Inspector call
Responsibility. Responsibility is a duty to take of somebody or something despite the possibility of a consequence if something goes wrong. “An inspector calls”, a play written by J.B. Priestley, talks about an Inspector name is Goole who interrupts the engagement party of Gerald and Sheila because a woman named Eva Smith has died. In the end, he reveals all the characters have something to do with Eva’s death. However, only Sheila and Eric, the younger characters, feel responsible by the end. In the play, “An inspector calls”, Priestley promotes the need of responsibility in society through Sheila and Eric’s evolution as characters, Mr. and Mrs. Birling and Gerald’s attempt to deny their guilt, and the political allegory. First of all, by the end of the play Sheila and Eric realize the importance of being responsible for others in their society. Sheila, who is a girl in her twenties, acts hysterical and rude in the first act. However, things change after she heard about her role in Eva’s death. She feels sympathetic and guilty. When her parents are trying to get rid off the blame she says: “Everything we said had happened really had happened” and “You began to learn something. And now you’ve stopped. You’re ready to go on the same old way”. From these two quotations the audience can understand Sheila has changed and learned her lesson. Eric, who is a spoiled boy, learns the inspector’s lesson, too. When he says”And I agree with Sheila, It frightens me too”, shows he understands Sheila and wants to convince his parent to also take responsibility. Both of them comprehend the importance of the Inspector’s lesson, and understand that they need to become more socially responsible. Despite Sheila and Eric’s evolution, Gerald Croft and their parents try to put off the blame after they know the Inspector is not real. Why still feel guilty and responsible. It is all over. That is what they thin. When Mr.Birling states “All over now “and Mrs. Birling says “Well,