Priestly's Presentation of the Inspector as an Unusual Police Man in Act 1
Priestly presents the Inspector as an unusual police man in many ways
in Act 1. The name that Priestly had chosen for the Inspector is also
very strange. The name Goole sounds very much like 'ghoul' and also
Inspector sounds like the word 'spectrum'. Therefore suggesting that
the inspector is rather ghost like and not real. Also 'An Inspector
Calls' creates a mysterious air about the play.
In the beginning of Act 1 the stage directions already give an ideal
about the Inspector and the Birlings. 'The general effect is
substantial and heavily comfortable, but not comfortable' This giving
an impression that the Birlings are very concerned about their
personal appearance and what other people think of them and their
social status. At first whilst the Birlings have their dinner party
'The lighting should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives
and then it should be hard and intimate.' This suggests the dramatic
change and gives the Inspector a more eerie feel.
During the dinner party before the Inspector arrives Priestly gives
many hints about the characters, later to be discovered. For example
'Finchley told me it's exactly the same port your father gets from
him.' Birling here is trying to show off and also trying to be in the
social class as Lord Croft, Gerald's father. Shelia also says things
that the Inspector also manages to bring up. 'Yes- except for all last
summer, when you never came near me, and I wondered what happened to
you.' At the end of Act 1 the Inspector interrogates Gerald about
Daisy Renton and when Eric said 'She's got a nasty temper sometimes.'
Another hint to what happened when the Inspector interrogated Shelia
about what happened between her and Eva Smith. It is strange how the
inspector and Eva Smith should commit suicide when the Birlings and
Gerald are all together and mentioning each other faults.
guarding his guy that the quarterback doesn't even think to try and throw to his side (Attner).
she needed more money. So she said to him give me 25/6 because of that
mates (I don't know what you want to call them) are counting on him so he
Priestley mainly uses the characters in the play to present his views, especially Mr and Mrs Birling, to present his ideas about class and society. In the Birling family, Mrs Birling is the most upper class, and is always referring to the lower class female factory workers such as Eva Smith as ‘girls of that class’. She seems to think that working class people are not humans at all.
and Arthur Birling, a man who has worked his way up from being one of
had a lot to say - far too much - so she had to go'. I don't see that
J.B. Priestley's Play "An Inspector Calls" "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices. And I don't see why she should have been sacked". Eric to Mr Birling says this.
Examine Priestley's use of dramatic techniques to create tension in the play. Priestly was a socialist writer, and 'An Inspector Calls' is one of the plays in which he tried to display his socialist ideals in. The play was written in the 1940's, a little after the end of the Second World War, and it was first performed in 1946, in Russia, then later in England. Priestly had served in World War 1, and the terrible scenes he saw lead to him having socialist views. He was inspired by other writers whose views he shared, especially George Orwell and H.G.
must think that it is right to push him around. At the time when this
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's tragic plays. It is about two star crossed lovers who commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with his/her own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters do not have a great amount of lines, but have the plot revolving around them. Such a character is Friar Laurence. At first glance, one may overlook this character and dismiss him as only a minor player in the story of Romeo and Juliet. Upon closer examination, it becomes obvious that the Friar plays a crucial role in the development of the play. Throughout the play he attempts to guide young Romeo and Juliet through their struggles, and unwittingly causes their deaths.
Sheila is the daughter of a rich factory owner therefore she has power in society because of her father. Even though she fires Eva because of jealously, she is still shown as a positive character. Lady Macbeth is wife of Macbeth (Thane of Cawdor), because in the Jacobean era women did not have power because men were in control in society. However, Lady Macbeth is in control of the relationship and she is shown to the audience as a negative character. This coursework will be about why Priestly shows Shelia as a positive character but Shakespeare shows Lady Macbeth as a negative character.
is telling her to do all the time. This is shown by the way he has
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An Inspector Calls by John Priestley "An Inspector calls" was set in 1917, a time of contentment prior to World War 1. This smugness is reflected in the Birling family but is soon disturbed by the inspector. We realise this character is far more than an ordinary policeman from the very beginning. The audience recognises this because of his abrupt arrival, his name (Goole) and the way his behaviour changes the mood of the party. At the beginning of the play in the stage directions it says "the lighting should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder.
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