Inspector Calls

Question 1

Way of writing about patriarchal society

Answer 1

Throughout Priestly’s political diatribe ‘An Inspector Calls’, the gender inequality enforced by Edwardian patriarchal society is portrayed ro be both damaging and unjust

Question 2

A link that can be made between the start and end with the doorbell and phone gringing

Answer 2

Priestly cleverly uses cyclical structure with the ringing of doorbell and the telephone ‘sharply’ at both the beginning and end of the play. Both instances signpost the imminent arrival of a police inspector and perhaps the conflict between the capitalist Birling family and socialist inspectors. The adverb ‘sharply’ used in the stage directions also instils a dramatic and abrupt shift from the Birling family, to the arriving guest who is there to hold them accountable for their actions

Question 3

Eric being presented to have good intentions