significance of Inspector Goole in the play? The audience are first introduced to Inspector Goole half way through act 1. He is a mysterious character from the very beginning‚ but we see that he is confident and has an air of authority about him and he is determined to make the family face their guilt. He claims that he has seen the dead body of Eva Smith who died earlier that day after she had ‘swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant’. He is of much significance throughout the play as Priestly uses him
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John Boynton Priestley was born into a socialist family in 1894‚ and so lived through the end of the Victorian era and into the 20th century. In 1910 he worked in a textile factory as a clerk‚ and so was a bystander to the discriminations of the time rich and poor‚ men and women and‚ as a socialist‚ was affected by them. Living in Bradford also gave him a good foundation with which to build up the kind of setting a family like the Birlings would have lived in. Unfortunately for him‚ when war broke
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How Does the Author use Contrasts and Symbolism to Convey the Central Ideas of the Novel? What is life? This is a very difficult question that David Malouf invites the reader to ponder over in his novel‚ “Fly Away Peter”. One of the ways Malouf does this is establish the idea of binary nature of life; how something simply is‚ or isn’t. This is conveyed through techniques such as symbolism and contrasts that the author expertly uses‚ to create a philosophical text. The binary nature of life is one
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‘Inspector Goole merely functions as a mouthpiece for Priestley’s ideas.’ What do you think is the Inspector’s function in the play and how does Priestley present him? ‘An Inspector Calls’ written by J.B Priestly is a play with hidden political morals within it. As Priestly believes in Socialism (treating everybody fairly and equally) he uses the Inspector to convey his ideas to the audience to try and encourage them to see his way of thinking by using a family that is Capitalist (that believe
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taking place in AIC‚ Priestley alludes to Inspector Goole being a higher power‚ or possibly even God himself‚ through his speeches; his manner of speaking; and his perceived omniscience. His investigation follows a chronological order‚ addressing each of the family members only when it progresses the story of Eva Smith’s life. The explanation he gives for his wealth of knowledge is a diary left by the deceased girl‚ however‚ in the final‚ albeit short‚ phone call that closes the play there is no mention
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They are the words of Inspector Goole; they are the views of John Boynton Priestley; the message of the play. In An Inspector Calls‚ Priestley conveys this to his audience; Inspector Goole represents Priestley’s views and his morals. Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls to further enhance this message; he portrays these views through the character of the Inspector in the play itself. The play is classed as a murder mystery/psychological thriller‚ however it is in fact a play of morality and [the title
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How does Priestley present the character of Mr. Birling in the opening of the play? Mr. Birling is presented as arrogant and a social climber through the stage directions at the start of the play. He is described at the start‚ in the stage directions‚ as a “heavy-looking‚ rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speeches.” This implies that Birling is a man who was born in the countryside and that he is not from a very important background. This shows that because
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An Inspector calls - Why it is a successful play Priestly was a successful play writer who wrote a number of successful plays including ‘An Inspector calls’ which has all the qualities I would expect from a good stage play. That are the following an interesting plot which carefully unravels and a good use of dramatic devices such as cliff hangers also the way these devices are used to get the audience more involved. I would examine the play for these qualities by checking to see if it has all
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Essay 1 ½ pages (c) Select one of the members of the Birling family. Write a character study‚ using the text for reference‚ to show how Priestley uses the character to convey his own opinions and attitudes. The playwright of “An Inspector Calls‚” J.B. Priestley‚ was a dedicated supporter of socialism‚ and by writing this play‚ he vents his own opinions and attitudes through his characters. The play is set in 1912‚ two years prior to the First World War‚ in the home of a prosperous manufacturer
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