Inspector Calls: Themes
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- Inspector Calls: Themes
- Britain in 1912
- Society's divided class system
- More Money =More Power
- Voters had to have owned property (no women)
- Women's lives were controlled by husbands and families
- Hardly any Charities of help for lower classes
- In 1945
- All men and women over 21 could vote
- Power was shared more evenly
- 1930=Depression hit industries
- Increase in unemplyment
- Family Life
- Family member expected to 'know their roles'
- Parents in charge
- Children expected to be obedient
- Gender Roles
- Men=support family, protect women
- Women=marriage, plan parties, visit friends, have children...cooking, cleaning
- Birlings
- Wanted everyone to believe they were the perfect family
- Gender roles are defined
- Tension
- Mrs Birling corrects he family's social mistakes
- Eric laughs out of turn and acts oddly
- Shelia teases Gerald 'half seriously' about last summer
- Social Class
- Young and Old
- Men and Women
- Judgment
- Learning about Life
- Social Responsibility
- Britain in 1912
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