An Inspector Calls Context
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- An Inspector Calls Context
- 1912
- Main Events
- 15th April 1912 - Titanic sinks
- Before World War 1
- Labour party was created
- After the industrial revolution - many features still visible
- Eg. High prices; low wages
- Suffrage movement
- Links to play
- Eva Smith demands higher wages
- Eg. High prices; low wages
- Upper class distinctions - 87% of wealth belonged to 5% of the population
- No minimum wage
- Upper class didn't believe in war
- Before World War 1
- Women were lower than men - submissive
- Working women were at the bottom of society
- Women didn't have the vote
- Suffrage movement
- No benefits so the government weren't much help for unemployed etc.
- Charities tried to offer some help
- Eva Smith demands higher wages
- Main Events
- J. B. Priestley
- BBC radio broadcaster during World War 2
- 'Postscripts' was used to boost morale but also to share Priestley's socialist views
- Influenced Labour's win 1945
- 'Postscripts' was used to boost morale but also to share Priestley's socialist views
- World War 1
- Joined the British Army as part of the Bradford Pal's Battalion (Infantry)
- Escaped an attack but many of his friends died
- World War 1
- Joined the British Army as part of the Bradford Pal's Battalion (Infantry)
- Escaped an attack but many of his friends died
- "Tradition of an officer class"
- Escaped an attack but many of his friends died
- Witnessed the horrors of the Front - social inequalites
- "Tradition of an officer class"
- Joined the British Army as part of the Bradford Pal's Battalion (Infantry)
- World War 1
- Escaped an attack but many of his friends died
- Witnessed the horrors of the Front - social inequalites
- Joined the British Army as part of the Bradford Pal's Battalion (Infantry)
- BBC radio broadcaster during World War 2
- Dramatic Irony
- 1945
- Main Events
- Dramatic Irony
- 1945
- Main Events
- 1926 General Strike (Miner's Strike)
- Conflict between business owners and workers
- Class distinction greatly reduced after WW2
- Society
- Social change after WW2 - everyone had the same money and clothes
- NHS had allowed everyone to have healthcare during the war
- Left-wing views more popular
- Women had earned more value during the war through war work
- Social change after WW2 - everyone had the same money and clothes
- Society
- Class distinction greatly reduced after WW2
- Conflict between business owners and workers
- Labour's landslide victory with Clement Atlee
- Influenced Labour's win 1945
- Women had the vote
- Women had earned more value during the war through war work
- 1926 General Strike (Miner's Strike)
- Society
- Social change after WW2 - everyone had the same money and clothes
- NHS had allowed everyone to have healthcare during the war
- Left-wing views more popular
- Social change after WW2 - everyone had the same money and clothes
- Main Events
- 1912
- Main Events
- 15th April 1912 - Titanic sinks
- Labour party was created
- After the industrial revolution - many features still visible
- Links to play
- Eva Smith demands higher wages
- Upper class distinctions - 87% of wealth belonged to 5% of the population
- No minimum wage
- Upper class didn't believe in war
- Women were lower than men - submissive
- Working women were at the bottom of society
- Women didn't have the vote
- No benefits so the government weren't much help for unemployed etc.
- Charities tried to offer some help
- Eva Smith demands higher wages
- Main Events
- The people know the consequences of the war and how it affects people
- Priestley's message: don't let us go back to the way we were before. Look what happened when we tried that last time (WW1)
- 1945
- 1926 General Strike (Miner's Strike)
- Conflict between business owners and workers
- Class distinction greatly reduced after WW2
- Class distinction greatly reduced after WW2
- Conflict between business owners and workers
- Labour's landslide victory with Clement Atlee
- Women had the vote
- Dramatic Irony
- Main Events
- The people know the consequences of the war and how it affects people
- Priestley's message: don't let us go back to the way we were before. Look what happened when we tried that last time (WW1)
- 1945
- Well-made Plays
- Dramatic genre from the 19th century
- The term was first used by Eugene Scribe
- 5 Elements of a Well-made Play
- 1. A tight plot that revolves around a missing element
- Eg. Letters or an absent person
- 2. Subplots that are related to the missing thing and add tension
- Often a revelation of information
- 3. A climax or scene of revelation where the missing element is revealed
- Often saves the hero from ruin or embarrassment
- 4. A closing scene which usually unravels the problem or the plot
- Usually explanations are supplied to resolve all earlier questions
- 5. Most of the play takes action before the play even begins
- 1. A tight plot that revolves around a missing element
- Dramatic genre from the 19th century
- AIC Main Themes
- Age
- The young are the next generation who are going to make the changes
- Only Shelia and Eric learn from the Inspector
- The young are the next generation who are going to make the changes
- Gender
- Mrs Birling's attitude to single mothers
- Mr Birling patronisingly says that all women "love clothes"
- Women are submissive; they're not supposed to protest but Eva Smith does
- Class
- More socialist attitudes after WW2
- Socialism: production and distribution of goods and service is a shared responsibility
- Capitalism: where a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners rather than the state
- More socialist attitudes after WW2
- Social responsibility
- The upper classes must take care and be responsible for the working class they oversee
- Priestley doesn't want society to go back to how it was before WW1
- Is the message of the play that we should see how well society worked when it was mixed and continue in the same vein?
- Age
- 1912
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