The Inspector in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly Essay -- An Inspe

The tester in An Inspector CallsExamine the function and symbolism of the Inspector in the play AnInspector Calls, and explain how priestly makes him dramaticallyeffectiveThroughout the play An Inspector Calls, by J.B Priestley, theaudience sees the affair of a mysterious investigator who interrogates apowerful and upper-middle class family The birles. Priestley usesthe role of the Inspector to expose the characters in the play, and toput his own views across about the Birlings and their conservativebeliefs. The play was written in 1946 and engraft in the spring of 1912.This means that the audience would have known the future make upts (thetwo world wars). Therefore they are in a position to judge thecharacters beliefs.At the start of the play, Priestley describes the Dining room, inwhich all of the acts in the play take place. He writes, the diningroom of a fairly large suburban house, belong to a prosperousmanufacturer. It has good solid furniture of the period. The generalef fect is substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy andhomelike. This tells the audience that the Birlings are wealthy asthey live in a presumably large and expensive house. It also showsthat the setting of the play is very globe by saying that the effectof the room is not cosy and homelike. The description of the furnitureacts as a metaphor for the family, being solid and not lovable andaffectionate. Priestley writes that before the Inspector enters thelighting, should be pink and intimate, and that once the Inspectordoes enter the light should be brighter and harder. Priestly haswritten this to try and show that no one bottom of the inning hide secrets under thespotlight, and to try and portray ... ...e reality. Theystand there guiltily as the play draws to a close.Throughout the play An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley uses the roleof the inspector to try and show how the rich can abuse their positionand how community should be obligingnessed so that all people can betrea ted equally. The inspector plays the role of a Freudian analyst,in the sense that he gets people to reveal their inner motivationsthat are hidden even to themselves. The inspector shows how everyoneshould live, and we should all respect and value one another. It isnot important that he was not a real inspector he was an example setfor everyone to follow. Through the inspector we have been shownPriestleys beliefs on honesty, equality and being just. The inspectorhas shown that everyone lives in one big community, so we should treatone another with the respect they deserve.