An inspector Calls

I am going to examine the first twelve pages of 'An Inspector Calls'. I will be discussing how important they are in the light of the play. The stage directions given by Priestley are very accurate and are just the way he wants them. They are like this, not only to help make the play easier for when it is done on stage, but it is just the way the Birling's would have lived for example 'Good solid Furniture of the period'. The lighting before the inspector arrives is pink and intimate 'lighting... pink and intimate before inspector arrives'.

I do not want, what i cannot have

The feeling of sympathy begins to change to a feeling of dislike. The tone that Maupassant sets in the first part of the story is important because it challenges the readers' feelings at the end of the story. The combination of tone and the use of irony help shape the remainder of the story and change of mood. The most obvious use of irony is the overall result of the story. The story begins with Mathilde complaining about her lifestyle and wishing for something better. She goes to the extent of complaining about the peasant who did her house work. (178) Realizing at the end of the story the true meaning of housework.