The Meaning Of An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley :: Papers

The Meaning Of An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley J.B.Priestley's "An Inspector Calls" is a good play that attacks the social problems of its time; it contains all the ingredients of a well-made play. This is because it is very dramatic, and it has the attention of the audience. It gets this by the use of climaxes, the slow plot of a detective with persevering style. Despite this the author is concerned with the darker side of the world. The play is Priestley's attempt to try to say this. Priestley sees the country as not very truthful and neglecting its responsibilities. The members of the Birling family are only concerned with them selves over others. They are responsible for the young woman's' death by treating her different; and show what Priestley is trying to say, and is fighting against. " An Inspector Calls" is a well-made play because it contains many factors that sustain attention of the audience. One of the factors that makes the play captivating is the use of climax, the way it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats all the way through; it is quite slow to gather the plot and then finally has a powerful climax, for example the way the Inspector extracts small pieces of information from the family and slowly puts the picture together and narrows it down to the guilty person as the climax. He misleads the family until they are all contradicting one another. He keeps the audience guessing all the way through the play, and as clues are solved the culprit becomes clearer, but as soon as one thinks he or she knows who it is Priestley cleverly switches to another character. This makes the audience very interested in the action that is happening. The strange appearance of the Inspector when the Birlings are having a celebration party, and Mr Birling is giving a speech on how the modern man should be. The Inspector steps in almost as he was prepared to challenge Mr Birling; this seems to bring up facts about the