The play “An Inspector calls” is written by the author J.B Priestley‚ all three acts are taken place in the dining-room of the Birlings’ house in Brumply‚ an industrial city in the North Midlands. The time it was set was an evening in spring‚ 1912. The play was first produced at the New Theatre in October‚ 1946. The story contains the characters: Arthur Birling‚ Sybil Birling‚ Eric Birling‚ Gerald Croft‚ Edna and INSPECTOR GOOLE. The detective thriller really gets the audience’s attention‚ from the
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“An Inspector Calls” was written by J.B Priestley after the Second World War‚ It is set in the spring of 1912 at the Brumley home of the Birlings‚ a prosperous industrial family in the North Midlands. This play circles around responsibility‚ showing us‚ the audiences that each character in the play has a part of responsibility for Eva Smith’s death‚ everyone of them is responsible‚ except for the Inspector of course. Priestly uses the Inspector as a symbol of Social Responsibility‚ Inspector is the
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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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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 texts show how rich people are quick to take advantage
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An Inspector Calls: Revision notes These notes are to help kick-start your revision of the play for the GCSE exam. Good Luck! Miss Stonehouse Introduction There are a number of references to external events within the play and these could provide the areas which could be developed further. Among these are: The Titanic The emergence of Russia as a world power The outbreak of World War One The importance of the Women’s Rights movement The rise of Socialism
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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
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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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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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Priestley presents Inspector Goole as someone who will contradict the views of Mr. Birling- he does this through his timing of Goole’s entrance in Act I. Goole’s entrance interrupts Mr Birling speech‚ in which he discusses his selfish views on how ”a man has to mind his own business and look after himself”. This not only characterises Mr Birling as selfish but also illustrates to the audience that these views are false as a “sharp ring of a front doorbell” interrupts them. The “sharp” sound of the
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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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