How J.B Priestley Capture and Retains the Audience's Interest Throughout the Play

How J.B Priestley Capture and Retains the Audience's Interest Throughout the Play

Introduction

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The wonderfully constructed play of "An Inspector Calls" is a play by

the late J.b Priestly, which was written when the Second World War was

coming to a close but was published two years later in 1947 straight

after the Second World War. The actual play was set in 1912 just

before the Great War (world war one) a war, which stole the lives of a

whole generation of men. The play dealt with many issues such as

moralities and responsibilities for each human. One of the messages it

delivered was we are all responsible for one and other and if as

people we don't take responsibility for our actions then it will be an

outbreak into another world (referring to the previous world wars).

J.b Priestly captures our interest at the start of the play by giving

us various hints that things aren't as cozy as they seem. We first

learn things aren't right at the Burling household when Mr Burling

shows his naivety when he is handing out advice to Gerald; he seems

somewhat of a visionary as he says only good can happen and the world

can only progress he feels that the inevitable war won't happen and

the titanic wont sink. Evidence that shows this is given in the words.

"Germans don't want war, nobody want's war" "In a year or two we'll

have aero planes that will be able to go anywhere. The Titanic she

sails next week, New York in 5 days unsinkable absolutely unsinkable."

This piece of evidence shows that you shouldn't trust Mr Burling and

that he is both arrogant and ignorant.

Another way in which J.b Priestly keeps the audience in...

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... Eric both represent lust whilst Sheila represents Jealousy.

There are many ways in the play 'An Inspector Calls' keeps and retains

our interest the play. One of the ways it keeps our interest and

retains it throughout the play is the unsolved mystery of who the

inspector might and how possessed so much knowledge about the

Burling's and Gerald. The play also captures attention from the

audience as it delivers a strong message that being greedy and only

thinking about yourself leads to severe consequences. The main way in

which 'an Inspector Calls' captures and retains our interest is by

giving many hints that things are not as they seem and then revealing

the truth behind them. An example of this is the way in which we learn

about each member of the Burling family and Gerald's involvement with

the death of Eva Smith.