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    In ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ dislike for the character of Mrs Birling is created in numerous ways. A number of techniques are used throughout the play in order to portray this negative image to the audience. For instance‚ her naivety is repeatedly mentioned and her class conscious attitude is prominent in the play. From the outset‚ Priestley uses Mrs Birling’s persona to create an unlikeable character‚ a woman who is described as ‘cold’ in the stage directions‚ displaying the attitudes she will show

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    Emmanuel Omojola: An Inspector Calls: In the play “An Inspector Calls‚” Priestley uses Mr Birling’s daughter Shelia to display society’s thoughts of the elite class‚ and how her actions and behavior emulate Priestley’s ideas. In this essay I will evaluate how Priestley delineates a change in responsibility in the character Sheila. Primarily‚ Sheila is characterized as quite irresponsible for a young lady in the elite class‚ however as the play progresses she emerges to become one of the most responsible

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    ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- An inspector calls JB Priestley wrote the play ‘An Inspector calls’ in 1912‚ just when the Second World War was over. He was trying to make people see that a socialist government would work by voicing his socialist views. His is written in a very critical way about the class system‚ highlighting how it is the upper class causing problems. Priestley speaks about women’s place in society too‚

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    Section1: Research who J.B Priestly was; make a list of notes summarising details about him‚ his beliefs and his writing. About John Boynton Priestley: John Boynton Priestley was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 13 September 1894. His father was a headmaster and his mother died when he was just two years old‚ leaving his father to remarry four years later. He grew up into a family and a wider group of friends who enjoyed the arts. As he grew up he was caught up in in-depth

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    An Inspector calls An inspector calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1934 and performed in 1945‚ 33 years after the war. But the play itself is set around 1912 just before the war broke out‚ the play is a neutralistic‚ mystery drama about a middle class family named the Birlings who all have a mischievous secret that involves the death of Eva Smith‚ which teaches people a lesson about social justice. When the play opens the Birling family are cheerfully celebrating the engagement of the beloved

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    The Inspector had a huge effect on the whole Birling family‚ however I think the two characters that he had the biggest impact on were Sheila and Eric. Sheila starts out in the play as a very spoilt girl‚ and also seems rather shallow. Several things give us this impression in the first scene‚ for example her reaction to her engagement ring: “Oh Mummy – isn’t it a beauty?!” She also appears quite naive‚ despite her curiosity as to where her fiancé Gerald spent his summer last year. However‚ as soon

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    In my work on J.B Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ I am looking for evidence on who the inspector is. I believe that Priestley didn’t want us to know for sure the identity of the inspector; he just wanted us to speculate. First of all‚ I believe he could be a spirit‚ moreover‚ a ghoul. The definition of a ghoul in the dictionary is ‘a spirit interested in morbid things’. The fact his name is Inspector Goole‚ a homophone of ghoul‚ provides more evidence that he could be a ghoul. The fact he keeps

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    How does Priestley show the importance of the Inspector to the play as a whole in ’An Inspector Calls’? The Inspector in ’An Inspector Calls’ serves a variety of important functions within the play. He makes the Birlings recognise their faults and the consequences of their actions; highlights the importance of people taking responsibility for one another; and also serves as an all-seeing‚ God-like figure‚ giving the impression that those who do not take responsibility for their crimes will be punished

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    to hear the rest of the conversation between the family‚ Gerald and the inspector.With close reference to the extract‚ show how Priestly creates mood and atmosphere for an audience. In this scene the inspector is interrogating Mrs Birling. Priestly creates mood and atmosphere when the inspector mentions why Eva came to Mrs Birling’s charity organisation for help. “It was because she was going to have

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