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    An Inspector calls - Why it is a successful play Priestly was a successful play writer who wrote a number of successful plays including ‘An Inspector calls’ which has all the qualities I would expect from a good stage play. That are the following an interesting plot which carefully unravels and a good use of dramatic devices such as cliff hangers also the way these devices are used to get the audience more involved. I would examine the play for these qualities by checking to see if it has all

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    “An Inspector Calls” was written by J.B Priestley after the Second World War‚ It is set in the spring of 1912 at the Brumley home of the Birlings‚ a prosperous industrial family in the North Midlands. This play circles around responsibility‚ showing us‚ the audiences that each character in the play has a part of responsibility for Eva Smith’s death‚ everyone of them is responsible‚ except for the Inspector of course. Priestly uses the Inspector as a symbol of Social Responsibility‚ Inspector is the

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    An Inspector Calls John Priestly was born in Bradford in 1894. Priestly had grown up into his father’s circle of socialist friends; he saw women and men‚ rich and poor‚ all working together. After the First World War women returned to being housewives‚ the typical life that the perfect woman was expected to lead. This greatly influenced Priestly’s writing because he didn’t agree with that way

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    Winston Churchill thinks that socialism is a philosophy of failure however John Steinbeck author Of Mice and Men & JB Priestly author of An Inspector Calls would say that capitalism creates the failure in society not socialism. Both authors create a microcosm to show us how society was like at the time. This is called social realism. The two texts show how rich people are quick to take advantage of the poor and the vulnerable.

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    What is the significance of Mr Birling? Birling represents capitalism‚ the political position that Priestly is most critical of as a socialist therefore he is the character that is made look the most foolish in the play. He is the one that seems to start off the chain of events. Birling ultimately is responsible. Throughout the play we can clearly see that Mr Birling represents Capitalism. We see this straight away in the stage directions on the 1st page telling us that he is a “heavy looking

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    How does Priestley present the change in Sheila during the course of the play An Inspector Calls? How do you think this change reflects some of Priestley’s ideas? Initially Sheila is thought of to be quite childish and immature at the start of the play as she teases and has a playful argument with her brother and with her mother telling her off saying ‘’Now stop it‚ you two’’. This resembles an ordinary family and so we can see that Sheila is treated as a child and behaves like one through the use

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    Essay on power An inspector calls is a controversial play‚ written by J.B Priestly in 1945. Set in 1912‚ the controversial play includes certain touches of power between characters and scenes. This is highlighted through the power of status‚ power of law and morality‚ the power of money and of power and responsibility‚ that are particularly highlighted through an inspector calls in depth and how each character is shown to be linked to various elements of power through the play whilst analysing it

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    How is Mrs. Morel presented in Chapter One of Sons and Lovers? The first chapter begins with a description of the neighborhood of “The Bottoms‚” the miners’ dwellings in which the Morel’s live. The Morel’s consist primarily in the first chapter of‚ Gertrude and Walter Morel‚ and their son William. Before we are even introduced to Mrs. Morel‚ the description that D.H. Lawrence gives in the opening few pages is enough for the reader to graft an opinion. Lawrence firstly writes that Mrs. Morel

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    An Inspector Calls: Revision notes These notes are to help kick-start your revision of the play for the GCSE exam. Good Luck! Miss Stonehouse Introduction There are a number of references to external events within the play and these could provide the areas which could be developed further. Among these are:       The Titanic The emergence of Russia as a world power The outbreak of World War One The importance of the Women’s Rights movement The rise of Socialism

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