An Inspector Calls: Context
- Created by: Ruby Foster
- Created on: 06-04-13 19:39
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- Context
- Britain 1912
- Those with money and power saw no reason to change society when it was making them ritch
- Industrial revolution
- Inspector represents Priestlys views on scoeity at this time
- Titanic was the pinnacle of acheivment and enterprise
- 1945 = Huge support for social and political change
- Large working class paid poorley
- Workers had few rights
- Key Events 1912-1945
- Titanic sinks 1912
- WW1 1914
- wwII - 1939 6 million Jews killed: Mass genecide
- Russian reveloution = Power to the people 1917
- General Strike 1926, refusal to work due to poor wages
- Atomic Bomb drops on Japan 1945
- Mr Birling refers to all these events at the beginning of the play and deems them impossible
- An Inspector Calls is set before all of these events occured but is performed after
- What is the play?
- Paints younger generation as hope for the future
- Priestly's protest against ruling class in 1912 and 1945
- Blames rich and powerful for recent history
- Warning of past mistakes
- Call for change
- Play promotes ideas of socialism, collective responsibility and compassion for others
- Britain 1912
- An Inspector Calls
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