J.B. Priestley's Social Message in An Inspector Calls The production of 'An Inspector Calls' showed what J.B. Priestley thought of British society. The play could be seen on two different levels. One level is the fairly straightforward idea of 'whodunnit', the mystery story approach. On a more significant level, the play can be seen as a criticism of the way society is organised. Priestly, being a socialist, believed in equal rights and opportunities for everyone. He disapproved of the British class system and wrote this play, along with many others, to try and get across his socialist message. The play was written and set at two different times. It was written in 1945 at the end of World War two, but it was set in 1912 in the Edwardian period, just before World War One. His reason for doing this was that in Edwardian times, if you were poor, there was no one in society to help you. No NHS, low life expectancy, no Social Services - if you lost your house or had problems with children there wasn't any help. Education was not available to the poor as they were needed by their parents to work, Trade Unions were in their infancy - very new and weak organisations, and if you were treated unfairly at work or lost your job there was nothing to fall back on. Priestley set it at this time to show people just how difficult life was for the working class and to show that if you fell on hard times you had no help. The director chose to set the play in Edwardian times and have the characters all appropriately dressed. The scenery also looked Edwardian, but Priestley cleverly gave the play a different slant and made it known that it was written in the 2nd World War by putting subtle bits of scenery around the stage. There was rubble on the ground, air raid sirens, air raid wardens, bombs dropping, a wireless and other things like that. The scenery in the play was very unusual.
In the act the actress who plays Sheila is told to act as though the
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for each other. And I tell you that a time will soon come when if men
I think that Priestley’s main aim in the play is to get across to the
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A Comparison of Characters of Mr. Birling and Inspector Goole in J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls
1912. It shows how hard it was for her as she was young, had no
J.B. Priestley's Motives Behind An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1894. His mother
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.
the start of the war in July 1914 and towards the end in 1918. From
The play "An Inspector Calls" was written by J.B Priestley in 1945, when the British people were recovering from over six years of constant warfare and danger. As a result of two world wars, class distinctions were greatly reduced and women had achieved a much higher place in society. It was due to this and a great desire for social change that Labour's Clement Attlee won a landslide victory over the conservative Winston Churchill. He nationalized the gas steel and electrical industries, established the NHS and introduced the Welfare State. The play was set in Brumley, a fictional industrial city, in 1912.The playwright believed passionately in the left wing perspective and his message is overtly political. He uses techniques such as "dramatic irony" and "direct mouthpieces", which define the genre of the play as non-illusory, to impart his left-wing message.
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