The Thoughts Portrayed by Priestley's in An Inspector Calls I think that Priestley’s main aim in the play is to get across to the audience that society needs to change. He wrote the play in 1945 which was near the end of World War II and wanted to get the message across that the world needed to change and stop having wars. Priestley wants the audience to realise that how they are living needs to change. He shows that without everyone the world doesn’t work, “We are members of one body,” the Inspector is showing that you would work better with two eyes instead of one. This is exactly what the family come to realise from the Inspectors visit as he shows them that they all were responsible for Eva’s death. The quotation in the question above is what Priestley wants the audience to realise. It is very convincing because he uses the word “we” which involves the audience and as well as the characters. This shows that Priestley wanted to get a message across to the audience using the characters’ dialogue. He uses short sentences and progressively builds up to the word “responsible” which shows responsibility is the main aim in the play and that it was also very important in Priestley’s mind. In the quotation in the above question, Priestley uses statements rather than questions which shows he is making a point, not asking for an opinion. This emphasises that he truly believes people need to change and he’s not just asking them, but telling them to change. The play was set it in 1912, so that he knew what was going to happen between 1912 and 1945 so he could play with the character’s minds. He demonstrates this with Mr Birling talking about the Titanic: “unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable” and obviously we know the Titanic sank. Priestley has the Inspector talks to each one of the characters in the family, individually throughout the whole play, which puts each of them in the spotlight. This shows that they are all responsible and
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A Comparison of Characters of Mr. Birling and Inspector Goole in J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls
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J.B. Priestley's Motives Behind An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1894. His mother
The Dramatic Techniques J.B. Priestley Used to Create and Develop Tension in Act one of An Inspector Calls
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Examine Priestley's use of dramatic techniques to create tension in the play. Priestly was a socialist writer, and 'An Inspector Calls' is one of the plays in which he tried to display his socialist ideals in. The play was written in the 1940's, a little after the end of the Second World War, and it was first performed in 1946, in Russia, then later in England. Priestly had served in World War 1, and the terrible scenes he saw lead to him having socialist views. He was inspired by other writers whose views he shared, especially George Orwell and H.G.
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World War II propaganda posters were used mainly for three reasons: to invoke public sympathy for the war cause, to help finance the war, and by encouraging people to support the war. Many t...
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.
Priestley's Use of Characters to Send a Political and Social Message to the Audience in An Inspector Calls
Examine the role of Inspector Goole in the play “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestley.
The Role of the Inspector in J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls "But I accept no blame for it all." Although this may sound like a statement from someone that is being questioned in the docks of court, this quote is actually from the both the Birling's (Mr and Mrs) in An Inspector Calls when they are asked questions by Inspector Goole. They are demonstrating here that because they are of the richer class, they cannot accept any responsibility for any problems in society, within the city. Of course, J.B. Priestley, the writer, is totally against this kind of thinking. The writer believes in collective responsibility between people, and this is demonstrated when the Inspector, who portrays the morals in this play, says: "We don't live alone, we are members of one body.
Goole. Some the Birling family are used to show how we are not to act