes in order not to make them again. This acknowledges what type of character Shelia is a loyal, and responsible individual.

By Lolade Odugbesan