An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley :: Papers

An tester Calls by J.B. Priestley I am going to look for how J.B Priestley expresses his ideas and concerns intimately society through the characters Mr. Birling and Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls. Priestleys Ideas and concerns were similar to Dickenss in A Christmas Carol, they both had concerns that the rich were non looking after the poor and that they were not taking responsibilities for their own magnetic core on those less fortunate. They both stress the idea that the poor should be given a helping hand to get their own money, not just be punished for being poor because that doesnt help. J.B Priestley set the rook in 1912 because so much had happen between the period he had set the play and written it (1945), which meant that the audience would be k like a shotledgeable about the time and he could then use striking irony very effectively. Dramatic irony is where the audience has knowledge that gives additional meaning to a characters words, Priestley uses this technique with the character Mr Birling to show that he didnt have a clue about what he was talking about like early(a) rich throng of the time. Mr Birling says the titanicunsinkable, absolutely unsinkable the Titanic sunk on its maiden voyage. As the audience knew this fact, and as the audience will know they realized Mr Birling was wrong so this causes dramatic irony. He also talks about WW1 just because the Kaiser makes a dustup or two, or a few German officers have too much to drink and begin to talk nonsense, youll hear some people say that war is inevitable. And to that I say - fiddlesticks and of cause the war did happened, considerably two wars happened between 1912 and 1945. Birling also says the workers wont revolt and the labour companionship will never grow and again he is wrong. The effect of utilise dramatic irony to make Mr Birling look ignorant stock-still though he is financially successful is to show t hat even model some people maybe be rich doesnt mean they now more about