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Dramatic Devices in Act 1 of An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley J.B. Priestley wrote a play in 1940 called “An Inspector Calls” In Act one Mr Priestley uses dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience. He also interests and involves the audience in his play. I will be analysing act one of the play to try and understand the dramatic devices that Priestley uses. Although Priestley wrote the play in 1940 the play was set in 1912. In

Learning How to Walk I started working for the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service as a food inspector in August of 1996. As a food inspector, I worked on a line inspecting chicken carcasses at a rate of 91 birds per minute with three inspectors on the line. That meant I had thirty birds to inspect in one minute. During the day my supervisor, Dr. Nawaz, would occasionally come out and check out the line and our work. To be able to be on the line inspecting

The Role and Function of the Inspector in J B Priestley's An Inspector Calls In 'An Inspector Calls', the main character is 'Inspector Goole'. Everything revolves around him and he is in control of the audience, characters and story. The story was set in 1912 and much of the context of the time relates to the Inspector's questioning of the Birling's. Inspector Goole is continuously trying to make all the Birling family members think about their conscious and guilt

An Inspector Calls is a morality play, which is a kind of allegorical drama having personified abstract qualities as the main characters (the Inspector) and presenting a lesson about good conduct and character. The play is also a whodunit, which is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of crime. Before the play begins, Eric is described as ‘half-shy

Priestley's An Inspector Calls I am currently studying a play called An Inspector Calls by J.B Priestly. Basically, this play is about a suicide in which a whole family, the Birlings are implicated. The play is set in the home of a middle class family, on a spring evening of 1912. This play contains an important message for today’s society. The Birling family is celebrating their daughter, Sheila’s engagement to a man called Gerald Croft, when Inspector Goole calls. A young

The play "The Inspector Calls" was set in 1912, whereas the book written by J.B. Priestley was published in 1945. The life back then was different as all the people were placed into categories from the lower to upper class and they all were treated accordingly to their position. This play was very important as Priestley was a socialist and wanted everyone to be treated equally and spread socialism in the world so no one faces unfairness as this was Priestley's political view. Priestley was trying

Creating Tension in An Inspector Calls An inspector calls is a play written by the author J.B. Priestley. The play is set in the industrial city of Brumley in the North Midlands, in the year of 1912. Act one begins in the family home of the Birling's, at the celebration of the engagement of Mr Birling's daughter. The Birling family at first impression are seen to the audience as a wonderful, prosperous family who live in luxury life style in a big lavish home with a high social status

(Act 1, p.16) His self-centred and Pompous attitude (Not to mention his finances) gives him a social attitude worthy of praise and he is not hesitant to boast and remind others about it, (especially when it comes to putting the Inspector in his place). “…I ought to warn you that he’s an old friend (Chief Constable Colonel Roberts) and I see him fairy frequently. We play gold together sometimes up at the West Brumley” – (Act 1, p.16). Arthur Birling’s out look

Priestley presents the inspector as a figure of authority as he maintains his composure whilst he questions each character, in turn, ensuring they understand their moral obligation to Eva. The Inspector enters the play creating “an impression of massiveness, solidity, and purposefulness.” presenting him as an imposing figure that will be able to control the Birlings and achieve his objectives. The use of the semantic field of size emphasizes his massiveness and authority, from this the audience

‘Explore how Sheila’s character develops throughout the play’ The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written in 1945, by J.B. Priestley, yet set in 1912. At this time, society was mainly capitalist with industry and agriculture owned privately. Wealth is not evenly shared and there is a distinct divide between upper and lower class people. The play is set around a wealthy, upper-middle class family, headed by Arthur Birling a factory owner. In the beginning of the play, we see the family celebrating