An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley This play confuses the audience in so many ways. It tells the story of an upper middle class family who together, with the power of the mysterious Inspector Goole confess their parts in an apparent suicide which took place earlier in the day. The play is set in 1912 in a place called Brumley, an industrial city in the North Midlands. This was a fictional town which Priestley had created in order to show what towns were like during that period. e.g. Bradford and Bromley(north London). The play is set in an industrial Midlands town in 1912, just before the First World War started. The play focuses around the mysterious death of a poor young working class girl called Eva Smith. I think that each character in the play is a stereotypical representation of a certain social class and certain generation, they show the different attitudes that each class of person has. There are 5 main characters, other than the inspector. These are Mr and Mrs Birling, their children Sheila and Eric Birling and Sheila´s fiancé Gerald Croft. All of them are upper class citizens and believe themselves to be somewhat part of the social elite. Priestley uses this class group for his play because Priestley himself believes that the upper class attitude is wrong and uses this play as a way to show his anger at the way this country worked. He very cleverly produces this concept into a play, because he knows that mainly upper class people will see the performance, so the message will definitely get across to the right category of person, the people who need to change their ways. The play begins in "The dinning-room ... ... middle of paper ... ...rom their mistakes, the inspector had a big impact on them, as the inspector said, "we often do on the young ones. They´re more impressionable." I think Priestly is saying how the next generations can be changed as long as they are taught what not to do. The fact that the inspector didn´t really exist isn't anything to do with anything really. The fact that they effected a young girl´s life the way they did still remains a fact. Mr and Mrs. Birling don´t think they have done anything wrong once the inspector is disproved. Priestly leaves the play unclosed leaving the audience to think about the play and draw their own conclusions. This is a very good tactic by Priestly as it make people think about what they saw and hopefully make them realise that aspects of their life should be changed for the good of humanity.
There would be more of an effect on the audience at the time, as it
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.
and say and do. We don't live alone. We are members of a body. We are
for each other. And I tell you that a time will soon come when if men
The play was set it in 1912, so that he knew what was going to happen
Twelfth Night, written by Shakespeare between the years of 1599 and 1601 (“Shakespeare-Online”), is easily one of his most well-known plays. A year after the assumed date of publication, on February the 2nd of 1602, Twelfth Night was performed for the first time (“William-Shakespeare)”. The location of the production is thought to have taken place in the Middle Temple, which was one of four law schools within London that were known as the Inns of Court (“Shakespeare-Online”). Though some would classify Twelfth Night as generic, it is laced with a sharp sense of humor and controversial concerns that can easily be applied to the issues of present day. Many of these issues, such as marriage, gender identity, gender, homosexuality, and social ambition, are relevant in today’s society, making them easy to relate to.
talks with. He is a man who has come to the Birling's house to do his
especially for a woman. Even if a woman did get a job they would get
satisfied. He talks a lot and likes the sound of his own voice. He's a
in jeopardy than how he may have driven a young girl down a spiral to
scene ii, ll.46-50). This quote from the play also shows the importance of night and
Birlings, as they find out that they have all played a part in a young
the suicide of Eva Smiths death. The aim of the story is to, try to
In the beginning of the play, after caught dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris,
two men's futures. It is part of the wicked sisters' role in the play to act as