An Inspector Calls MindMap
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- An Inspector Calls
- Context
- Set Play In 1912 but made play in 1945
- JB Priestly was a novelist, and a brodcaster
- JB Priestly was a socialist
- JB Priestly blamed the ruling classes (Capitalists who are greedy and only care for themselves)
- Believed In peace and making life fair
- Play promotes the idea of socialism, collective responsibility and compassion for other people
- Warning for people not to make the same mistakes made in the past
- Structure
- At end of each act is a cliffhanger
- Inspector interrogates each character in chronological order- Gerald in the middle of the play as he neither admits to what he has done or neither denies it
- Light changes due to the inspector which shows that he is overpowering the whole family
- The inspector is Priestley's socialist mouthpiece
- Inspector used to test characters (2 passed, 2 didn't pass)
- Language
- Dramatic Irony to influence the audience
- The birling's use Euphemism to hide what they mean
- The Inspector uses imagery to get the visual image into your head in what's happening in the scene
- Inspector uses imagery from the bible on his last speech
- Themes
- Social Class
- Social Responsibility
- Gender Roles
- More equal rights for women
- Judgements
- Socialism vs. Capitalism
- Context
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