Essays on An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls By J.B. Priestley: The Representation Of Eric As A Typical Edwardian Boy

Priestley introduces Eric as a wealthy sexist misinformed typical Edwardian boy, with capitalist views doctorined into his upbringing, and an immature character who also blindly advocates to the corresponding selfish materialistic perspectives and capitalist ideologies as his nouveau riche hubris father. Eric is presented as an outcast through Priestley’s manipulation in the dialogue ‘Half shy...
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An Inspector Calls' by J.B Priestley: Character Analysis

In the play, ‘An Inspector Calls’ By J.B Priestley, the audience are encouraged to find Mrs Birling unappealing due to her incredibly cold-hearted actions throughout the play. Sybil represents the wealthier, privileged classes who see themselves as the working classes moral superior. At the beginning of act 1, Mrs Birling is introduced as ‘his wife’,...

Representation of Priestley's Views in the Play An Inspector Calls

The play, An Inspector Calls, written by J.B Priestley, was first performed in 1945. Set in April 1912, it is a three-act drama that takes place on a single night in the upper-middle-class Birling household, where the family are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila Birling to her fiance Gerald Croft. The family is...
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