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In An Inspector Calls a man claiming to be an inspector arrives unexpectedly at the Birlings family home. ... It is revealed at the end of the play that the "inspector" that called, was in fact not an inspector but either a character from the town, who had done a lot of research into the family, or in fact a ghost, as the inspectors name is Goole, this pronounced out loud is the same as the word Ghoul, meaning ghost. ...
The inspector in the book plays a number of roles to show the characters and teach the characters how they have been wrong. ... There are four main roles that he plays in the book, the role of teacher, judge, manifestation of conscious and the voice of socialism.
His first role is manifestation of the conscious, he shows the characters where they have gone wrong, and where their conscious is, and tries to help them to at least see how they can correct themselves. ...
Another role that he plays is the voice of socialism. ... What he feels are crimes enough to be visited by a police inspector, are in fact not crimes in the lawful sense at all, just crimes to society and crimes to themselves, and most of all crimes to the girls which were on the receiving end. ...
His final role in this book is as a judge. ... You cant even say Im sorry, Eva Smith" He makes it clear that he has judged how guilty each person is, and what role they played.
Approximate Word count = 1241
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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