ntry of the inspector for several seconds.
The audience is affected by the wait; the time it takes for him to enter allows them to speculate about who the inspector may be, they anticipate the Inspectors arrival and like the characters wait for him to finally enter. The delay further dramatizes the inspector's admission. When the inspector does enter Priestly uses the lighting to visually mark the change in atmosphere. He notes that the room should change from the original "pink and intimate" to the "brighter and harder" light that shows the scene has immediately been disrupted by th
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