'An Inspector Calls' Exam guide. I1

An introduction to 'An Inspector Calls'

J.B Priestly wrote 'An Inspector Calls' in 1945 during the second world war, but the play was set in 1912.

In 1912 society wasn't equal- people with more money and from a higher background had more power. Priestly used the unequal society of 1912 as a setting to get people to think about inequality in 1945. The war years affected J.B. Priestly's life and writing.
'An Inspector Calls' was written near the end of the second world war so the audience would have seen how the war affected everyone. Soldiers were returning from war and hoping for a better life. 'An inspector Calls' asks the audience to unite to improve society.

Background information. I2

The plans set in Brumley - a fictional town in the north midlands.
Brumley is described as an industrial city in the north midlands in 1912. Cities like this would have had factories and thousands of terraced houses for all factory workers.

Here are the locations of the play:
The Brumley's house
Milwards
Birling + Co factory
Eva/daisy's lodging
Hopsital and mortuary
Gerald flat in Morgan terrace
The palace theatre
Police station.

Satus + wealth kept classes apart. In 1912 the upper and middle classes lived pretty comfortably. Many middle class men were wealthy and powerful because they had businesses or professional jobs. The working classes has a very different life. They had to work hard for little money, often in factories owned by middle classes.
People were expected to provide for themselves so support for those in need was limited.
This made it difficult for working class people to help themselves if they dwell on hard times.

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