Mr and Mrs Birling do not care about their involvement in the death of Eva smith. They do not care about responsibility. How far do you agree that responsibility is the major theme in the play? JB priestly in ‘An inspector calls’ provides a play that will not only entertain but a play that will deliver a message of the injustice in society‚ class‚ and social responsibility. I intend to explore how Priestly conveys these impacting themes throughout the play and how he uses the main characters to
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A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE PLAY “AN INSPECTOR CALLS” BY J. B. PRIESTLY The play‚ “An Inspector Calls” by J. B. Priestly deals with the underlying themes of social responsibility and moral conscience. It tells of how a wealthy‚ middle class family’s actions affect the life of a young‚ working class woman‚ Eva Smith‚ eventually resulting in her suicide. The play shows how every person plays a part in the community‚ and how selfish actions can lead to the death of an innocent person. These themes are
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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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An Inspector Calls‚ J.B Priestley: “Who is Inspector Goole and what is his role in the play?” Priestley creates a rather particular ‘character’ that interrogates each member of a more or less banal family in the beginning of the 20th century. It is in the very last lines of the novel that the reader becomes aware of the fact that Inspector Goole defies all rules of rationality and possible normality. Though this theme is maintained throughout the story‚ the author presents a moral when we understand
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beginning of the extract the Inspector says “She wasn’t very pretty ... very pretty.” In my opinion the Inspector says this to try and give the Birlings a ‘guilt trip’. Mr. Birling reacts by almost telling the Inspector off‚ as if he were a child‚ “That’s enough of that”‚ it sounds like something he would say to Sheila or Eric. The reason he says this is most probably because he feels that he is better and more important than the Inspector and that he can tell the Inspector what to do. The reason he reacts
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her case’ because Eva called her ‘Mrs Birling’. Mrs Birling felt that this was a deliberate sign of ‘gross impertinence’ and insolence. Yet‚ despite Eva’s death‚ she still felt no remorse of compassion. Mrs Birling defends her decision before the Inspector‚ stating ‘Yes‚ it was’ her influence‚ as a prominent member of the community‚ that finally refused to give Eva Smith any help‚ insisting that Eva Smith simply did not make the right claims. Mrs Birling intimates that she was a liar and disrespectful
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possibility of a consequence if something goes wrong. “An inspector calls”‚ a play written by J.B. Priestley‚ talks about an Inspector name is Goole who interrupts the engagement party of Gerald and Sheila because a woman named Eva Smith has died. In the end‚ he reveals all the characters have something to do with Eva’s death. However‚ only Sheila and Eric‚ the younger characters‚ feel responsible by the end. In the play‚ “An inspector calls”‚ Priestley promotes the need of responsibility in society
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Parents versus Children or young versus old. In Act 3 it is a battle of words between the Parents and children‚ the parents who believe in tradition‚ materialism and status and the children who are for progress and liberalism. In this Act the Inspector has a huge impact on the children as he influences them to become tolerant‚ compassionate and teaches them to show respect. This is one of the reasons for why the children are against the Parents‚ the parents do not believe in respecting each other
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I feel extremely responsible for the horrid tragedy of what had happened to that young lady. On the other hand at the time it took place I was in a furious temper; you see it didn’t seem so bad at the time because I lost all sense of what was right and let anger and jealousy fill me up to the direst spitefulness. I mean she did look very pretty and she looked like she could take a horrible comment. However now it is too late! I cannot even go back to say‚ “sorry Eva Smith”‚ never mind helping
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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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