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    In play ’Inspector Calls’ written by J B Priestley‚ Mr Arthur Birling is a prosperous manufacturer as well as father of Eric and Sheila. He is married to Mrs Birling and lives a stable social life. But does this explain everything? We do not know his character‚ his appearance or any deeper information about his habits. And yet at the end of the play everything is clear. So the question is how did the author let us know about Mr Birling’s inside? At the beginning of the play Mr Birling seems to be

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    continue the process of moving and Mrs. Harman we’re gonna try our best to find the murderer.” Mrs. Harman just nodded her and Williams went and talked to Mr. Harman who said “ I was out with Gracie and Tate taking them trick or treating when I got a call from my wife saying that Evie is dead and I asked her if she called the cops and she said yes and I said we would be back home quickly” “SO I heard that you guys are moving?” “Yes we are Rachel and I are getting a divorce.” “I haven’t heard anything

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    When the First World War broke out‚ Priestley joined the infantry and only just escaped death on a number of occasions. After the war‚ he gained a degree from Cambridge University‚ and then moved to London to work as a freelance writer. Much of his writing was ground-breaking and controversial. He included new ideas about possible parallel universes (Ouspensky and Dunne’s Theories of Time) and strong political messages. During the Second World War he broadcast a massively popular weekly radio programme

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    the presentation of inspector Goole in the play’ The inspector in inspector calls is a very supernatural character‚ how he appears in the play and how he leaves. The inspector says “And I tell you that the time will soon come when‚ if men will not learn that lesson‚ then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish‚ Goodnight.” These last words from the inspector are the antithesis of what Mr Birling said‚ Mr Birling says “Every man for himself”‚ and the inspector says the complete opposite

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    why J.B Priestly wrote the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ and how he uses the to influence the social hierarchy in 1946. The play was set in 1912 in the dining room of the Birling’s house in Brumely‚ an industrial city in the North Midlands. The Birling’s consists of Mr.Birling‚ Arthur‚ Mrs.Birling‚ Sybil and their son and daughter‚ Eric and Sheila. The play also presents Sheila’s fiance‚ Gerald‚ the Inspector and the mention of Eva Smith. In the play the Inspector has gone to the Birling’s house to enquire

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    Inspector Goole is More than a Staging Device in An Inspector Calls Staging devices such as lighting‚ narration‚ dance sequences‚ sound effects‚ stage props and music are intended to serve a specific purpose in a play. A staging device is usually intended to enhance the play’s central message or to create the desired mood and atmosphere. In An Inspector CallsInspector Goole’s role is central to the play’s message of social responsibility. It is through the Inspector’s meetings with the

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    As an undercover cop‚ Tom knew all about the harsh reality of the justice system‚ but that did not mean he ever got used to the enormity of the role he played in changing the course of a young person’s life. He had spent the afternoon in court giving evidence against a teenage arsonist‚ and by the end of the day‚ he had felt both emotionally and physically exhausted. When he left the courthouse‚ he had originally planned to go straight home. Friday night was date night‚ and he was looking forward

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    What is the role and function of the Inspector in An Inspector Calls? An Inspector Calls is a play with lots of political messages as well as social messages. J. B. Priestley believed in socialism and he used large amounts of his plays to try and convince people to his way of thinking. It was written in a time when Britain was ruled by a Labour government and socialist policies were seen to be a good way to go. It was a common way of thinking at that time so Priestley’s aim for the play was to

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    Difference In Generations An Inspector Calls ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a play set in 1912 by Mr. J. B. Priestly just before world war 1. Britain was drastically different from the post World War 2 Britain as the nation was very capitalist and there was a bigger separation in the social classes. Aristocrats‚ such as Mr. Birling would never mix with people of lower social standing. This was also before the win of Labour in 1945 and the creation of the welfare-state(NHS); which is the time of when the

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    prove to the arresting officers that i was not under the influence. When I got to the station they took my blood as soon as we arrived‚ then took me through the normal booking procedures. They placed me in one cell when I first arrived‚ I made my phone call‚ posted my bail waited a couple hours then they moved me to a different cell where I waited to be

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