The Meaning Of An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

The Meaning Of An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

J.B.Priestley's "An Inspector Calls" is a good play that attacks the

social problems of its time; it contains all the ingredients of a

well-made play. This is because it is very dramatic, and it has the

attention of the audience. It gets this by the use of climaxes, the

slow plot of a detective with persevering style.

Despite this the author is concerned with the darker side of the

world. The play is Priestley's attempt to try to say this. Priestley

sees the country as not very truthful and neglecting its

responsibilities. The members of the Birling family are only concerned

with them selves over others. They are responsible for the young

woman's' death by treating her different; and show what Priestley is

trying to say, and is fighting against.

" An Inspector Calls" is a well-made play because it contains many

factors that sustain attention of the audience.

One of the factors that makes the play captivating is the use of

climax, the way it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats all

the way through; it is quite slow to gather the plot and then finally

has a powerful climax, for example the way the Inspector extracts

small pieces of information from the family and slowly puts the

picture together and narrows it down to the guilty person as the

climax. He misleads the family until they are all contradicting one

another.

He keeps the audience guessing all the way through the play, and as

clues are solved the culprit becomes clearer, but as soon as one

thinks he or she knows who it is Priestley cleverly switches to

another character. This makes the audience very interested in the

action that is happening.

The strange appearance of the Inspector when the Birlings are having a

celebration party, and Mr Birling is giving a speech on how the modern

man should be. The Inspector steps in almost as he was prepared to

challenge Mr Birling; this seems to bring up facts about the