Two Characters from J.B.Priestley’s play, An Inspector Calls :: English Literature

Choose dickens characters from the piddle. With c areful analysis of relevantsections of An Inspector C alones, show how Priestley wants us to reactto them in different ways, and give reasons for these differencesPriestleys state-controlled views are reflected in his play-written in 1945but set in 1912- just before the source of many imperative and decisiveevents such as World fight 1, World War 2 and who could forget , thesinking of the not so resilient cruise liner Titanic- An InspectorCalls. Priestley wants e veryone to work together and tolerate noboundaries between them any foresighteder. Believing that we are all obligated for each others actions and that we should learn fromlapses in the past and act upon them is a let on element in Priestleyssocialist beliefs. By learning these mistakes it would take a shit asuperior and more established hope for the future. An InspectorCalls is a moralizing glance at the site and situation of one family,the birles. Priestley uses his play as a vehicle to express hismoral and social concerns that if we do not begin takingresponsibility for each others actions, there allow be no hope, nofoundation and most importantly no future.The characteristics of this family are chosen carefully andaccurately. The older genesis, Mr Birling is expound as aprosperous manufacturer who believes that a man has to judgement his ownbusiness and look after himself and should not get tangled incommunity and all that nonsense. He is a very pretentious,egotistical and typical man of 1912. The moment in time when Priestley inflexible to write the play couldnt have been more perfect, and iswhere he uses Mr Birling to express the nave and pugnaciouscapitalist views in his rather long and portentous speeches. Hisspeeches consist of how none of these things will ever happen. I swanthere isnt a chance of war and the Titanic is unsinkable, dead unsinkable and not to overlook that the world would haveforgotten all these Capital versus Labour agitations, which areobvious signs of dramatic irony.Whereas Sheila, the younger generation is rather pleased withlife, which shows her vulnerability to be easily break from herengagement festivity. Because she is young and still learning new andsquiffy terms, Priestley chooses her to replace and develop, in hopethat people will become more socialist in the near future. Sheila is amore compatible person who ultimately changes her views as the playprogresses.In the beginning of the play the general proceeds is substantial andheavily comfortable, but not cosy and homelike. We are made to feelthat this is an environment with an array of surprises lying ahead.