The Importance of the Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls In this essay I am going to analyse the role of the inspector. I shall look at his importance as a ‘conscience’ figure, his effect on characters and as a dramatic tool. Firstly, I will look at the evidence we have about the ‘ghostly’ side of the character, the evidence I have about the inspector being a ‘ghost’ is that he knows an awful lot on the future and what is about to happen to Eva Smith, about her past life, what she did, worked and who were her friends. Her name was also known as Daisy Renton. This appears to be supernatural because a normal human being would not have the power to predict the future that and she was going to die. He knows a lot about the Birling family and how they have played a part in this girl’s death. We know this because in the play script the inspector says “ she was employed in your works at one time’’. He is very smart by covering up what he knows by saying he found a dairy at her place, but would he have had time to read the diary in detail? This is of dramatic importance because, without him saying he found a diary of hers, how on earth would he be able to know that amount of information he knew on Eva Smith and the Birlings. For an inspector to know that much information, by just being at the scene of the crime is very unlikely. That’s why him mentioning the discovery of the diary is a dramatic importance. Otherwise the Birling family would have really questioned the inspector and suspicions would have been raised. The Inspectors name Mr ‘Goole’ is important because his name Goole is a homophone for the word ghost. The Birlings found... ... middle of paper ... ...portant in getting Priestley’s point of view across because, the play was published shortly after the war and Priestley would have wanted to express his feelings about violence and the cruel act of killing innocent people. He would also want to prevent any further conflicts and teach people the right way in life is not fighting to get what you want. The morale to this story is that everyone should be treated equally and fairly no matter whom you are and whatever circumstances they are living under. Priestley’s play shows the rich (the Birlings) people taking responsibility for the girls death this makes them think that actions and doings towards other people can affect them in the long run making them, realises that no one should have to be treated any different because of their social ‘position’ to society.
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The definition of the “ghost” is a shadow which wandering among or haunting other people. The villagers called her aunt a ghost because they are scared of her behavior. The life that they know had been attacked. Kingston uses the harsh responses of the villagers indirectly exposes her aunt ‘s challenge to the society.
Ghost- a vision of a dead person that is believed to appear or become visible to the living as a vague image. There have been many cases in reality where one sees the ghost of their deceased loved ones or encounter some sort of paranormal activity in their life. “Proof” by David Auburn plays around with the “Ghost story” in his play to represent identity, memory of Catherine.
J.B. Priestley's Motives Behind An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1894. His mother
"And be quiet for a moment and listen to me. I don't need to know any
technology and how a man should live. He says 'A man has to make his
to carry out the command of The Ghost at the time when it become right.
inspector could be many things but I think he was a supposed to be a
satisfied. He talks a lot and likes the sound of his own voice. He's a
play is set in 1912, only 2 years before the outbreak of WW1, and in
Goole. Some the Birling family are used to show how we are not to act
... Eva Smiths all over the world and that we are all members of one body
... may mean that if a person does not learn from their mistakes the first
In traditional and modern, ghost reflects death and fear, and it never change. In Hamlet, the ghost is a symbol of Hamlet’s father who is killed by Claudius. Its propose is to demand Hamlet to avenge its death. Although the ghost only appears three times in front of Hamlet, it is a specify role to develop the whole story and plot. Through Hamlet, the ghost is the motive to make Hamlet kill Claudius, and the ghost plays a critical role to influence Hamlet.