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 Calls‚ Inspector 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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An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley Character Study Arthur Birling Arthur Birling is a wealthy‚ self-made middle class factory owner of the Edwardian era. We first learn about him from the stage directions. Priestley describes him as ‘rather portentous’ suggesting he is serious and self-important. This characterises his attitude throughout the play where his sense of standing in society and the rights this affords him‚ prevent him from learning the lesson of responsibility that forms
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Arthur Birling and InspectorGoole’s philosophies on life and society contrast throughout the play. For most of the play Sheila‚ Eric and Mrs Birling are fully behind Mr Birling and his philosophies‚ but towards the end of the play‚ Eric and Sheila effectively switch sides and begin to back InspectorGoole’s philosophies on life and society. Mr Birling is a strong believer in stratas and classes in society; he believes he is in the upper class. In act 1‚ Mr Birling says "I’m still on the bench. It
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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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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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In ‘An Inspector Calls’ Gerald Crofts ‘easy manner’ is disrupted by the Inspectors interrogation‚ as he begins to feel ‘distressed’ by his realisation of his part in Eva Smith’s/Daisy Renton’s life and death. Mrs Birling however remains entirely untouched by the Inspector’s questioning and she refuses to see how Eva’s death can have followed as a consequence of her actions. There are many similarities and differences between Mrs Birling and Geralds reaction to interrogation. This is the first similarity
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An Inspector Calls Though responsibility itself is a central theme of the play‚ the last act of the play provides a fascinating portrait of the way that people can let themselves off the hook. If one message of the play is that we must all care more thoroughly about the general welfare‚ it is clear that the message is not shared by all. By contrasting the older Birlings and Gerald with Sheila and Eric‚ Priestley explicitly draws out the difference between those who have accepted their responsibility
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Shelia Birling – An Inspector Calls Sheila Birling is the character who changes most in the play. She begins as a naïve‚ self-centered and privileged young woman but soon develops into a perceptive and increasingly mature and wise character‚ who displays the attitudes of responsibility that form J. B. Priestley’s message in the play. Set in 1910‚ the author attempts to show how Capitalism led to the world wars‚ revolutions and economic disasters. Our first impressions of Sheila Birling are presented
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Inspector Calls Sheila Birling: - She is described at the start as a ’pretty girl in her early twenties‚ very pleased with life and rather excited’. 1 - Even though she seems very playful at the opening‚ we know that she has had suspicions about Gerald when she mentions "last summer‚ when you never came near me." However even though she mentions this‚ she seems to have no desire and want to actually find out about what happened in the summer. 2 - Immediately shows compassion to Eva Smith and
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Arthur Birling’s Speech “Good Afternoon everyone‚ I am Arthur Birling‚ I am the owner of Birling and Co‚ which is a factory business company that employs girls to work on sewing machines. I was the Lord Mayor of Brumley two years ago. And I am the husband of Sybil Birling and the father of Eric and Sheila Birling. I speak as a hard-headed businessman who takes his own risks. And I think that poor people should take their own risks as well without any help from the middle and higher class. They
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