an inspector calls - socialism vs capitalism
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- Created on: 04-04-19 17:07
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- An Inspector Calls Themes (socialism vs capitalism)
- This play is set in 1912 in which had a very strong class system, which people stuck to. society was generally capitalists however this benefited the upper classes more than the lower.
- In a capitalistic society the upper class invested in and owned all means of production & distribution of goods, and the lower classes were those of whom worked for these companies earning a very small amount.
- This meant that few people in society held all of the wealth and power.
- At the start of the 20th century people started to revolt as they belived that it should be a more equal society- the lower class people wanted better working conditions
- In the 1920's/30's the Great Depression hit
- Priestley was a socialist who believed that people in society should look after one another especially the ones who needed it most like the lower classes.
- Priestly also believed that the class system should end.
- Through this play Priestley wanted to show that people in society needed to change, the upper classes needed to stop obsessing over power and wealth & we needed to care more for one another.
- An Inspector Calls was written in 1945, set in 1912, just before the outbreak of WW1 IN 1914.
- Priestley believed selif people caused wars.
- Throughout the play Mr Birling is made to look foolish as all he cares about is his obsession with capitalistic ideas
- Priestley uses dramatic irony to make Mr Birling look like an idiot, for example when he was promoting how there is never going to be a war and the titanic will not sink.
- priestley exposed how capitalistic attitudes can hurt individual people and how they can effect their lives.
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