Explain How Priestley Presents Some Of The Contrast In The Play
Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the Play ‘An Inspector Calls’
The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ by JB Priestley has many aspects of contrast in it. The aspects of contrast in this play is the differences between the classes with Edna, Eva and the inspector being of a lower class to the rest of the cast, also the contrast of Gender plays a big role in this play with females being treated differently to Males.
The Birlings and Gerald Croft are both of a higher class with Edna, the maid, and Eva Smith being lower class women. As Edna is the maid you would think that she is of low importance to the play but this is not the case as she is the only one in the play of the same social class as Eva Smith and knows what it …show more content…
The inspector, although of quite a high class, is of a lower class than the Birlings and Gerald. We can see this from when he says ‘I don’t Play Golf’, this may be because only people of a very high class play golf because of the expense of it, so by the inspector saying this it gives us the idea that the inspector is lower class than the rest of them. Another way we can see that the inspector is of a lower class is the way that they treat eachother, The inspector talk in very short sentences but getting out what he needs whereas the birlings talk in long sentences with bigger words showing that they are of a better education and class. Even though the inspector is of a lower class to Birling, he doesn’t treat him how I would be expected in society for a working class man to teach a higher class man, the Inspector looks down on the Birlings because of what they have done but this would usually be considered as rude and not appropriate. The inspector is also very sure of what he is saying and gets down to the point, and often interrupts Mr Birling showing that even though Mr Birling is of a higher class, the Inspector is way more
The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ by JB Priestley has many aspects of contrast in it. The aspects of contrast in this play is the differences between the classes with Edna, Eva and the inspector being of a lower class to the rest of the cast, also the contrast of Gender plays a big role in this play with females being treated differently to Males.
The Birlings and Gerald Croft are both of a higher class with Edna, the maid, and Eva Smith being lower class women. As Edna is the maid you would think that she is of low importance to the play but this is not the case as she is the only one in the play of the same social class as Eva Smith and knows what it …show more content…
The inspector, although of quite a high class, is of a lower class than the Birlings and Gerald. We can see this from when he says ‘I don’t Play Golf’, this may be because only people of a very high class play golf because of the expense of it, so by the inspector saying this it gives us the idea that the inspector is lower class than the rest of them. Another way we can see that the inspector is of a lower class is the way that they treat eachother, The inspector talk in very short sentences but getting out what he needs whereas the birlings talk in long sentences with bigger words showing that they are of a better education and class. Even though the inspector is of a lower class to Birling, he doesn’t treat him how I would be expected in society for a working class man to teach a higher class man, the Inspector looks down on the Birlings because of what they have done but this would usually be considered as rude and not appropriate. The inspector is also very sure of what he is saying and gets down to the point, and often interrupts Mr Birling showing that even though Mr Birling is of a higher class, the Inspector is way more