An Inspector Calls - Context
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- An Inspector Calls - Context
- 20th Century - a time of great global change
- JB Priestley
- Keen to pioneer a new morality in politics
- Chief concerns was with social inequality in Britain and the need for nuclear disarmament
- Set in 1912
- First World War to start in 2 years time
- Birling's view that there wouldn't be a war was completely wrong
- Strong distinctions between the upper and lower classes
- Women were subservient to men
- Well off women got married
- Poorer women seen as cheap labour
- Ruling classes saw no change in the status quo
- First World War to start in 2 years time
- Play written in 1945
- Second World War ended on 8th May 1945, people were recovering from nearly six years of warfare, danger and uncertainty
- Class distinctions had been greatly reduced due to the two wars
- Women had earned a more valued place in society due to their effort in the wars
- Great desire for social change
- Immediately after the war Attlee's Labour Party won a landslide victory over Churchill and the Conservatives
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