J. B Priestly was created on 13th September 1894 in Bradford, Western driving of Yorkshire and he passed away on the 14th August 1984 in Warwickshire. He was a dramatist English article writer and was well known for his work. The play "An Inspector Calls" was at first written in 1945; it was written soon after world war two however was actually occur 1912. The play 'An Inspector calls' is set in just one room, using one room intended there was focal point throughout the play and gain access to points could be used to evoke various feelings such as anxiety and attention with in the audience. Exits and entrances are a simple facet of the play, as they continue to uncover a fresh facet of the story throughout. Priestly uses entrances and exits at significant and dramatic occasions within the play, he uses these to set-up a range of different emotions as well demanding that the audience think about the plays message. The play being set in an ordinary household, makes the audience feel like they can relate to what they can easily see. This element of normality within in the play leaves your brain wondering to alternatives and therefore helps to keep the audience guessing throughout. The original mood and light within the play commences quite joyful and pleasant to the attention but as the storyplot begins to unfold, this significantly changes and so the mood and light reflect naturally reveal this.
Priestly demonstrates straight away to the audience the category and prestige of the family, this is proven through the individuals clothing, speech and mannerisms. The level directions show to the audience as to the way the Birlings are proud and content about themselves as a family group. The beginning of the play starts with the Birling family dining together to remember the engagement of these daughter. The arena gives a sense of harmony and provides the impression to the audience that the family are in high spirits but this will dramatically change as the play advances. I believe the Inspector not being present at the start of the play is important. The Inspectors appearance later on creates more of a shock for the audience as it is unforeseen. The play is turned on its head, as they are interrogated by the inspector on his appearance for the suicide of a woman known as Daisy Renton.
The amazing and unexpected arrival of the Inspector significantly changes the feeling of the play especially because the change of disposition was so immediate and this is merely after Mr Birling celebrating and bragging to the other associates of his family about his possible honour and knighthood, as he says:
"I would find my way into the next honours list, simply a knighthood of course"
He expresses and brags about himself as a flourishing and superb person in world. While Mr Birling is speaking, the build-up on the shrilling noise of the entranceway bell shows how Mr Birling is an extremely selfish person, as he declares:
"A man has to make his own way, only take care of himself and his family too"
Priestly manipulates the utilization of their time as he makes Mr Birling look obnoxious and egotistical. As Mr Birling is constantly on the talk for some time about how precisely world warfare two would not happen and the way the titanic was unsinkable, this becomes a distraction and then the inspector's arrival is completely unexpected. Priestly shows how elements of society required things for granted and got a very narrow minded way of considering the entire world. The Inspectors appearance currently is very significant as the launch of the inspector creates a disturbance to the normality of the Birling family and the bubble they live in, just like they thought things could not get much better, things are about to change for the worse. The Birlings thoughts change noticeably from being joyful to convey of confusion. The entrance of the Inspector has completely evolved dynamics of the whole plot.
The Inspector is utilized as their conscience to make sure they are realise the results of their actions and to allow them to repent for his or her errors. The Inspector is called Inspector Goole which appears to be very ghostly then one of the supernatural. Mr Birling's individualistic character makes him imagine the Inspector is here to speak to him, about him recently learning to be a Magistrate. The very thought of the Inspector being present for a study, is not a possibility which is another exemplory case of ramifications of classism and individualism within contemporary society in those days. The Inspector talks about how he's here, concerning the death of a woman at the infirmary previously that day. The Inspector illustrates how she experienced left a diary stating names of people from the Birlings family and for that reason it was his work to question them as part of the investigation. The entrance of the Inspector completely altered the disposition and sense.
As the Inspector starts to question the Birlings, he titles a girl known as Daisy Renton to Gerald who reacts very surprised and becomes stressed. Gerald's marriage with Daisy before makes him very edgy and bewildered and we see this change within in his body gestures. The Inspector noticing that he understood something about her determines to leave the area at this precise moment, departing Gerald with Sheila. Sheila being very perceptive notices how Gerald's spirits has suddenly changed. A style is presented as each member of the Birlings respond differently to their guilt. Gerald's reaction to the name Daisy Renton leaves the audience in suspense and makes him a think to the exploration already. Priestly uses the Inspector to make a change and then straight away will take that affect away, for the storyline to now start unfolding amidst the family. It is important to notice that by natural means the family would only say certain things in front of the Inspector it is therefore very important that Inspector Goole exits and enters the stage at right times in order for the story to progress. Because of this we see Priestly creates a genuine sense of urgency and change in spirits, as Gerald and Sheila start to discuss; Gerald seems worried sick as Sheila Shouts:
"Oh you shouldn't be ridiculous! We haven't much time"
Sheila starts to stress knowing a confession will come from Gerald. The Inspector leaving currently, give him a feeling of power over the situation because Sheila is currently under the impression that the Inspector has learned everything and is also looking forward to the guilty party to come forwards. She desires Gerald to make a revelation so that she can put together herself prior to the Inspectors go back. Gerald says silently:
"We can keep it from him!"
This creates more suspense for the audience as they understand Gerald is covering something from Inspector and Sheila or Sheila actually is aware of as to what happened to the girl. Furthermore Sheila's firmness and body language towards Gerald becomes more aggressive as the strain becomes too much for her, Sheila says:
"Why-you fool he recognizes, of course he has found out"
Sheila feels the Inspector understands everything about the girl; however is here now to make those guilty individuals confess or will there be more to the story. Currently we have signs towards where in fact the history might go but things are still up in air. Inspector Goole did say there was more the other name pointed out in the girls diary. Just how the others are then engaged? Is the question that involves brain for the audience and thus furthering their curiosity at this stage within the story.
As the Inspectors interrogation remains he starts questioning Mrs Birling. As she discloses how unsympathetic she was to Daisy Renton when she arrived to her for help and being in a very prone situation. Mrs Birling turned down her instead of helping the lady, this situation dramatically changes how the audience feel about Mrs Birling as it is not, how a prominent member of society should react but experiencing Mr Birling's slim minded and individualistic mentality, this isn't necessarily a surprise to the audience. On the other hand its does indeed show that everyone may will have something to cover and therefore increases the suspense of the story. The Inspector keeps on questioning Mrs Birling encouraging her to confess in what she do to Daisy Renton, She refuses proclaiming:
"In the circumstances I used to be quite justified"
Mrs Birling is caught up in her own sense of importance as she fails to understand how her actions concluded in a series of events which led to Daisy Renton committing suicide.
"I blame the person who was the daddy of the child she would have"
Mrs Birling does not believe there was any incorrect doing in what she have and instead, she believes it was the father of Daisy Renton's child responsible. This effects the audience in a major way, as Mrs Birling starts to show her true colorings. The audience see her as an unsympathetic and cold hearted personality. The audience being to realize and discover who might be the father of Daisy Renton's child as Mrs Birling says:
"She said that the daddy was only a young child - silly and untamed and having too much"
The audience acknowledging Eric's drinking problem and that he was forced out by his family because of their self esteem. Sheila shouts "Stop-Stop" to Mrs Birling as Sheila realises it maybe Eric who was simply the daddy and doesn't want Mrs Birling making it more visible and evident to the Inspector. Eric not being present in the room is important because it is left to the creativeness of the audience concerning how Eric will respond to the situation. This creates a lot more tension and drama for the audience. Priestly includes a quick slam of leading door as this creates even more stress for the audience, as they now expect a fresh revelation to be discovered. This leaves the Birlings specifically and the audience on the border of their car seats waiting for what exactly is to occur next in the story.
The Inspector 'keeping his hand up' indicates to the audience, how he has obtained all the data he had come to acquire. This makes the Birling's apprehensive in regards to what the Inspector next move is. Eric's ironic access shocks and devastates the family as he enters befuddled and nervous. Priestly then shows Eric's feelings, as he realises his technique is revealing itself to the rest of the family. He's detailed to being pale and distressed, the curtains land rapidly and so offering the audience an possibility to process all the events so far. Normally the audience are now making links of their own head but Priestly has still left things in a total hysteria.
Priestly uses the Inspector as a central device to get his factors and views across on how he seems about the disgusting treatment of the lower classes by so called prominent members of society. In the Inspectors final conversation, he vents his thoughts about how lower classes should be cured. As the Inspector says:
"One Eva Smith has gone - but there are millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths quit with us"
Here he shows how poor and helpless people should be cared and helped for but also shows that this issue occurs over a bigger level and is happening everyday. It is something that can't be chosen to be disregarded.
"If men will not learn that lessons, they will be educated in blood, flame and anguish"
Priestly illustrates to the audience how we should take on responsibilities and appearance out for others. To make more equality within contemporary society or people will reach their tolerance point and react in an extremely negative manner. The words blood, fire and anguish employ a strong and powerful interpretation therefore Priestly clearly proclaiming the seriousness of the condition and the seriousness of his views on the problem.
Priestly uses the Inspector through the play to put his beliefs and things across to the Birlings and therefore to the audience. Priestly achieves this by using metaphors within the play to stand for aspects of world. The Inspectors entrance is vital as it impacts the whole feeling and atmosphere. The Inspector arriving splits the home directly into two as he does this later in the play and creates a moral divide between the older and younger people of the Birlings family. Eva smith has gone to represent the poor and helpless folks of that time and how they were cured in culture.
The Inspector leaves wanting they'll repent for their activities however this only appears to have an effect on Sheila and Eric, younger family as Mr and Mrs Birling are only worried about the possibility of an public scandal. Following the Inspectors leave, the family are still left arguing amidst themselves. Priestly used the Inspector to bring certain information and knowledge to everyone within the play and allowed the Inspector to exit so that, individuals engaged could now contemplate on the revelations made. Because they all exploited in the part they performed in the girl's suicide, which they should take responsibility for. Mr Birling thinks that every man should look after himself; the Inspector was there to struggle these values. The Birlings show their true colours as only Eric and Sheila decide to change their ways and repent. However Mr and Mrs Birling feel no sympathy towards this tragic event and decide to take no responsibility. Mr Birling shouts:
"You're the one I blame for this"
Mr Birling is too swept up with himself as he still does not take responsibility for his actions. Consuming to account this was written after World Warfare two and the sinking of the titanic only reiterates Priestley's point about people need to appreciate that there activities have consequences that could be damaging to individuals in population and the earth.
Priestley's use of exiting and joining the personas at significant occasions within the play creates more stress and suspense for the audience. A fresh theme is created at the access of a personality but it is only effective if its timing is pertinent to the scenario. As the audience note that the younger people in the play, feel very dismayed and regretful for their actions. However Mr and Mrs Birling are just concerned about their reputation and position with in culture. I believe the structure used by Priestly could have not been as successful without the utilization of exits and entrances at appropriate times. As the characters exit and go into it helps to keep the audience on the border of their seats.
The moral of the play is the fact everyone should take responsibility for his or her actions because they have an effect on other's lives. Priestly wishes to demonstrate the way we are a community of course, if we enjoy it or not we should help and look after others. To take into account everything we are doing instead of just being individualistic and slim minded, usually there will substantial consequences and naturally regrets as well.
