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In act one of ‘An Inspector Calls’ how does J.B.Priestley use the dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to the members of the audience, as well as interest and involve them in his play?

An Inspector calls is a play with a moral. The writer’s main cause of writing the play was to teach the people around him how he thinks the world should act. He does this by using the inspector to express all of his ideas and thoughts through the way in which he ‘teaches’ the Birlings their wrongs. His main concern was the idea of responsibility, that everybody should look after everybody around him and not shut them out of their own lives and only concern about their own. The inspector is the teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Birling are the pupils who do not want to listen and learn. Sheila and Eric are both the ones who think about what they have done and change, the pupils that learn and change for a better good.
Sheila (to Mr. And Mrs. Birling) – “If you want to know, its you two who are being childish, trying not to face the facts!”
Priestley wanted to show that you could change and learn. He wanted many people to respect his views that a society can only function if ever...

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