Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls – J B Priestly Show how the production of “An Inspector Calls” enhanced the script and furthered your understanding of the play. ... By reading “An Inspector Calls” all I really knew was the story- line and the characters personalities. ... When the Inspector comes the lights get brighter, as a sign that he has come to wake up the family and disturb them from their happy life. ... When the Inspector first came on, he was a dark figure clad in hat and coat holding an umbrella. ... The use of the Inspector in the play was to convey Priestley’s own ideas and opinions. ... ” This is what Mr Birling says after being accused of driving Eva Smith to commit suicide by the inspector. ... This attitude of Arthur Birling brings out the inspectors opinion which is J B Priestley to show the audience two sides of it, but wants people to know the inspector is right. ... She listens to the inspector and gets very emotional: “if I could help her now, I would” When Sheila finds out that she is a part of her death, she does start to blame herself and starts crying. ... She understands the inspector and, she seems to agree with him more than her family and Gerald. ... Eric is unlike his mother and father, as they would not agree with the inspector that they have caused her death. ... At the production you could tell the difference in the characters response when the inspector told them they were all guilty. ... The whole play is about responsibility, even at the beginning Mr Birling has a long talk about being responsible and then before the inspector leaves he then talks about being responsible. ... When the Inspector came, there was no music; I think this was because it was too show there was an intense atmosphere.