An Inspector Calls :: English Literature

An Inspector C whollysEssayThere are many aspects that Priestley uses to reconcile An InspectorCalls made on stage i.e. the use of dramatic irony, time zones,twists, cliff hangers and the 7 deadly sins. He also represents theinspector as omniscient and enigmatic and his cognomen is a homophonewhich is used symbolically. E.g. Goole to Ghoul. This makes him seemlike ghostly spirit. J.B Priestley wrote this play as a message/moralto show the world that everyone is equal through legal injury of money andpower. He saw more clearly the effects of both wars that somehigher/upper class had no problems with rebuilding businesses, housingand plane their lives as they had the money to do so.An element used to make An Inspector Calls successful on stage wouldbe the whodunnit genre. This differs from a detective genre as in adetective story there s a suspect that committed the crime but in AnInspector Calls all of the characters in the same way helped to makeEva Smith/Daisy Renton commit sui cide. Each outgrowth of the family hadsomething to do with her whether it was physical contact or not hereis how each member was involved with her suicidal attack. Gerald andEric both had sexual intercourse with Eva and Eric had left herpregnant, Sheila and birling had no physical contact but both got hersacked from her job as a factory worker and working in a shop whereShelia shopped regularly, and last of all Mrs circumvolve pushed Eva tothe limits when she would offer no help to Eva and her unborn fetuswhen she asked for help at the charity. Mrs Birling was the person whopushed Eva to the limit of committing suicide.The use of dramatic irony in An Inspector Calls is used by mostcharacters especially Mrs Birling who says to the inspector I acceptno blame for it at all. Take some steps to find this young man andthen make sure that hes compelled to confess in public hisresponsibility. The irony comes into this as she does not recognise thatthe father of the baby is EricsPriestl ey presents all of the characters symbolising as the sevendeadly sins. He presents the inspector as a mysterious, omniscient andenigmatic character his name Goole, is a homophone for Ghoulwhich we know is linked to the meaning Ghost this makes you feel asif he is a kind of ghostly spirit knowing some things before theyhappen.Priestley made Birling have mistaken predictions such as when Birlingquoted, the Titanic-she sails next week-absolutely unsinkable,which makes the audience laugh with sarcasm as we all know that the