1. J.B. Priestley
... Inspector leaves, with the unexpected phone call and the loop beginning again. Arthur Birling is described at the beginning of the play as "A heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties, with fairly easy manners but rather provincial in his speech." Arthur Birling is the head of the family, the head of his own firm and represents the views and ... knows the truth and is only carrying out the investigation for confirmation and to show the family the error of their ways. The Inspector's speech is graphic and not polite, middle-class language that the Birlings would have bee...
- Word Count: 2403
- Approx Pages: 10
- Grade Level: High School