Dramatic Devices in An Inspector Calls :: J.B. Priestly

An inspector c wholes Dramatic DevicesAn Inspector Calls is a play written by J.B Priestly in 1945 however it is set in 1912. An Inspector calls is a thriller set in England. This was a very difficult time for several reasons. In 1912 it was a time where mass were just avaricious and selfish. Priestly wrote this play because he was concerned that the world that he and others was living in was a place of disgust and that people could do better. To tender all these wounds in the world Priestly wrote this to show that there is enough time to repair these problems and be as bright as possible for the future. The play makes us question ourselves and what sort of a character we would prefer to be. In 1912 it was a time of inequality. In fact there was a really big snap between the rich and poor, in the time if you were really rich, you were stated as really lucky, but for the poor it was a really different story. They had low remuneration and had difficulty on surviving on the money th ey were given. One of the most important themes in An Inspector Calls responsibility for other peoples welfare, and that soused people have obligations to look after those less fortunate than themselves. J. B. Priestley uses the inspector to express his views to people. One more of Priestleys reasons for writing this play was to show how people were behaving at the time. He wrote this play to reflect what people were really like and what they thought. The logrolling family are rich and they look down on the lower-class as less than human make no difference to society. Mr. Birling believes he just needs to look after for himself, but Priestley doesnt agree with this. each of the characters that are sitting down to dinner are responsible for the death of one girl Eva Smith, but not all of them think about their responsibilities, Birling feels that everyone has to look after themselves. Priestley partly shows what he is trying to say by showing Mr. Birling a proud man to be in so much error about so many things, such as the unsinkable Titanic ship and the two world wars not going to kick the bucket the audience would know that he is wrong. This is a device which Priestley uses called dramatic irony which is essential to the play because its based on the world wars and the titanic sinking.