Inspector Goole

• Inspector Goole is used to present the Birling family and Gerald with the message of social responsibility
• Priestley inverts the generic expectations of detective fiction to show that all are responsible for the death of Eva Smith
• Priestley wanted a social and political shift towards a society based on equality and community after the Second World War
• Anadiplosis is used in Inspector Goole's dialogue to emphasize the interconnectedness of everyone's actions
• Inspector Goole is deliberately portrayed as a mysterious character, creating ambiguity and mystery
• The vagueness and ambiguity surrounding Inspector Goole's character help focus on the message of social responsibility he brings
• Inspector Goole's dialogue is often in the form of questions, typical of a detective investigating a crime
• Inspector Goole seems to embody JB Priestley himself, delivering the key message of social responsibility to the audience
• Priestley enhances his message through supernatural imagery in Inspector Goole's final words, alluding to Biblical descriptions of hell