and based in the year 1914‚ J.B. Priestley’s ’Inspector Calls’ is an interesting depiction of the socio-politico-economic change‚ emphasising how between 1914 and 1945‚ factors such as the world wars united Great Britain‚ despite conflicting ideological perspectives. During the play‚ Priestly inserts his stance‚ using the main protagonist inspector Goole‚ as a metaphor for Priestly’s socialist views on social equality and responsibility. The inspector is also showcased as an omniscient character‚
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English homework An inspector calls 1) Find 3 quotations that show how characters change from Victorian to modern mortality “What an expression Shelia! Really the things you girls pick up these days!” “I think Shelia and I had better go into the drawing-room and leave you men” “Why the devil do you want to go upsetting the child like that?” 2) How would a modern day audience have responded to the characters/ the play? A modern day audience would be very shocked by the characters behaviour
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NOTES Priestley’s Life: John Boynton Priestley was born into a working class family in 1894. He knew early on that he wanted to become a writer‚ but decided against going to university as he thought he would get a better feel for the world around him by working. Instead‚ he became a junior clerk with a local wool firm at the age of 16. When the First World War broke out‚ Priestley joined the infantry and only just escaped death on a number of occasions. After the war‚ he gained a degree from
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Point 1- Portrayal of Women as Evil Of Mice and Men- “Her body leaned forward” "Feel right aroun’ there an’ see how soft it is." (Direct Attempt of Closeness and Temptation ultimately leads to her downfall – ‘Feel’) Inspector Calls- Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton- Absence throughout play. Lack of Clarity on her name “It’s a favourite haunt for women of the town” (Haunt-Evil and Sinister) Prostitutes Big Idea- Shows women are only for recreation (brothel houses present in both the books)
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How does J.B Priestly use the inspector as a dramatic device in his play? J.B Priestly book “An Inspector Calls” is set in 1912. During the time the book was set in a lot of riots and people weren’t getting paid as much as they needed. It is a play that grips the reader from the start. It’s a play that was turned into a book and it is about an inspector who visit’s the Birlings to investigate a murder or possible suicide from drinking disinfectant. At the beginning of Act 1 play in
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Difference In Generations An Inspector Calls ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a play set in 1912 by Mr. J. B. Priestly just before world war 1. Britain was drastically different from the post World War 2 Britain as the nation was very capitalist and there was a bigger separation in the social classes. Aristocrats‚ such as Mr. Birling would never mix with people of lower social standing. This was also before the win of Labour in 1945 and the creation of the welfare-state(NHS); which is the time of when the
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feels full of guilt for her jealous actions and blames herself and she is genuinely remorseful for her actions. She is very perceptive towards the inspector‚ first to wonder who he really is‚ realising he already knows much of what he is asking. Sheila represents new ideas as a new generation‚ such as proto-feminist influenced by the inspector and changes her personality and becomes more honest‚ outspoken and wiser. Sheila’s attitude is different at the end of the play from the beginning of the
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attitudes revolve around protecting their own social status whereby do not seem to care for anyone but themselves and their family‚ this can be recognised when the Inspector reveals all about Eva Smith‚ and their reaction to this awful death‚ even though they are involved‚ seems to be non-existent‚ through evidence from the inspector‚ they still persist that they haven ’t participated to this death. They are completely unsympathetic towards the girl and take no responsibility for their actions as
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How is Eric explored throughout An Inspector Calls? Eric is introduced in the play as a young man still figuring out his path in life. The start of the play states he is ‘half shy’ displaying nervousness and implying that he lacks of confidence. However it is also stated that he is ‘half assertive’‚ depicting whenever he feels passionate about something he can express his opinions. His starting words serve comically. The audience can develop an idea of how he typically acts‚ due to him not behaving
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prove to the arresting officers that i was not under the influence. When I got to the station they took my blood as soon as we arrived‚ then took me through the normal booking procedures. They placed me in one cell when I first arrived‚ I made my phone call‚ posted my bail waited a couple hours then they moved me to a different cell where I waited to be
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