an inspector calls
...lies with the following- "Mrs. B - Certainly. I consider it your duty. And now no doubt you'd like to say good night." Mrs. B even questions whether the Inspector is doing his job right, by saying that "It's his duty to go out and look for the father." Although Mrs. B thinks that it's soon to be over, everyone else knows that it's only just the beginning. At different times, stage directions emphasise a character's point, and show the tone of which the speech is said. The Inspector's consistent forceful tone. In the period of time in which this is set, a middle class Inspector usually wouldn't dare to speak to a higher-class family in the way the Inspector does. He does this consistently. An example of how the Inspector uses a forceful tone to speak to the Birlings is on page 46, line 21. "Inspector - Don't stammer and yammer at me again, man. I'm losing my patience with you people." Suspense is hereby created in the sen...