The idea of effectiveness in the play An Inspector Calls works well especially the way J.B.Priestley has written the play he wrote it just after the World War II this is to show the irony of Mr Birling.

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The idea of effectiveness in the play An Inspector Calls works well especially the way J.B.Priestley has written the play he wrote it just after the World War II this is to show the irony of Mr Birling and how wrong he was to say “War!, there will be no war…” and the scene of the Titanic. This is all lurking around the corner and obviously hasn’t noticed this yet. The set is very simple and there are only 7 characters of which are Mr Arthur Birling (Julien Mitchell), Sybil Birling (Marian Spencer), Sheila Birling (Margaret Leighton), Eric Birling (Alec Guinness), Edna the maid (Marjorie Dunkels), Gerald Croft (Harry Andrews) and Inspector Goole is his name in the play but in the book his name is inspector Poole (Ralph Richardson.)

The start is introduced good, it starts with nice gentle and romantic music this creates a loving and caring start, this is one difference from the written version (Book) there is no romance in the written version, then the film progresses to the audience seeing peoples hands at a dinner table with what looks like a feast or a dinner party which is just about finished, just by seeing this it is suggested to the audience that these people are rich and also very wealthy another way this is shown is that on the dinner table the are champagne glasses but at the same time the atmosphere is ‘not cosy and homelike’

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Then you see the Birling family and Gerald Croft, they are all wearing evening dresses this suggests to the audience that these people are very powerful and that this family is very formal.

Although there are seven characters, I am going to only describe two of them, namely, Mr and Mrs Birling. Firstly, I will start with Mr Birling. He plays a brilliant part in the play and he like to be in control. He especially dislikes not being in control and enjoys doing exactly as he pleases. He will not tolerate any one obstructing his will and is ...

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