An Inspector Calls :: sh Literature

An Inspector C tout ensemblesI liked An Inspector Calls even though it isnt the type of play Iwould usually have racketed, because of thither beingness only ace scene andsmall number of characters. But it had a plot that impressed andperplexed me from start to finish with a expert twist at the end.Set at Brumley in 1912 An Inspector Calls is somewhat a wealthy familynamed the Birlings and one night that changes each and every one ofthem. A man claiming to be a police inspector analyse thesuicide of a young, working class girl, arrives at the stately situation ofMr Arthur Birling. He has probing questions for each of the fivepeople dining deep down the house and more than one person is exposed foraffecting this girls life sentence and driving her to suicide.In this play Priestley not only aims to entertain just as with nearall of his other plays and novels has hidden meanings and messages,such as the proud arrogance and irresponsibility of upper class, oldergeneration burea ucrats and their buttoned-up views of the period,their blindness to change and their selfish, spoiled attitudes. Thisbecomes apparently clear as Priestley almost dons the part of theinspector in challenging the family one by one, as Priestleys and theinspectors views appear almost alike (Priestley being a great submarine sandwichfor the rights of the working class person). This is stated quiteclearly in the inspectors ratiocination paragraphBut remember this. One Eva Smith has gone- but there are millions andmillions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left withus, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering andchance of happiness, all intertwined with our livesI also enjoyed the screenplay. I feel it was quite successful and afair interpretation of the original play. It also changed my views ofsome of the characters. I felt up more sympathetic for the young EricBirling as the screenplay gave you a clearer construe of his side ofthe story and played on his vulnerability and sweet innocence. similarlythe inspector came across as more scheming and not half(a) as democraticas in the play. I didnt particularly make do to this, as one of thereasons I liked the character of the inspector is because of his semipolitical and authoritative persona. The screenplay also gave the playa more si-fi/paranormal musical style with the inspector disappearing intothin air at the end and his moderately more obvious ability to predictthe future.I did particularly enjoy the flashbacks to each family members firstmeeting with Eva throughout the screenplay. These little sections