In this essay I will be discussing 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
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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 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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Priestly portrays the character of the Inspector as an unconventional figure on stage‚ this is due to the way in which he expresses his thoughts‚ his personality and the way in which he conducts the investigation. In act 1 he is very direct‚ in the way he talks to the family‚ unlike other inspectors‚ who would be politer and indirect when asking questions about what they have done‚ “cutting through‚ massively”. In addition to that‚ the stage directions‚ in which he is described as having an “impression
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In Life in the Iron Mills the narrator’s purpose is to inform the readers of the cruel realities of the lower class in hopes of change in the social structure. Davis captivates the attention of the reader’s by vividly describing Industrial America from the nightmare fog that covers the town to the hellish life of an industrial worker. Additionally‚ she creates sympathy by sharing the story of Hugh Wolfe; an iron mill worker with the desire for more‚ but with no opportunities is left with no hope
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During the time An Inspector Calls was written the author wanted to encourage the audience to feel and express their emotions they had from the time leading up to 1945. Historical events happened between 1912 and 1945‚ which helped the author create Inspector Goole. Inspector Goole was portrayed as a sham and it was hard for the other characters to believe what he was doing because he already knew so much. The author created someone in the play that the Conservative family would dislike. He had
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Response to literature: AN INSPECTOR CALLS John Boynton Priestly was born in Britain in 1894. He worked as a novelist and playwright‚ but he was also a political activist. Most of his plays‚ just like ‘An inspector calls’‚ have a very significant political content in which capitalism is criticized. He was interested in the idea of socialism‚ which defends a system without great differences between social casses. His greatest concerns were equality and fairness‚ and there are many references to
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John Boynton Priestley was born on the 13th of September 1894. He was an English novelist‚ play writer‚ and broadcaster. He was born at Mannheim road‚ Manningham. He describes that area as an ‘ultra respectable’ suburb of Bradford. His mum died when he was 2 years old and his dad had re-married four years later. His dad was a headmaster. Priestly knew exactly what he wanted to be from a young age‚ a writer. He didn’t go University because he thought he would get a better feel and experience of
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4156364-62939200J.B PRIESTLEY John Boyton Priestley was born on the 13th September 1894 in Yorkshire. His father was a head master‚ and his mother died when Priestley was 2. His father remarried 4 years later. He knew early on that he wanted to be a writer‚ although he decided against going to a university. At the age of 16 he became a clerk for a local wool firm called Helm & Co. in the Swan Arcade When the First World War broke out he joined the infantry. Luckily‚ he escaped death on various
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An Inspector Calls is saturated with the theme of responsibility. Throughout the play by J.B. Priestley‚ various forms of responsibility are used to act as a source of tension. These include the character’s reaction to blame and the shifting of it‚ testing the reactions of each character to its fullest extent. Creating a simulation where the readers‚ Priestley’s so called new generation‚ has a possibility of encountering. The inspector is a representation of an authoritive figure of the law‚ the
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