Stendhal's Novel, An Inspector Calls

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. Throughout my essay I will be examining how Priestley's presentation of the Inspector generates tension throughout the play. Before the Inspector is introduced into the play, the atmosphere in the Birling's house is quite relaxed. They This part of the play also shows that the family is not as happy as

J.B. Priestley's "An Inspector Calls" "An Inspector Calls" is a politics based detective play script written by John Bonyton Priestley, or better know as J.B Priestley. The play takes place in the wealthy Birtling's family dining room, a room of which has "good solid furniture of the period", "the general effect is substantial and heavily comfortable but not cosy and homelike." The family are celebrating their daughters engagement to Mr Gerald Croft, an upper class man, as are the Birling's in the play. A visit from the Inspector Goole becomes a terrifying experience for the Birlings, as they find out that they have all played a part in a young

The Stranger by Albert Camus follows the story of a man named Meursault, who received notice that his mother had passed away. Meursault was not emotionally connected to his mother, and his reaction is not what the reader would expect, as he did not seem to care at all. Therefore,

In my opinion, the play, “An Inspector Calls”, is full of secrets and lies. Each character in the play believes that they do not have a relation with Eva smith’s death, however the deeper into the play that you read, you begin to see how the truth slowly unravels and that the death of the girl is part of a chain connection. Each character had an input in the reason for the girl’s suicide and they slowly become aware of it as they are each being interrogated by the inspector. This proves what society and status has turned society into.

The Role of Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls Examine the role of Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls & study the impact his role has on the rest of the characters in the play. Inspector Goole is the most important character in the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ because he is the catalyst for the events that take place in the play. Priestley’s intensions were to reveal to his audience the social state of England in 1945. He felt that little had changed since the turn of the century. Preistley was a socialist and he very strongly believed that everyone should be equal. In this play Preistley shows to the audience that at this time it was Socialist vs Capitalist, and that everyone was separated in to social classes. These Even though these 2 families are very powerful people themselves. The Inspector treats them equal as anyone else where as most people do, he doesn't treat them with a great deal of respect. He says to Mr Birling '"Puplic men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privilages."' I believe that he is talking to Mr Birling as if he was a child when saying that to him. In the play Inspector Goole is a catalyst, the word catalyst means to speed somthing up. He gets the Birlings and Gerald to confess to being involved with Eva Smith/Daisy Renton in some way. Inspector Goole is very good at creating tension and drama. For example when someone asks he a question he will now answer it, he will just ask a question back.

This lay introduces two types of love: selfish and selfless. Selfish love is not courtly love. It lacks devotion and true loyalty. It lacks suffering and self-denial. Marie de France portrays this kind of love in the old husband of the woman whom Guigemar loves. The man locks his wife away in an enclosure guarded by a castrated man. By doing this, the husband shows a mean, limited

The Role of Arthur Birling in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley I am going to investigate the role of Arthur Birling in the play “An Inspector calls. Arthur Birling is the head of the family, he is rich and bad-tempered. He doesn’t care about anyone unless they are making him look good or richer. He is a very traditional man, and within his family, he likes to believe that what he says goes. Mr Birling is a pompous man in his mid fifties. At the beginning of the play, Birling is in charge of everything. He is a public figure and is obsessed with how things appear to people and maintaining the high status he has within the community. The Birlings are a middle class family. Sybil Birling is Birling strongly believes that “a man has to make his own way – has to

J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls I think that an "Inspector Calls" is about the discriminations between different classes and sexes, it conveys a lot of messages about these topics and uses An Inspector - a mysterious, curt individual who makes an unexpected

J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls In the play 'An inspector calls' by JB priestly, there are a range of dramatic devices used, you can see foreshadowing; where the characters hint at things that you see or learn later. There are the entrances and exit; the dramatic ways that these are used. Also the climatic curtain is used, leaving the readers on a cliff hanger. And finally dramatic irony and denouement are used. All these dramatic devices add up to a brilliant play, about a family who are having a quite night in, when they are disturbed at the dinner table, by a police inspector directing an inquiry on a girl's suicide, and as the story unravels we learn about each characters part to play. Finally we learn that Sheila has a bad temper when Eric says, "She's got a nasty temper sometimes…" (Page5) This is a crucial point, as her temper plays an important part later in the play. Throughout the play the author, JB Priestly uses entrances and exits to dramatically make characters enter or leave scenes. The first entrance (page10) is the inspectors. My first impression of the inspector when he first arrives in the book, is that of a very serious and clever man, a man that takes his work very seriously, we see an example of this when Mr. Birling says, "Have a glass of port - or a

J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls 'An Inspector Calls' by J.B. Priestley is set in an industrial city, Brymley in 1912, just before the First World War. The Inspector's dealings with the Birling family cause some of the characters in the play to

A part of the book that really surprised me was what Helmuth said in the courtroom. After he and his friends were charged with conspiracy to commit high treason, Justice Fikes asked the boys if they had anything to say. None of Helmuths friends had anything to say, but when it was his turn he let all of his feelings out. Helmuth stated, “All I did was tell the truth, and you have sentenced me to die, just for telling the truth. My time is now but your time will come!” This was the most surprising part of the book to me for many reasons. First, Helmuth was already in major trouble and was very close to be sentenced to die. Also, anything negative said about the nazis was a major crime back then. Then after when Helmuth is asked by Rudi -

Priestley presents Inspector Goole as an outsider, whose presence creates an air of uncertainty in the Birling household. This is evident in Sheila’s quote, “I have an idea – and I had it all along vaguely – that there was something curious about him.” Sheila becomes suspicious of the Inspector, since she feels that he appears to know an extraordinary amount of details about themselves and Eva Smith. Priestley designs the Inspector, as a supernatural being, sent to teach the Birling’s a lesson and to make them understand their individual actions all lead to Eva Smith’s death. Priestley uses a homophone for the Inspector’s name, to subliminally tell the audience that Inspector Goole is in fact a ghoul. It’s not until the end of the play when

The Dramatic Importance of the Inspector in J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls In this play, Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley expresses his personal viewpoint on society in general throughout the play by using the character Inspector Goole. His viewpoint is evident in the main themes through out the play which are social responsibility, power and lies. These themes help to articulate his belief that all people share a common humanity and so all are part of a community whereby everyone should help each other, regardless class. Social responsibility is possibly the most prominent theme through the play and is explored a number of times. Priestley shows how lack of social responsibility can cause a The main point is that Sheila neglected her power in terms of status and used it to cause harm to a person she felt jealous

An Inspector Calls - Synopsis It's a comfortable night in springtime and the Birling Family and Mr.Croft are celebrating the engagement on their daughter Sheila to Mr.Croft. Its all going so well the whole family are wallowing in their self pride. There is a knock an the door, an inspector calls. As the inspector starts to break down the party, we start to understand more to the story. The inspector tells the group that there has recently been a suicide; by a girl name Eva Smith. He explains to the group how together it was of their doings that forced this girl to commit suicide. Mr Birling, a prosperous manufacturer employed Eva Smith at his factory. While working at his factory Eva Smith started a strike asking for higher Daisy is impressed with Gerald, the way he has made something worthwhile in her life, added some quality into her life. I believe he is least to blame out of the 5, he bought a little enjoyment into her

In de Maupassant's Necklace, Mathilde and her husband are dissimilar in character. Mathilde Loisel, a wife of a clerk, is very discontent and unloving to her husband Monsieur Loisel. She refers to her husband as “... a little clerk…”(1). This demeans her spouse and her lifestyle that he provides that is not quite desirable seem much more tragic and troublesome. Mathilde also thinks that her husband is not enough for her and longs for a richer husband. Not only that, she also desires to be lusted after by many men and for women to be jealous of her. She declares “ … with men - famous and sought after, whom all women envy and whose attention they all desire.” (1). On the other hand, her husband, Monsieur Loisel, is very loving and adores his wife.