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    “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestley is a wonderful play that is full of plot twists and surprises. This play is about a mysterious death of a young lady called Eva Smith. Eva Smith, also known as Daisy Renton, dies a horrible death and Mr. Birling and family are on top of the inspector's list of suspects. This inspector, who is never named, comes to the residency of the Birling’s and questions them on the death of Miss. Smith. The inspector singles each of the Birling’s (Mr. Birling, Mrs. Birling

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    An Inspector calls - The Role Of the Inspector. The character of Inspector Goole is the catalyst for the evening's events and is quite a mystery and fascination to many people. He is described and comes across as able to create 'an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness…' He speaks carefully, weightily and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addresses. I will be carefully looking at how he manages to be so powerful and authoritative, mainly concentrating

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    However, before Eric met The Inspector, he was quite irresponsible since he made Eva pregnant and drinks a great deal but after he knew he had a child, he did everything in his power to help Eva and his future child even if it included theft. A quote that shows this is ’Well, she hadn't

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    Explore the ways Priestley presents the Inspector in An Inspector Calls ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a play written by dramatist J.B Priestley in 1945. Priestley was a left-wing socialist and this was one of the factors which influenced him to write this play to portray his opinion on socialism. Even though the play was written in 1945, it was actually set in 1912, right before the start of the First World War. Set in the spring of 1912 at the Brumley home of the Birlings, a prosperous industrial family

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    Did you notice that?” Explore Priestley's dramatic presentation of the Inspector in the play “An Inspector Calls”. In the play, “An Inspector calls”, J.B Priestley uses the Inspector as a dramatic device, to create tension and emotion. Priestley presents the Inspector as a bold and forceful man, who is there to fulfill his duty of being ‘an Inspector’; Priestley uses him to ‘inspect’ the Birlings and Gerald Croft. The Inspector is also to present an underlying meaning of blame and responsibility

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    Not another sound is heard from the other end of the phone aside a small gasp and a few gentle, shaking breaths, before the blaring beep signals that the caller has just hung up. Now, enter Detective Chief Inspector Banks. His appearance denotes a man of wealth; a portly fellow with quite the beer gut. He could perhaps be described as abrasive or as lacking in regard for others, with qualities of a dictator, or as dominant, being ever one to take charge. He seemed to gain little happiness from his

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    An Inspector Calls - How does Priestley's presentation of the Inspector create dramatic tension in the play? 'An Inspector Calls' Question Title: How does Priestley's presentation of the Inspector create dramatic tension in the play? During the play 'An Inspector Calls' the Inspector is used as a dramatic device. He raises and decreases the tension due to his attitude, actions, speeches and his symbolic role to the family, and audience at the time when the play was first performed

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    is the role of the Inspector in “An Inspector Calls”? Set at the close of the Edwardian Era, J.B. Priestley’s “An Inspector Calls” is a detective story like no other. Premiered in 1945, the play explores the class divide and social hierarchy of early 20th Century Britain, warns of the evils of Capitalism and expresses Priestley’s own Socialist message. As a rich, middle-class family celebrate an engagement, their idyllic world is shattered by the arrival of a police Inspector, investigating the

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    An Inspector Calls is a play written by John Priestly in 1945, about a wealthy family, the Birling’s, who is questioned by a mysterious inspector about the suicide of a young woman, Eva Smith. In the play, Mrs Birling is most to blame for Eva’s suicide, in fact, in the play Eric, her son, blames her for Eva’s death, saying ““Then- you killed her. She came to you to protect me- and you turned her away-yes, and you killed her-and the child she’d have had too- my child- your own grandchild- you killed

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    and role of Inspector Goole in ‘An Inspector Calls’. ‘An inspector calls’ was set in 1912 but it was written by J.B Priestly in 1945 which means it was performed in 1946. The author’s purpose in this play was to convey to the audience that the world should be is equal to everyone and everyone should be treated equally not divided in classed. The writer used the Inspector Goole to give Mr. Birling’s family a lesson as well as the writer’s thoughts about the situation. Hence, the Inspector Goole is

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