The character of Inspector Goole is the main character of ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J.B.Priestley, which is set in 1912. The play was written in 1945 and set in 1912 as Priestley believed that 1912 was a very different time to 1945, this is because 1912 was a time that people thought it would never change, such as the inequalities between men and women.
Priestley uses the name Goole to represent many key features that are linked to the play such as the name referring to ghoul, suggesting that the inspector isn’t actually there or real. Another key feature of the name Goole is that Goole is a small town that is linked to the River Humber this could mean that the inspector was searching for information and wading through their lives to find the truth about Eva Smith’s Death. However the use of the inspector is to convey Priestley’s socialist message, by intervening into the Birling’s and Mr Croft’s lives. …show more content…
An example of this is when it says “lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder”. This shows that the inspector’s arrival must be important just like a Police interrogation. This has been done to illustrate the facial expressions of the Birlings and Gerald; so that their secrets and truths are harder to hide. The words “pink and intimate” infer that the evening was going to be a romantic night to celebrate Sheila and Gerald’s engagement. Another example of stage directions to introduce the inspector is when it says “sharp ring of the front door bell”. This shows that the inspector’s arrival was rather blunt and intruding. Also we notice the change in atmosphere; from Mr Birling, a capitalist, to Inspector Goole, a
Priestley uses the name Goole to represent many key features that are linked to the play such as the name referring to ghoul, suggesting that the inspector isn’t actually there or real. Another key feature of the name Goole is that Goole is a small town that is linked to the River Humber this could mean that the inspector was searching for information and wading through their lives to find the truth about Eva Smith’s Death. However the use of the inspector is to convey Priestley’s socialist message, by intervening into the Birling’s and Mr Croft’s lives. …show more content…
An example of this is when it says “lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder”. This shows that the inspector’s arrival must be important just like a Police interrogation. This has been done to illustrate the facial expressions of the Birlings and Gerald; so that their secrets and truths are harder to hide. The words “pink and intimate” infer that the evening was going to be a romantic night to celebrate Sheila and Gerald’s engagement. Another example of stage directions to introduce the inspector is when it says “sharp ring of the front door bell”. This shows that the inspector’s arrival was rather blunt and intruding. Also we notice the change in atmosphere; from Mr Birling, a capitalist, to Inspector Goole, a