The Inspector arrives just after Mr .Birling talks about his view of life, this was that ‘every man should look out for himself’, and the Inspector sets out to show that this is not the case. In this plays he talks about how people are responsible for how other people live, just rejecting somebody are doing the littlest thing can affect their life in such a major way.
The Inspector goes through the different people’s part in the death of Eva Smith. The Inspector starts with the strongest person and the person who would be the toughest too break down who would be Mr.Birling. Mr.Birling admits that he sacked Eva Smith but doesn’t think that he played a part in Eva Smith’s death this is because he is more bothered about his chances of getting a knighthood. Then the Inspector moves on to Sheila who admits that she had Eva Smith sacked from her job at Milwards she then being one of the youngest of the family realises she has done wrong and says ‘So I’m really responsible?’ she says this miserably. Then Gerald reveals that he had heard of the name Daisy Renton before, then goes onto admit that she was his mistress for a period of time. Mrs Birling then tells the Inspector that she denied help to the pregnant girl who asked for her help. And then we realise that when Eric had an affair with Eva He then had a baby with her. Eric then explains his relationship with the girl and hoe he stole money to give to her. Then after all his work is done the Inspector leaves to Birling house after leaving thought and guilt in everyone’s mind. Before he leaves the house he says, "We are responsible for each other" and warns them of the, "fire and blood and anguish" that will result if they do not pay attention to what he has taught them. However, gradually, they start to realise maybe it was all a hoax and maybe the Inspector was their conscience so they ring up he local police station to see if he was real and then it turns out that he was not a real inspector. Then they receive a knock on the door from a real inspector.
The Inspector was a man with authority as shown in many points of the play in example when he takes charge when things dispute between the family and also when anybody cuts in between conversation, he is quick to cut them out with authority. The Inspector commands the room , nobody is able to leave the room without him telling them too also nobody is able to leave the house without the inspector telling them too do so e.g. when Eric says, ‘ I’d better turn in’ the Inspector replies ‘And I think you’d better say here’ . The Inspector Goole’s speech is very blunt and he deliberately tries too getting his point across, and is sometimes harsh in the mean time. The Inspector is obviously not intimidated by Mr.Birling who tries to scare Inspector Goole by telling him he knows people in high places e.g. Colonel Roberts, He also is not disturbed an purely wants to get on with his job and make sure that he gets every each person too admit to playing part in Eva Smiths death, he does this by asking questions so that the confess in their own ways.
The family started rumouring about the chances of Inspector Goole not being real because of his style of inspecting. He is very laid back but at the same time in their faces so that the truth comes out.
At the end, they still don’t know who the inspector Goole is there are any things what the Inspector could have been he could have been an actual person who was just sent there to scare them for what they have done, It could have been something spiritual this was because in his name Goole-Ghoul which suggests he might have been a ghost. The word ‘Inspector’ means for someone to look into something and this is what the inspector does he digs deep to find information about the suicide. The most like meaning was maybe it was the conscience speaking after the all know they have done something wrong and have guilt killing them inside.
I really enjoyed this play I personally learnt a lot, like I should think before I take an action this is because everything has a consequence J.B Priestley succeeded in the message he was trying to send out by writing this play the message is clear. The main story in the play was that everybody should think before they act because in the long term it could really affect somebody.
