A Character Study of J.B Priestley's An Inspector Calls Introduction ============ Historical knowledge -------------------- . The titanic sunk in spring 1912, Mr birling was very confident that it was unsinkable and wouldn't believe other wise. . WW1. The great equaliser, which brought all the different classes back to into one nation and made everyone equal and have the same rights. (The birling family considered their future bright, were all right look after our own) The war was said to bring fire blood & anguish in to our lives. WW1 - a lesion of responsibility. . In the early parts of the 1920's the suffragettes movement fought for equal rights for women and the right to vote equal to men. The all male parliament of this time made it difficult for women to get a work place or a place of power where men where came first. . The Wall Street crash in 1929 caused major unemployment in the USA and caused a breakdown of profit in the UK. This caused Hugh inflation. . The Jarrow March happened in 1936 on a desperate attempt to find jobs for the 200 men that took part they where known as the Jarrow marchers. The socialist government won by a landslide in the 1945 public elections (labour government) J.B.Priestly main themes ------------------------ . The inspector represents anyone (i.e. the people) . Responsibility - the main theme . The personal responsibility for other people . Get rid of the class divide . Give everyone equal rights . Learn to love fellow human beings The inspector was less concerned with the legal side of things and more concerned th... ... middle of paper ... ...ible for each. 'If men will not learn that lesson then they will be taught it in fire blood and anguish. Good night. His dramatic final speech was powerful and memorable, tone of voice, volume and gestures, left the audience with a strong impression of fair play and excellence. Conclusion J.B.Preistly's own political values could be brought into his writing and I think he reached the audience's reactions and thoughts would be taken home with them and maybe they would feel guilty for what they might have done in their past too. Priestly reached a greater audience than if he used a political platform to transfer his words across. The play itself is entertaining and exciting. The power this play has on the audience is amazing it really draws you into the Birling family and there involvement with Eva Smith.
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A Comparison of Characters of Mr. Birling and Inspector Goole in J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls
In 1914, with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife from Austro-Hungarian Empire caused an enormous war called World War I, that killed and injured about thirty million lives. It also destroyed the economy later on. World War I changed combat tactics in a whole new way, where people would die in a blink of an eye. Commanders and soldiers did not know about the capabilities of their new arsenals. The new industrialized developed weapons devastated the battlefield with blood, mountain of corpses, and small craters. Some of the weapons that were used were machine guns, poison gas, mortars, and tanks. Soldiers described the battlefield as a nightmare. This was the start of a new era arising through warfare. A very dangerous way to bring great change to the world but was not intended. World War I brought great changes to the world but, considering the countless deaths, it was the worst war ever, an inhumane war.
During America's early history, women were denied some of the rights to well-being by men. For example, married women couldn't own property and had no legal claim to any money that they might earn, and women hadn't the right to vote. They were expected to focus on housework and motherhood, and didn't have to join politics. On the contrary, they didn't have to be interested in them. Then, in order to ratify this amendment they were prompted to a long and hard fight; victory took decades of agitation and protest. Beginning in the 19th century, some generations of women's suffrage supporters lobbied to achieve what a lot of Americans needed: a radical change of the Constitution. The movement for women's rights began to organize after 1848 at the national level. In July of that year, reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton(1815-1902) and Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), along with Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) and other activists organized the first convention for women's rights at Seneca Falls, New York. More than 300 people, mostly women but also some men, attended it. Then, they raised public awar...
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Priestley’s Main Aim in An Inspector Calls JB Priestly wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’ to enhance the message that ‘we don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other’. This is something Priestly felt strongly about and he succeeded in representing his views through the character of the Inspector in the play itself. He wanted to communicate the message that our actions, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, always affect others.
upon so many levels. On the surface it is a simple tale of how one man
against men, and 12 resolutions calling for equality of men and women under the law and the rights to vote for
World War I, also known as “The Great War”, was a global war that revolved mainly around Europe. It took place from 1914 to 1918. This was a very brutal war that caused many casualties. The soldiers who survived experienced severe trauma and mental discomfort. This trauma was a direct result of the violence and agony they experienced during the war.
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World War 1 was called “The Great War”, “The war to end all wars”, and “The first modern war”. It had many causes and a few repercussions and I will describe them in detail.
The word "war" is always horrible to man especially with who has been exposed to. It is destruction, death, and horrible suffers that has been with all man's life. In the short story "In Another Country", Ernest Hemingway shows us the physical and emotional tolls of the war as well as its long-term consequences on man's life. He also portrays the damaging effects that the war has on the lives of the Italians and even of the Americans.