Discuss the function on the inspector in the play as a whole

Discuss the function of the inspector in the play as a whole


An Inspector Calls was written by J.B Priestly. This play intertwines the life of a pretty young woman who was driven to suicide by a well known respectable family. But it has a deeper more sinister meaning and morale to the story. That mankind has to learn from mistakes or it will have to repay them in blood and anguish. The inspector’s role in the play is more than being a police officer, but being with God and teaching mankind a lesson. The play is set in 1912; it was performed and written in 1945. Priestly shows the inspectors important role by the phrases he uses. He portrays the faults of mankind and the consequences of those blunders that the audience had to face some thirty years earlier.
Before the inspector arrives the mood is light hearted, jovial and happy. Birling’s speeches before the inspector has arrived are very ignorant, and he doesn’t see what’s in front of him and what could happen to hi...