Priestley's Main Aim in An Inspector Calls J.b. Prestly wrote 'An inspector calls' in 1943 on a play based in 1912. He was born in Bradford Yorkshire on 13th sept 1894 and died in 1984. He left school at sixteen because he wanted to write and takes a job with a firm of wool merchants. Priestley used his knowledge in working in the local wool to present Eva Smith and the working class people. His fathers friends were mainly socialist and he joined in with their political arguments. He used his socialist views in the play. He joined the army in 1914 and uses his knowledge he had in the war to portray the character of Mr Birling. Priestley's aim is to educate the audience through the characters and their individual responsibility towards other people. Arthur Birling is the kind of character who is concerned with money. 'A hard-headed business man', he believes that society is as it should be. The rich stay rich, the poor stay poor and there is a large gap between the two. He believes that 'a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own'. When put with other things Birling has said in the play, we see that Priestley's views do not concur with Birling's and he has added statements to make the audience see Birling's views as false. Birling's confidence in the predictions he makes - that the Titanic is 'unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable', that 'The Germans don't want a war. Nobody wants a war' and that 'we're in for a time of increasing prosperity' give that audience the impression that his views of community and shared responsibility are misguided... ... middle of paper ... ... a mystery so as to have a larger impact on the audience, making them think more about the play, and helping them think more about the messages the play brings. Through the Inspector, the audiences are educated in their social understandings and behaviour. The aims of Priestley when he wrote this play, I believe were to make us think, to make us question our own characters and beliefs. He wanted to show us that we can change, and we can decide which views we go with. He wanted us to ask ourselves if we wanted to be a Sheila or a Mrs Birling, an Eric or an Arthur. Priestley wanted the audience to learn from the mistakes of the Birlings. I think that Priestley wanted to make a difference in the way people think. It would have changed people's views on society, and so Priestley achieved his aims in writing the play.
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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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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.
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Income inequality not only harms us fiscally, but also affects our mental and physical wellbeing; therefore, it is important to identify the right ways to control wealth distribution among people.
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