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This poem has three sections, although it is only split into two stanzas. There are two parts of English, with a foreign language sandwiched in between. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem and no deliberate rhythm. It is written just like somebody speaking, and indeed when it starts with, “You ask me what […]

An inspector calls was written by j b priestly to show his audience that in real life everyone has responsibilities and morals and that everything that a person does has a consequence whether or not its good or bad, there is a consequence. He had written this play after World War 2 and had seen […]

When we first hear of the Inspector in the play ‘An Inspector calls’, it brings a rather dampening view on the audience of the play, as an Inspector is usually related to something bad. The Inspectors name is Inspector ‘Goole’, which stirs thoughts and images of ghosts amongst the audience. In times of when the […]

Search for my tongue and Hurricane Hits England both explore the ideas of identity and a sense of belonging, though using different methods, and in a different sense all together. Search for my tongue uses a tongue and hurricane hits England uses a hurricane to explore the poems. A tongue and hurricane is effective because […]

Upon initial inspection, it may seem that “An Inspector Calls” revolves around a typical Edwardian bourgeois household and the mystery of whodunit; however, a more thorough analysis reveals Priestley’s intention for the work to function as a parable through which he can project his political opinions to others. Before his current broadcast, Priestley had previous […]

Saturday 15th August 1910 Only two more days left of the holidays now. Hope our plan to raise our wages goes OK, because I really do think we deserve it, we work hard enough. Monday 17th August 1910 Got the sack today over a miserly 2/6d! All we wanted was a bit more money to […]

Priestly shapes the audience’s expectations for the rest of the play, initially making the setting a family dining room of an industrial businessman on a Spring evening in 1912. The family have all sat together to have dinner and celebrate the engagement of their daughter with Gerald, son of Lady Croft. The tensions between the […]

The play begins with a family, the Birlings, seated in a room filled with expensive luxurious furniture and yet it does not seem cosy or homelike, ‘The general effect is substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy and homelike… ‘ From the onset of the play we are given a glimpse of the reality of […]

An Inspector Calls – a tale of suspense and biting social criticism of an upper class family. With each minute that goes by another enigmatic incident is unravelled -leaving the reader engrossed by the ongoing tales of lies and deceit, that together form the plot for Priestley’s masterpiece. Set in 1912, An Inspector Calls introduces […]

In this composition, I will delve into the manner in which responsibility is tackled in the drama and furnish proof to underscore its emphasis on the repercussions of our deeds on other individuals within a community. At the beginning of the play, the dining room of a fairly large suburban house owned by Arthur Birling, […]

J. B. Priestly creates the first impressions of the Birling family as very upper class and above everyone in their neighbourhood. At the start of Act One, the stage directions describe the Birlings’ dining room. It is “The dining room of a fairly large suburban house” containing “good solid furniture”. When the curtain goes up […]

In this essay I will be exploring several characters in the play of An Inspector Calls. After exploring these characters I will analyse them again to see what developments may happen to them after they are interrogated by the inspector. I will also explain my views on what morals I think come to mind with […]

Written in 1945 by J.B. Priesley, the play An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 just before the Great War. This was a time of very great tension, especially between England and Germany, yet the British aristocracy still felt optimistic for the near future. There are frequent references to the war during the opening section […]

When making a comparison between the two poems, ‘Search For My Tongue’ by Sujata Bhatt and ‘Ogun’ by Edward Kamau Brathwaite we can see that both are primarily concerned with notions of culture and identity and in particular how one impacts upon the other. The implication being, that the culture into which we are born […]

I disagree with this statement ‘It is always a positive benefit to live in two cultures at the same time’ because the poem ‘Search for my tongue’ is an autobiographical poem about an Indian woman moving to a different country having to learn another language, this is a negative benefit she will forget her own […]

Priestley’s main aim within “An Inspector Calls”, is to express his political and moral values by using the characters and situations to convey the inequalities of society. He emphasises the importance of collective responsibility to show how our actions affect those around us and demonstrate that we are all responsible for each other. Priestley’s attitudes […]

‘An Inspector Calls’ begins with the Birlings and Gerald Croft celebrating when they are interrupted by a call from an Inspector. The Inspector tells them about a girl who has committed suicide earlier on that evening. In turn, he questions the Birlings and Gerald for playing a part in her death. After the Inspector leaves […]

In J. B. Priestly’s ‘An Inspector Calls’, the Inspector of the title plays an essential role. From his unexpected entrance in Act 1, the Inspector single-handedly creates an atmosphere of intrigue and tension climaxing with his dramatic departure in Act 3. By using his speech, aggression and authority the inspector manages to exploit each of […]

From Mr Birling’s own words, it is evident that he had a liking for Eva Smith. According to him, she was an attractive and vivacious girl who hailed from the countryside. Furthermore, since they had worked together for an entire year, Mr Birling’s involvement in Eva Smith’s demise could be significant. The inspector accused him […]

An Inspector Calls was written in 1944 by J. B Priestley an established and well-acclaimed playwright from Yorkshire. The play is set in a fictitious industrial town called Brumley, in the Midlands in 1912. While An Inspector Calls proved to be popular with its audiences, it was written like most plays with a purpose and […]

John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984, I will refer to him as Priestly after this formal Introduction). He was an English writer, born in Bradford. He served in the infantry during World War I. As a newspaper essayist and critic, he wrote on a variety of subjects and often revealed his opposition to materialism and mechanization in […]

We are first introduced to Sheila during the conversation at the dinner table in the Birling mansion. She is extremely happy and full of zest for life. After all, she is in the middle of celebrating her engagement to a well-respected gentleman with whom she is madly in love. This is one of the highest […]