Explore the way Preistley presents and uses the character of the Inspector in ‘An Inspector Calls’

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‘An Inspector Calls’ was written by J.B Priestley in 1945 but is set in 1912. At the beginning of the play, before the interrogation of the Inspector, the Birling’s seem to be a lovely, high-class, respectably presentable family. The play begins with them celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft when suddenly Mr Birling’s speech, on how a man shall just worry about himself and his family, was interrupted by a relentless figure of an Inspector. He cross-questions the family involvement in association to the suicide of a young working class woman, that uncovers the shameful secrets hidden beneath each family member, which is linked to her death. However, Inspector Goole is an enigmatic character and I will work towards unravelling the layers of mystery behind this peculiar character, to discover the various methods used by Priestley to present and use the Inspector in different manipulative ways.

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