Act Two of J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls John Boynton Priestley was born in Bradford in 1894. On the outbreak of the First World War Priestley immediately joined the British Army. He was sent to France and in September 1915 took part in the Battle of Loos. After being wounded in 1917 Priestley sent back to England for six months. Soon after returning to the Western Front he endured a German gas attack. Treated at Rouen he was classified by the Medical Board as unfit for active service and was transferred to the Entertainers Section of the British Army. Because of his experiences and encounters in the First World War, Priestley adopted a Utopia sense of view which is an idealist who envisions the possibility of a perfect society. Priestley believed that all people in any class all had equal rights. In the play “An Inspector Calls”, Priestley used contrasting characters, Eva Smith and the Birling family to display how people can be looked upon so differently. Near the end of Act Two, Gerald Croft leaves the Birling household to get some fresh air clear his head and to think things through. When Gerald states that he is to leave the house, Mr. Birling objects to this, but Inspector Goole plainly says “All right Mr. Croft.” This shows that the Inspector is in complete control of the family and that he is stamping his authority. This leaving of the investigation symbolizes the fact that the Inspectors trial will move onto another character. Just before Gerald leaves, his fiancée Sheila Birling hands over her ring to Gerald, showing that their engagement is now called. This is just one of the examples that show how attitudes and moods have changed throughout the play so far. The play began with warmth and happiness but the mood is now dark because the engagement is over. Even though the marriage is now out of the question for Sheila and Gerald, the pair now has more respect for each other than before because Sheila has revealed how she played a part in Eva Smiths
The Australian infantry moved to France in 1916 and to continue reporting the engagements involving the Australian Troops Charles went with them.
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Criticism in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley "An Inspector Calls" has been called a play of social criticism. What is being criticised. Explain some of the dramatic techniques which Priestley uses to achieve the play's effects. "An Inspector Calls" has been called a play of social criticism as Priestley condemned the many different injustices that existed in the society between the first and second world wars.
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on the outbreak of the First World War, he was sent to France where in
A Comparison of Characters of Mr. Birling and Inspector Goole in J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls
they are given a second chance at the end of the play - that their
J.B. Priestley's Play "An Inspector Calls" "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices. And I don't see why she should have been sacked". Eric to Mr Birling says this.
Priestley's Social Message in An Inspector Calls The play an Inspector Call’s was written at the time of 1945 but is set in 1912. Priestley conveys a lot of social and important messages in this play. He conveys the messages through the character of Inspector Goole. One most important message that Priestley conveys is about Socialism.
J.B. Priestley wrote the play "An Inspector Calls" in 1945 and set it in 1912. These dates are both relevant because he wrote his play in a world emerging from the Second World War, at a time when people were getting nostalgic about pre-world war one. Priestley used his play to try and show people that the idea of a community in 1912 was gradually being washed away by the upper classes and that the world needed to change rather than return to the egotistical society that existed in pre war England.
Sheila is the daughter of a rich factory owner therefore she has power in society because of her father. Even though she fires Eva because of jealously, she is still shown as a positive character. Lady Macbeth is wife of Macbeth (Thane of Cawdor), because in the Jacobean era women did not have power because men were in control in society. However, Lady Macbeth is in control of the relationship and she is shown to the audience as a negative character. This coursework will be about why Priestly shows Shelia as a positive character but Shakespeare shows Lady Macbeth as a negative character.
which he served as a member of the French army. After the war was finished, he
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place among the other ships fighting on behalf of the British. On April 22 1915, the German Embassy