"An Inspector Calls".
"An Inspector Calls" "An Inspector Calls" by J.B Priestley is a play in which I have recently read which is about the characters are given the chance to become better people. The theme of this play is social and personal responsibility. Social responsibility means that you have a responsibility to help people in need. Personal responsibility means that you have a responsibility to yourself and your family. "An Inspector Calls" is set in the fictional town of Bromley. It starts in the Birling house where the Birling family are celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft. While celebrating the Birling family is very pleased with them particularly Mr Birling because Gerald's father owns a company like his so he is pleased because he will be able to go in to business together. Then mysterious Inspector Goole comes asking questions about a pregnant woman who killed herself by drinking strong disinfectant. After asking a lot questions, the Birling family realise that they all knew the girl and may have contributed to her death. Mr Birling the smug father and hard- headed businessman fired her because she wanted more money. His daughter Sheila had her fired from her new job she was jealous of her. Then Gerald Croft who is engaged to be married to Sheila learned he used her for his own pleasure then left her when he didn't want her anymore. Eric, the brother of
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An Inspector Calls 'An inspector calls' is a book written by J.B Priestly before the First World War; his work contains controversial and politically charged messages. Priestly became very concerned about the problems of social inequality in Britain. When the book was written in the 1912's there were strong distinctions between the upper and low classes. As we read through the book we realise how much change has occurred after the First World War. Mr Birling is described as a 'heavy looking rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'. When Priestly describes Mr Birling like this I jump to conclusions; he must be a very crude and ill mannered man. During Shelia's engagement party Mr Birling says. 'This is the happiest days of my life'. We all know the only reason Mr Birling is happy is because merger with Croft limited Co. will be good for his working business. He makes strong predictions about the war not happening and seems quite optimistic about it. However we all know the war is going to happen; when the audience know something the character doesn't this is called 'dramatic irony'. If Mr Birling's prediction is wrong about the war what else could he be wrong about? This is a sign he is also bigheaded. There is a case where Mr Birling interrupts Eric in his speech, Eric: Yes-But-Still. Then Mr Birling comes in; this is another sign that
An Inspector Calls.
An Inspector Calls Essay An Inspector Calls was written by J.B Priestly in 1945, however the play was set in 1912. One of the major effects on the storyline was the sense of uncertainty as the play was set just after the World Wars. J.B Priestly also mentions important issues about society, being capitalism vs. socialism. Capitalism is where we are responsible for ourselves and anyone can make something for himself or herself, whereas Socialism is where we are all responsible for each other and that we need to be more of a community, caring and loving. I believe the play is a mystery, detective one but soon turns into a whodunit story when the Inspector starts questioning all the members of the family. At the beginning of the play the Birling family are celebrating the marriage of Sheila and Gerald Birling. The mood seems to be loving, friendly and happy. Arthur Birling hopes that the marriage will help his business. Birling's social aspirations become apparent when he tells Gerald that he might be line for a job. Inspector Goole arrives immediately after this and announces that he is investigating the suicide of a girl name Eva Smith who killed herself by swallowing disinfectant. He says that she left a diary and a letter. With the arrival of the Inspector a note of suspicion and menace is introduced and the audience expects the complacency of the Birling's to be
An Inspector Calls
Analyse the Dramatic Events, which take place during Act 3 of 'An Inspector Calls'. 'An Inspector Calls' by JB Priestley, was written just after World War 2 in 1945, when Priestley was campaigning for a Labour government so that they could promote the rights of the working classes, but he set it in 1912 two years before World War 1. He did this deliberately so that his audience could see the events of the play, in perspective, and so that it would not look like political advertising. Priestley may have chosen this year because of the Titanic (The Unsinkable) which sank in its first voyage this shows how wrong Mr Birling can be. The play opens with the engagement party of Gerald Croft and Sheila Birling. Sheila is the daughter of a rich businessman, Arthur Birling. Mr Birling gives a speech in which he acts as if he knows everything. He says there will be no war and he also says that the Titanic is unsinkable. He is wrong because two wars have gone past and the unsinkable Titanic sinks. He also says that people should only look after themselves and not bother about anyone else. Mr Birling was so greedy that he fired a young girl Eva Smith just because she wanted a bit of a pay rise. Mr Birling thought that Eva Smith was a threat to him and his company. This started a chain of events. Sheila was extremely jealous of Eva Smiths prettiness. The plays message is that Mr Birling
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In what ways does the Inspector's visit affect one of the characters in An Inspector calls? An Inspector Calls is a play by J.B Priestly. The play was first published in 1947 straight after the Second World War. The play deals with many issues such as morality, thoughts, views and responsibilities of each character. The main characters in the play are Arthur Birling, his wife Sybil, his son Eric, daughter Sheila, future son in law Gerald and Inspector Goole. The play revolves around the death of Eva Smith (she is also known as Daisy Renton) who is said to have committed suicide after her unfortunate meetings with each of the Birlings and Gerald. At the start of the play the Birlings are celebrating Sheila's engagement with Gerald, when unexpectedly inspector Goole arrives to question the Birlings and Gerald. The inspector tries to show and convince the characters how and what parts they played in Eva's death. All the characters succumb to the inspector's unconventional way of questioning and tell him how they each were in correlation with Eva's death. After the inspector departs Gerald finds out that the inspector was not in fact an inspector and the whole thing was a hoax. Sheila and Eric are still in repentance about what they had done to Eva but the rest were comforted by the news and
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G.C.S.E Coursework An Inspector Calls Natalie Weaver An Inspector Calls is writing by J. B. Priestly and was published in 1946. The play is set in 1912 and is about how the upper classed people treated the lower/working class people. Priestly has written more than 20 plays and is said to be a theatrical entrepreneur. His full name is John Boynton Priestly and he was born in Bradford, Yorkshire on 13 September 1894. The name Priestly gives Inspector Goole is really an awful pun. In that respect, it might as well be seen as contributing a threat to his serious intention. Priestly makes him an impressive man who dominates proceedings. However, there is a subtly about him. He is there as the conscience of the rest, and there is an insistence from him on moral vows. A quote telling me this is, "We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish." This gives the impression that the Inspector is a catalyst, effective in changing others whilst needing no change in himself. The quote above I think is trying to make the Birling family feel guilty and to confess what they have done. Priestly has giving the impression of Mr Birling as being pompous and self-centred. He has practical views and takes pride in
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First, I think it is appropriate to discuss the structure, which is apparent throughout the production and also whilst reading the text. In many ways, 'An Inspector Calls' is a 'perfect' play as it has elements that are essential for producing a successful production. Throughout the play there is suspense and quite often, I think, an element of shock at the numerous 'discoveries' at so many different stages in the production. There is consistently the infamous 'whodunnit' factor, which helps to keep the audience interested and excited about the whole production in general. There is also a clear moral message given in the production, perhaps even more than one message. I think that this message is given through the actions of all of the Birlings, but particularly Mr Birling. His 'look after number one' attitude was emphasised at the beginning of the production when he was telling Gerald and Eric about 'the point' in life. So it seems that Priestly's message is that we all live in one community and that it is our duty to help our neighbour. We should not behave like Mr Birling and we should not live in isolation. I think that all of the Birlings are played to behave in the opposite way to this so that we, the audience, can see how stupid and false they look as it is hard to see ourselves like this in everyday life when we are behaving the same. 'An Inspector Calls' is such a
'An Inspector Calls'.
An Inspector Calls is a play written by John Boynton Priestley that teaches us that we all share a joint responsibility , which is to look after each other. We learn this after we discover that each character in the play was responsible for the death of a girl name d Eva smith. The setting of 'An Inspector Calls' is made deliberate so that as the audience we realise how foolish Birling is. The play is purposely set in a fictional industrial city called Brumley, Priestley deliberately does this because 'industrial' cities had many firms and factories owned by wealthy businessmen. (I.e.(Birling Despite the fact that the city doesn't actually exist, Priestley provides detailed information about it to make it seem realistic. The importance of the town is indicated by it's having a Lord mayor and a Police Force with it's own Chief Constable. Having been involved in local politics and being a successful businessman, Birling clearly feels it's made him enough of a figure that would justify his being given a knighthood, this would make socially closer to Sir. George Croft. The importance of the people in the community was more pronounced during the time in which this play was set rather than it is today. The Birling family's own importance and wealth makes them fail to realise that they each hold a responsibility which is to look after and care for other people, regardless of
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An Inspector Calls The curtain rises with the family standing looking dumfoundedly at Mr Birling. They are all beginning to get panicky. Mr Birling: "If a real inspector is coming then we need to be able to get our stories straight, we don't want to tell this inspector the amount that we told the last one." Everyone looks at Eric and Sheila. Mrs Birling: "I really think that if any of us let on then we will all be in really deep trouble." Gerald: "Hold on! How do we know that it is the same girl that has died? The other inspector could really have been bluffing and made up the whole lot. It could be a girl that nobody here has ever heard of." Mr Birling: "He's right you know. But still, we had better get good alibis just in case it is the same girl." Eric: "But how did he know that this was going to happen? It can't just be a coincidence." Eric walks over to the drinks and pours himself a small whisky. Nobody seems to notice except Sheila, who is horrified. "I mean, he must have known that this was going to happen. I can't just accept that it was a coincidence." Mr Birling: "Anyway, that doesn't matter now. I doubt that he will pass on the information that he got out of us to anybody else. I think that he just came here to scare us." Sheila: "Who cares if he passes on the information to anybody else? It does matter what we did because I
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An Inspector Calls J B Priestly was born in 1894, his main passion in life was writing and this dream he achieved being very successful, his first novel being The Good Companions, written in 1929. Five years later in 1934 Priestly wrote An Inspector Calls, which he set in 1912. The play is about an upper class family consisting of: Arthur Birling (a heavy looking portentous man in his mid fifties.) Sybil Birling (wife of Arthur.) Sheila Birling (daughter of Sybil and Arthur, in her early twenties.) Eric Birling (Sheila's brother also in his early twenties.) Also Gerald Croft (Sheila's respectable fiancé of about thirty.) All of the characters are dressed in the dress of the period and the whole play is based in the Birlings living room. The family are celebrating in the dining room until the doorbell rings and an inspector enters. He informs the family that a young girl, Eva Smith had just committed suicide and the Birling family agree to answer any questions he asks, believing that a respectable family such as theirs could never be involved in such a tragedy. The Inspector begins by questioning Birling, who two years ago sacked Eva Smith from his factory because she had been campaigning for higher wages for the workers. Birling argued that although he did sack her he was not to blame for her death. Next The Inspector goes on to question Sheila, unfolding a
