Throughout the play An Inspector Calls JB Priestly uses the characters to portray the different levels of society. He does this so as to give each class a moral belief and name. The play is called ’An Inspector calls’ and was written in 1946 by J.B. Priestly. It is set in the year 1912‚ in between the time in which it was set and the year it was written two world wars had taken place. In 1912 classes were very different and were socially divided. There was a lot of poor people and very few rich people
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The role of Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly. Inspector Goole is probably the most important character in An Inspector Calls. He creates big impressions and somehow reveals all about the Birling family and Gerald Croft. He interrupts their celebrations to question them over the death of Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton. In the process of doing this he makes some of the characters realise what they are really like‚ and how the small actions they had done in the past affected her and
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An Inspector Calls has been called “a play of contrasts”. Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the play. Priestley presents many contrasts in the play‚ An Inspector Calls. One of the most prominent is the contrast between the generations: the open‚ more impressionable younger generation is contrasted with the traditional older generation throughout the play. For example‚ Sheila changes much more in the play than her parents‚ to the point that she is “frightened” and “ashamed”
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Arthur birling’s Character J.B. Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ a three act drama which was first performed in 1945‚ which is after the Second World War ended. In this play‚ Arthur Birling is a wealthy mill owner and a politician. He represents the capitalist upper class. Since Priestley was a socialist and server in the war‚ he wanted to show this ruling class family as the ‘antagonists’ in this play‚ as he himself‚ in his life‚ accused the ruling class for their mistakes‚ who helped trigger
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An Inspector Calls is a play based in 1912‚ although it was written in 1946 by JB Priestley. Priestley was a deeply political writer with a strong favour for Communism. Communism is the political belief that there is no rich or poor and that everybody is equal‚ indeed Communists also believe that there should be a planned economy and no wages would be paid to the workers as this money would be used to fuel the infrastructure and the economy. When Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ It was 1946
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isolation and loneliness‚ for example George is always playing solitaire which is a one-player game‚ and also he becomes lonely after the killing of Lennie. Crooks is isolate being the inly black character as he is not allowed and is not welcome with the other ranch hands to play cards‚ so he has a lot of books in his room as that is his only form of entertainment. Candy is also lonely‚ especially after they shoot his dog as his dog was his companionship. Curley’s wife is also lonely because she is always
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‘An Inspector’s Calls’ is a play that was written by J.B. Priestley in 1945 but set in Edwardian England 1912. The play is set in a fictional industrial city in the North Midlands called Brumley. The fictional industrial city of Brumley would have been typical of many towns‚ as in the town there would be factory owners‚ who would provide much needed jobs‚ this meant that the factory owners were able to run their businesses any way they wanted to. These factory owners were more important in 1912
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Arthur Birling says: “If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with‚ it would be very awkward wouldn’t it?” How does Priestley present ideas about responsibility in An Inspector Calls? In An Inspector Calls‚ one of the main themes is responsibility. Priestley is interested in our personal responsibility for our own actions and our collective responsibility to society. The play explores the effect of class‚ age and sex on people’s attitudes to
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‘perhaps we may look forward to a time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together’ ‘The Germans don’t want war’ ‘unsinkable‚ absolutely unsinkable’ ‘mixed up together like bees in a hive’ ‘community and all that nonsense’ ‘a man has to mind his own business and look out for himself and his own.’ ‘I know the Brumley police officers pretty well’ ‘This is Gerald Croft‚ the son of Sir George Croft’ ‘the wretched girl’s suicide’ ‘she’d had a lot to say – far too much – so she had to go of course
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themselves and their family‚ this can be recognised when the Inspector reveals all about Eva Smith‚ and their reaction to this awful death‚ even though they are involved‚ seems to be non-existent‚ through evidence from the inspector‚ they still persist that they haven ’t participated to this death. They are completely unsympathetic towards the girl and take no responsibility for their actions as their domineering behaviour makes them feel as if they have done nothing wrong this can be shown when Mrs Birling
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