’An Inspector Calls’ is a play by J.B. Priestley which criticises the social structure of the early twentieth century society. J.B. Priestley was born at the end of the 19th century; in 1894. At this time‚ Britain and Europe had a very class conscious society. Britain was highly industrialised and governed by right wing parties either the Whigs or the Liberals. Most of the royal families of Europe were inter-related and wielded enormous power. The workers in most countries of Europe were badly treated
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his bringing up and poor education‚ as we learn‚ he made his money and worked his way up unlike the Crofts. Mr Birling should be dressed in smart outfit of the era to demonstrate his ‘new money’ wealth. He should appear to be very pleased with the engagement of his daughter to Gerald croft as he is in hope of merging their companies‚ so I would advise the actor to appear smug and should flatter Gerald. Also since Mr. Birling made his own money he has come for a poor background and this can be seen
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appearance is quite ironic. We all know that Arthur Birling is the father to Sheila and he in act one he is hosting an engagement party for his daughter and her fiance‚ Gerald Croft. Gerald makes a few speeches throughout act one‚ during one of them he says‚ "Gerald...your engagement with Sheila means a tremendous lot to me...Crofts and Birling are no longer competing but are working together - for lower costs and higher prices." This suggests that maybe Mr Birling cares more about his business than
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INSPECTOR CALLS REVISION NOTES Political views During the 1930’s Priestley became very concerned about the consequences of social inequality in Britain‚ and in 1942 Priestley and others set up a new political party‚ the Common Wealth Party‚ which argued for public ownership of land‚ greater democracy‚ and a new ’morality’ in politics. The party merged with the Labour Party in 1945‚ but Priestley was influential in developing the idea of the Welfare State which began to be put into place at the
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NOTES Priestley’s Life: John Boynton Priestley was born into a working class family in 1894. He knew early on that he wanted to become a writer‚ but decided against going to university as he thought he would get a better feel for the world around him by working. Instead‚ he became a junior clerk with a local wool firm at the age of 16. When the First World War broke out‚ Priestley joined the infantry and only just escaped death on a number of occasions. After the war‚ he gained a degree from
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Inspector Goole as a mouth piece to emphasise how the Birlings and Gerald failed in their role of responsibility and are guilty and wrong‚ “Each of you helped to kill her.” This uncompromising statement is of the Birling’s who are no longer presented as respectable citizens to the audience‚ but as murderers. Gerald is the son of Lord and Lady Croft. He was born into the most privileged social class and is a young aristocrat. Gerald is shown as being both responsible and irresponsible in the play
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Of Eva Smith? The inspector calls takes you through an eye opening voyage on the death of a girl named Eva Smith‚ as well as how a family reacts when they know their involvement in the death. The Birling family as well as the soon to be husband (Gerald Croft) of the daughter Sheila‚ one by one are bestowed with guilt despite some refusing to believe they’re own responsibility. Very importantly we learn how each character has mistreated a poor girl and then crucially how they react to this. Though the
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In act 1 The Birling family and Gerald are celebrating Gerald and Sheila’s engagement in the dining room. Sheila and Eric are arguing in a not really serious way‚ while Gerald and Mr. Birling are talking about business‚ politics mostly about the Titanic. Mr. Birling is on his way to the next social class by getting an knighthood. Lady Croft has a very strong view of social classes; it looks like she isn’t too happy about the fact‚ that
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Sybil Birling‚ Eric Birling‚ Gerald Croft‚ Edna and INSPECTOR GOOLE. The detective thriller really gets the audience’s attention‚ from the build up to what’s going to happen next‚ the cliff hanger round each corner to the terrible twists near to the end‚ these kind of things really catch the eye of the reader and makes them want to read more and more into the book. The lifelike picture
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seems embarrassed and awkward from the start. The very first mention of Eric in the script is that he guffaws and he is unable to explain why he is laughing. This may mean he is nervous about something. It is soon clear that he is a heavy drinker when Gerald admits‚ “I have gathered that he does drink pretty hard”. He feels guilty about the relationship he had with the girl which is why he supports her when his father talks about how he sacked Eva. He was quite responsible as he was more concerned about
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