Goole

the play seems a rebellious young man. However towards the end of the play, his true identity reveals that in fact, he is a caring, sensitive person who at the end promises to change the way he spends his money and the way he behaves. Inspector Goole is one of the play’s most important and dominant characters. When he is described as a man that ”creates at once an impression of

In the play 'An Inspector Calls', many contrasts and paradox's are present and at the centre of them all is the character known as Inspector Goole. However, the inspector is not any ordinary inspector. I believe that the inspector is used as a device by Priestley to explore the wider themes of the play and to depict other characters true personalities. This essay will explore some of the techniques Priestley presents the inspector in An Inspector Calls. One of the ways Priestley presents the inspector

and the audience that we all share responsibility for other people’s welfare, and that wealthy people have obligations to look after those less fortunate than themselves. Priestley uses Inspector Goole to put across his views on society by portraying himself as a character. Through Inspector Goole Priestley is able to emphasize that with privileges come responsibilities to help others. In the 1930’s Priestley’s main

Priestley's presentation of Inspector Goole is deceptively complex due to the mystery and intrigue that surrounds the character. Form, language and structure are all effectively used to create an interesting character. In this essay, I will explore numerous aspects of Inspector Goole’s character, from his relationship to Arthur Birling to his religious significance and omniscience. Inspector Calls was written in 1945 but is set in 1912, 2 years before the First World War. The play was also first

John Boynton Priestley. The play was premiered 1945 but the play takes place on a single night in April 1912. The play was focusing on the Birling family who were in the upper middle-class. The family is visited by a man calling himself Inspector Goole who is questioning different members of the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman, Eva Smith (also known as Daisy Renton). The family were inspected and revealed to have been responsible for the young woman's death through desertion

generation at the time. He is showing empathy for the workers, and not simply believing they are unimportant because of their lower class. The static, unchanging opinions of the older generation are shown distinctly through Mr. Birling. Despite Inspector Goole informing Mr. Birling, Eric and Gerald that a “chain of events” would have led to Eva’s suicide, Mr. Birling still refuses to accept any responsibility for her death – “If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything

‘An Inspector’s Calls’ is a play that was written by J.B. Priestley in 1945 but set in Edwardian England 1912. The play is set in a fictional industrial city in the North Midlands called Brumley. The fictional industrial city of Brumley would have been typical of many towns, as in the town there would be factory owners, who would provide much needed jobs, this meant that the factory owners were able to run their businesses any way they wanted to. These factory owners were more important in 1912

An Inspector Calls Critical Evaluation - The main goal of this essay is to write about the role of Inspector Goole in the play. Other details will also going into consideration. An Inspector Calls Critical Evaluation The main goal of this essay is to write about the role of Inspector Goole in the play. Other details will also going into consideration. An Inspector Calls is a play wrote by J.B Priestly. The first scene shows a dining room of a large Edwardian house. The furniture and

‘the son he’d always wanted’. Although Mr. Birling is known as ‘a hard-headed man of business’, he cares about his son, Eric Birling. This can be shown when Eric asks for a drink in the presence of Inspector Goole, his father, Arthur told him not to drink, while Goole did the contrary. Goole did so because he wanted Eric to tell the truth about his relationship with Eva/Daisy. On the other hand, Mr. Birling didn’t give Eric a drink because he is aware of Eric’s problem. To others, Arthur is seen

son and Gerald, when the doorbell rang. An Inspector had come, and had urgent news to tell them. Gerald jokes that maybe Eric had gotten into trouble, only to receive a suspicious response from a nervous Eric. A man introducing himself as Inspector Goole had come to get information about a woman called Eva Smith, who committed suicide in an infirmary by drinking disinfectant two hours