Priestleys portrayal of Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls Essay

Consider the styluss in which Priestleys portrayal of Inspector Goole andthe way in which he carries out his investigation of the Birlingfamily and Gerald Croft create dramatic interest?An tester calls was written in 1945 by J.B Priestley. The play isset in 1912 and centres on Arthur Birling, a prosperous manufacturerand his family, who are celebrating the engagement of their daughter,when they are suddenly and dramatically interrupted by the arrival ofthe police inspector. The inspector, investigating the felo-de-se of ayoung work-class woman, uncovers each of the familys shamefulsecrets that link them with the young girl and her death.Priestley was a strong believer in socialism, opposing capitalismwhich exploits and degrades the working classes to benefit the rich.Priestley believed that whether we acknowledged it or not, we are allpart of one big community and have the responsibility to look aftereveryone else, no motion who they are or what their status is. In Aninspector c alls Priestley tries to highlight these beliefs andeducate the reference on how they should treat one another. Thismessage was particularly effective to the audiences of 1946 as, become flatfrom the Second World War they were looking for change. TheInspectors quote of Fire, blood and anguish refers to the 1st and 2ndWorld Wars, would have had great emotional impact on the audience andcaused them to think more deeply into the play and Priestleysmessage. During the Second World War social classes were strained tomix, children were evacuated to where was safest and not according toclass, all young men were forced to mix in the Trenches and on theFront Line, the women left at home were forced to all work in thefactories together, al... ...ugh they are his socialsuperiors. He is or need not be a small man but however creates animpression of massiveness and of purposefulness this comes across inthe whole melodic phrase he creates. He uses many tactics such as thephotograph and graphi cally detailed descriptions to shock both theaudiences and the characters. By shocking the audience he can best getacross his moral warning and by shocking the other characters he canbest get them to open up to him and admit their wrongs. The Inspectorsoverall approach to the investigation is totally irregular, whichcreates dramatic interest and in some points emotional conflicts whichcreate tension and keep the audiences attention. But horizontal after he hasleft, he is still creating interest and tension as the characters tryto decide whether or not he was a real inspector and in fact whetheror not he was actually real.