What Dramatic Effect Does the Inspector Have on Sheila?

... What Dramatic Effect Does the Inspector Have on Sheila? "An Inspector Calls" was written by J.B. Priestly in 1945. The play is about an Inspector who acts as a conscience to a fairly wealthy, middle class family, showing them what happens when they are selfish and thoughtless, only thinking of themselves. J.B. Priestly set the play in the spring of 1912. Between the setting of the play and the writing of the play, many events happened which J.B. Priestly had lived through, but his characters knew nothing about. The audience will be able to pick out the subtle references to these events, as well as the more obvious ones. The play was set only a few days before the Titanic set out on its disastrous voyage. Mr.Birling refers to the titanic as, "unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable." At that time this ship was considered the height of modern technology. Only a few days later, the Titanic

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