Priestley uses is cliffhangers. For example at the end of the play when Mr. Birling answers the phone and is told that the Inspector is in fact “a hoax”. Ending the play on a cliffhanger leaves the audience wanting to find out what happens next and keeps them thinking about the play and it’s moral meaning after they have seen/read it. Another example of the use of a cliffhanger is at the end of Act 1 when Gerald admits to Sheila that he had had an affair with Eva Smith. The Inspector then enters and
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classes very strongly throughout the play. He uses the Birling family as a representative of the upper class and Eva Smith as a representative of the lower class. Priestley shows how in 1912‚ upper class citizens‚ such as the Birlings had no respect for Lower class citizens. Priestley uses the Birlings as the main character because the audience could relate the Birlings as they are part of the upper class group. Priestley also used the Birlings to show the audience how the working class were exploited
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in “An Inspector Calls?” In the play “An Inspector Calls” Priestley’s message is “We are all responsible for each other” Priestley explores ideas about responsibility through the character of Inspector Goole as a mouth piece to emphasise how the Birlings and Gerald failed in their role of responsibility and are guilty and wrong‚ “Each of you helped to kill her.” This uncompromising statement is of the Birling’s who are no longer presented as respectable citizens to the audience‚ but as murderers
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think that the person‚ who is talking‚ is trying to get the other person to ‘talk’. This gives off a negative vibe from the character. At the start of an inspector calls‚ The Birling’s and Gerald are celebrating an engagement between Gerald and Sheila‚ which is when the inspector has entered the scene. Already it creates a mood and atmosphere by knowing that something bad is going to happen but not knowing what has happened and to whom‚ adds the tension. In the extract‚ the inspector had said
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spirit" To Birling‚ and his upper class peers; this is an exact analysis of the Inspector. The thought of the Inspector being something extraordinary seems to be briefly confronted by Sheila but it is dismissed just as quickly. Another theory might be that the Inspector represents truth and is not a real person at all but just a representative of justice. I think that this is a very plausible idea and probably Priestley’s own thought. He could be a spirit representing the future‚ the Birlings chance
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Priestly is making a point about old conservative people being stuck in their ways - Sheila and Eric are horrified when they discover the consequences of their actions‚ where as their parents continue to try and defend themselves and are more concerned about their own reputations than the fate of the dead girl. Mrs Birling appears to only show concern when she finds out Eric stole money from her. Shelia Birling is one of the most complex characters of the play. She has been brought up in a wealthy
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In act 1 The Birling family and Gerald are celebrating Gerald and Sheila’s engagement in the dining room. Sheila and Eric are arguing in a not really serious way‚ while Gerald and Mr. Birling are talking about business‚ politics mostly about the Titanic. Mr. Birling is on his way to the next social class by getting an knighthood. Lady Croft has a very strong view of social classes; it looks
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his parting speech challenging the Birlings‚ and the audience‚ to “Remember” that there are “millions and millions” of people like Eva Smith‚ all “linked” in some way. Clearly at this stage his examination of the Birlings behaviour and the investigation of the suicide of Eva Smith proves he is the voice of morality. Goole states “we don’t live alone” and are “responsible for each other”. This message is in direct contrast to the one delivered by Arthur Birling at the start of the play where he claims
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“Socialism is a philosophy of failure‚ the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy‚ its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery”- Winston Churchill Winston Churchill thinks that socialism is a philosophy of failure however John Steinbeck author Of Mice and Men & JB Priestly author of An Inspector Calls would say that capitalism creates the failure in society not socialism. Both authors create a microcosm to show us how society was like at the time. This is called social realism. The two
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and Juliet’ was written in the 16th century by William Shakespeare and ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written nearly 400 years later in the early 20th century by J.B. Priestley. In both of these plays the relationships of fathers‚ Lord Capulet and Arthur Birling and their daughters‚ Juliet and Shelia‚ are portrayed as being a typical father daughter relationship with seemingly very caring but slightly controlling fathers. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ Lord Capulet seems to be very caring and considerate towards
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