What is the function of the Inspector in the play 'An Inspector Calls'? Consider what he represents, the way he affects structure and pace, his effect on the characters and his effect on the audience.

"An Inspector Calls" was written by JB Priestley in 1945. It begins as a classic detective thriller, but later as it unfolds it can also be interpreted as a morality play. "An Inspector Calls" is set in the imaginary North Midlands industrial town, Brumley. It was set before the First World War in 1912. During this time, Britain was a capitalist country. Capitalism is an economic system based on private wealth such as ownership of businesses, factories …

…Britain. The only way that this could have been achieved, is if capitalism was abolished. I think that the play is very effective at getting that point across to its audience. It does it very shrewdly but with a good effect. Priestley's views conveyed in "An Inspector Calls" are the same as other socialists? during that time. This way of thinking can be expressed in one sentence; 'No man is an island.' John Donne (1571 ? 1631).