An Inspector Calls
For which character in the play do you have most sympathy for?
Look closely at how J.B Priestley’s presentation of this character has created your sympathy for him or her.
Look closely at how J.B Priestley’s presentation of this character has created your sympathy for him or her.
Priestley directs us to have most sympathy for the character who may or may not exist - Eva Smith/Daisy Renton. As we see how each of the other characters had a hand in the destruction of this young lady, we begin to understand how the accepted actions of those who consider themselves superior can be destructive to those who they see as less than themselves.