An Inspector Calls

By the end you’ll be able to

• Analyse how Priestley uses the Inspector to expose each Birling in turn, and the roles of Arthur, Sybil, Sheila, Eric and Gerald
• Analyse the themes of social responsibility versus capitalism, class, gender, age and generational change, and guilt
• Explore the dramatic methods: the well-made play and the whodunnit structure, dramatic irony (the “unsinkable” Titanic), the changing lighting, entrances and exits, and the twist ending