An Inspector Calls
"An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley "An Inspector Calls" by J. B. Priestley demonstrates many important issues throughout the play such as the importance of families. The main themes explored in the play are: status, love, power, guilt and responsibility, honesty and lies. Each character displays each of these themes to varying degrees. "An Inspector Calls" attacks the social standards of the time, a time when people seem to be just concerned for themselves with no concern for the community. Priestley was a socialist in his time and believed that people should share their wealth or at least help those in need. He used the play to voice some of his beliefs. The play is about a young girl committing suicide. An inspector "Goole" comes round to ask questions, it turns out that everyone in the Birling family has something or other to do with the girl's death including Gerald who will soon marry into the family. The Birling family consists of the mother and father, Sybil and Arthur and their two children Sheila and Eric. It is difficult to say who holds most blame, but Mrs Birling refused to help Eva as some knew her or Daisy as others knew her in her final time of desperation. J.B. Priestley writes the play by g
"The audience knows very little about Eva other than through her relationships and associations with the other characters. " When he realizes the inspector was not genuine, he still admits his responsibility. She also refused to marry Eric, which would have been the decent thing to do in that time. " When he discovers she is homeless he feels terrible and offers her accommodation at a borrowed flat. He gives Eva/Daisy all she needs, a home, food, money and most of all a companion. will always be behind" and "all these silly little war scares. The reader can see Gerald as a 'user', giving her everything, making her depend on him and dropping her as it suited him, however he did give her happiness for a while. Mrs Birling has no regrets about the girl's death and remains cold and stone-faced throughout the play even when every other member of the family has been accused and has accepted the blame, "Unlike the other three, I did nothing I'm ashamed of or that won't bear investigation. Sheila feels very responsible and guilty and wants to take all the blame. At the end of the play, he leaves the characters with questions and uneasy feelings. He used the excuse that he was drunk. "I caught sight of this girl smiling at Miss Francis- as if to say: 'Doesn't she look awful'-" Sheila and her father are similar because they both got her sacked from jobs and helped cause Eva's death. Gerald is the one who discovers that the Inspector is not a genuine inspector.
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