An Inspector Calls (Heinemann Plays For 14-16+)

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Der Autor verwendet einen sehr sachlichen Stil, Vulgärsprache kommt trotzt der Dauer-Wörtlichen Rede kaum vor. I didnt actually mind this though because I feel like the characters, the storyline, and the main message was there. Under interrogation, every member of the family turns out to have a shameful secret which links them with her death. This is NOT the case - that's just a twist - if you had assumed that than you'll not be able to sympathise with Eva Smith's plight (society prefers strong characters even if s/he are victims suffering the utmost misfortune). Following the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Priestley joined the British Army, and was sent to France --in 1915 taking part in the Battle of Loos.

I love books and movies set in confined space and where there is a lot of dialogue between characters.Into this cosy scene intrudes the harsh figure of a police inspector investigating the suicide of a young working-class woman. Die Hintergrundgeschichten der einzelnen Familienmitglieder sind eigene kleine Geschichten, erzählt von den Verhörten wie in einer Rückschau auf einen entfernten schrecklichen Traum, dessen Konsequenzen sie sich erst jetzt bewusst werden, auch wegen des aktuellen Erkenntnisgewinnes, was die anderen verbrochen haben, egal ob es für ihre Handlungen juristische oder "nur" moralische Gesetze gibt. There seems to be a heavy element of doom as she says, "Be careful you don't ask for any more, Gerald. As the play goes on Priestley brilliantly puts his audience into two positions; in one we watch the horrible family weave rope which, as the play goes on, we realize is going to hang them out to dry and we rejoice in their discomfiture but at the same time he turns the spotlight on the reader/listener/observer.

One wonders what the Russian people would have made of such drawing room drama, especially at the time of the Soviet Union. The publication of English Journey in 1934 emphasised Priestley's concern for social problems and the welfare of ordinary people. And any work which haunts the reader afterward in a pleasant way deserves to be read and enjoyed in futures to come. Examples such as this one show that the author deliberately influenced the audiences' perceptions about this character right from the start, in a subtly low-key way.It had a good plot, some potent messages and a nice little twist in the end designed to haunt the audience after the curtain descends. After rubbing in the fact that they all have got blood on their hands, he makes this speech and leaves.