An Inspector Calls

... How important is the role of the Inspector in "An Inspector Calls"? The audiences first impression of the Inspector is from the title itself, 'An Inspector Calls', which gives the idea; to the audience that the Inspector will play a vital role in the coming stages of the play however we soon learn J.B.Priestley's real motives and how he uses the Inspector as his mouthpiece to voice his real intentions to the wider society. J.B.Priestley's main point which is made clear is to take responsibility of your actions especially when they affect the lives of others and this message is made clearly by the Inspector. Priestley also makes it clear on how he feels about people higher on the social ladder and he constantly attacks middle class values because he hates people who have vast amounts of money and keep it to themselves. Act one begins with the four Birlings seated on

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