Inspector goole

The play is set in 1912 just two years before the war. This was a very hard and difficult time for England a period when they were many strikes, food shortages and political tension. In contrast to this the play was written in 1945, which was after world war two when the country was in great disorder. Priestly deliberately set his play in 1912 because the date represented an era when all was very different from the time he was writing, rigid class and gender boundaries seemed to ensure that nothing

An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley explores numerous ideas of responsibility. Priestley utilizes the setting of the play (1912) when socio-economic disparity between the upper and working class was high, and juxtaposes it with the social context of when the play was performed (1945), when aspects of socialism were growing rapidly in Britain. This creates dramatic irony and reflects the view of audiences first attending the play. He achieves this by using the mysterious nature of Inspector Goole, who

Responsibility for Death in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley The suicide of a working class girl, Eva Smith, under suspicious circumstances, brings to light the involvement of each character and the extent of their influence over the life of Eva Smith. In the play 'An Inspector Calls' the Birling family and Gerald Croft are interrogated by an inspector who reveals that they all abuse their power and position in upper class Edwardian society. At the start of the

The play An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley tells the story of a wealthy family in 1912 who are holding a celebration when the harsh figure of a police inspector arrives to investigate the suicide of a young woman who used to work at Mr Birling’s factory. In the first fifteen pages of the play, Priestley is able to make the Birling family appear extremely confident, whilst also creating subtle tensions, of which the significance later becomes clear. Confidence: In the opening pages of the play

An Inspector calls The inspector has many functions in 'an inspector calls', the inspector is the centre point of the play, and the main events of the play rotate around him. He controls the entrances and exits of the play. He also has a grip on the topic of conversation, and is not afraid to anything and has the confidence to interrupt to re-tighten his grip on the conversation. The inspector also develops the topic of conversation from person to person in a methodical fashion. The inspector

Priestley's Main Aim in An Inspector Calls J.b. Prestly wrote 'An inspector calls' in 1943 on a play based in 1912. He was born in Bradford Yorkshire on 13th sept 1894 and died in 1984. He left school at sixteen because he wanted to write and takes a job with a firm of wool merchants. Priestley used his knowledge in working in the local wool to present Eva Smith and the working class people. His fathers

and after the Inspectors Visit? Throughout the play An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley, it is clear that Priestley strongly believes in the importance of a caring society and the consequences of our actions. He presents these views on inequalities through the presentation of Sheila Birling. This is done in various different ways using numerous techniques. A major inequality that has been highlighted in the play is gender Inequalities. Before the unexpected arrival of Inspector Goole, Sheila is presented

The story, “The Inspector Calls” is set in the year 1912, in the Pre World War I Era in a fictional place called Brumley, an “industrial city in the north Midlands”, which is most likely located in England due to the author being an English playwright, and the content of the play analysis the English society and hierarchy. At that time in England, the reigning monarch was King George V, with the strong lingering influence of the Edwardian Era in the people, named after Edward VII. At that time, women

my opinion, the play, “An Inspector Calls”, is full of secrets and lies. Each character in the play believes that they do not have a relation with Eva smith’s death, however the deeper into the play that you read, you begin to see how the truth slowly unravels and that the death of the girl is part of a chain connection. Each character had an input in the reason for the girl’s suicide and they slowly become aware of it as they are each being interrogated by the inspector. This proves what society

Explore the ways Priestley presents the Inspector in An Inspector Calls ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a play written by dramatist J.B Priestley in 1945. Priestley was a left-wing socialist and this was one of the factors which influenced him to write this play to portray his opinion on socialism. Even though the play was written in 1945, it was actually set in 1912, right before the start of the First World War. Set in the spring of 1912 at the Brumley home of the Birlings, a prosperous industrial family