How does Priestly present Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls?
The most perplexing character in J.B Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls is Inspector Goole. Priestley introduces Inspector Goole as a realistic straight forward police inspector. He presents the Inspector into the play using different methods: the language he uses, stage directions, mannerisms, and name through his entrance into the play and his political views and beliefs.
Priestley introduces the Inspector as very commanding and authoritative. When the Inspector first enters he creates ‘an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.’ Though his speeches and the interrogation of the family, the Inspector remains confident and composed, while the Birlings begin to …show more content…
At the beginning of the play the Inspector turns up unexpectedly, interrupting the discussion between Mr Birling, Eric and Gerald about how everyone must only look after themselves, ‘a man has to make his own way – has to look after himself’. The timing of when the Inspector enters is very peculiar because the Inspector talks about Eva Smith and how everyone in the family is linked to the suicide which counterattacks what Mr Birling had said a few moments ago. The Inspector shows his view to Mr Birling’s little speech at the end when he gives his final speech, before he leaves, where he says, ‘We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.’ Then a few moments later, Gerald returns from his walk revealing that the Inspector was never a real Inspector. So at the end of the play neither the audience nor the characters actually know who or what the Inspector is.
Priestley’s choice of name for the Inspector is quite important too. Goole is a homophone to the word ghoul, which means ‘a malevolent spirit; a person with morbid interests.’ This suggests that the Inspector was only trying to change the way that the family acted and trying to get the Birlings to see what terrible things they had done and how it affects others around
The most perplexing character in J.B Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls is Inspector Goole. Priestley introduces Inspector Goole as a realistic straight forward police inspector. He presents the Inspector into the play using different methods: the language he uses, stage directions, mannerisms, and name through his entrance into the play and his political views and beliefs.
Priestley introduces the Inspector as very commanding and authoritative. When the Inspector first enters he creates ‘an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.’ Though his speeches and the interrogation of the family, the Inspector remains confident and composed, while the Birlings begin to …show more content…
At the beginning of the play the Inspector turns up unexpectedly, interrupting the discussion between Mr Birling, Eric and Gerald about how everyone must only look after themselves, ‘a man has to make his own way – has to look after himself’. The timing of when the Inspector enters is very peculiar because the Inspector talks about Eva Smith and how everyone in the family is linked to the suicide which counterattacks what Mr Birling had said a few moments ago. The Inspector shows his view to Mr Birling’s little speech at the end when he gives his final speech, before he leaves, where he says, ‘We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.’ Then a few moments later, Gerald returns from his walk revealing that the Inspector was never a real Inspector. So at the end of the play neither the audience nor the characters actually know who or what the Inspector is.
Priestley’s choice of name for the Inspector is quite important too. Goole is a homophone to the word ghoul, which means ‘a malevolent spirit; a person with morbid interests.’ This suggests that the Inspector was only trying to change the way that the family acted and trying to get the Birlings to see what terrible things they had done and how it affects others around