Responsibility In An Inspector Calls Essay

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    • Police constable – these are the police officers which will turn up to 999 calls, they will investigate volume crime or they can take initial action at critical incidents. The police constables can also work on neighbourhood teams, this is to help target long-term problems within the community. Police constables are more than likely to assist with MHA processes, these are like assessments on private premises; investigating crimes against NHS staff by any patients. The police constables can…

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    today's talk I shall analyse a segment of 40 lines from An Inspector Calls. These lines appear from Mrs Birling's quote (pg. 200) “I'm sorry she come to such a horrible end” right through to the end of act two (pg. 201). An Inspector Calls is set in the dining room of the Birling’s’ household in Brumley, an industrial city in the North Midlands. It is written in 1946 but An inspector Calls is based in 1912. Leading up to this passage Inspector Goole had questioned Mrs Birling with her…

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    As the play "An Inspector Calls" was set two years prior to the World War 2, the variety of conflicts surrounding this time period, such as the arguments of socialism versus capitalist, are ingrained in the play. The Central Powers were countries with powerful elites who wanted more power. Central capitalist superiorities were countries with dominant elite with a thirst for wealth and power; in the play, Priestley portrays this using characters like Mr Birling. Furthermore, Eva Smith represented…

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    structures and those ranks responsibilities of two contrasting uniformed public services (P.S). The two contrasting uniformed P.S I will be using are the Police and Royal Army. After this I will be explaining the chain of command and uniform structure for the Police. Finally, I will be analyzing and evaluating the importance and use of command and control within the Police. P1 - Identify the rank structure in two contrasting uniformed public services including responsibilities. What is a rank…

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    In the play “the Inspector calls” how does Priestley use stage directions to convey his feelings and ideas about the characters? In previous centuries, there were a lot of wars and a lot of people like Priestley did things such as reflect the society that time by books, play etc. The upper classes were rich and powerful, whereas the working classes were poor, they had to work really hard for the upper classes. The dramatist set the play in 1912 to let people know that if they still follow the…

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    The Importance of Sheila in ‘An Inspector Calls’ An Inspector Calls, written by J.B Priestley in 1945, is a morality play that denounces capitalism and argues that social justice can be achieved if everyone takes responsibility for his actions. The drama also illustrates the clear division between class, the role of women in 1912 and gender equality. - Make sure that these are still relevant. Sheila Birling, one of the major characters acts as a device used by Priestley to convey his message…

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    The way relationships are presented in ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’ are based upon the setting of both texts which greatly affects the story, the writer’s beliefs are quite similar as they both repeatedly mention and show the amount of inequality towards women although they are both set in different times we can see that in those years between ‘An Inspector Calls’ written in 1947 and ‘Of Mice and Men’ written in 1937s it shows mankind has not yet changed and the writers want to…

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    Throughout ‘An Inspector Calls’ written by J.B Priestley in 1945, the author presents two significant and upper class characters who are extremely guilty of abusing their power in society: Sheila Birling and Mr Birling. Priestley clearly highlights the fact that abuse of power is highly common within the upper class, due to the fact that they let their status and wealth control their lives. Consequently, the author portrays the Birling family as capitalists who only prioritise their wealth and…

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    J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written in 1945, however, the ambience of the play was set within 1912. Throughout the play, a consistent political theme is embedded through Priestley’s creation of two contrasting ideological viewpoints between his characters. Both characters are on the extremes of the political spectrum; Birling embodies a maximal capitalist viewpoint whereas Inspector Goole represents an impenetrable socialist perspective. This stark diversity is a result of…

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    An Inspector Calls is a play written by J.B Priestley in 1945 but set in 1912. It is about the interrogation of the Birlings, an upper class family who were involved in the suicide of Eva Smith, a lower class girl. Gerald Croft is the fiancé of Sheila Birling who kept Eva as his mistress after she was fired from Milwards, but abandons her later. The audience feels differently about Gerald in the beginning, the middle and in the end of the play. Gerald Croft is described as “an attractive chap…

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