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Social Responsibility In An Inspector Calls By J. B. Priestley

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In J.B Priestley’s didactic play ‘an inspector calls’ responsibility is a theme shown throughout the play, as Priestley believed society needed to take on more social responsibility, this is shown through the inspector who acts as Priestley’s mouthpiece in the play, for his socialist message; with the play first being premiered in socialist Russia in 1945 it is clear to see Priestley wanted to teach an audience about socialism through the importance of responsibility.

At the the start of the play we are introduced to the Birling family who are an upper-middle class family who made their money through the capitalist system, an ideology that Priestley is highly critical throughout the play. Its a sensible view to say that Mr Birling is a personification …show more content…

We see this during her interrogation with the inspector “i did nothing i'm ashamed of” the adjective nothing illustrates to the audience the gross lack of responsibility Mrs Birling has, as she hold a vital role in the Brumley women’s council yet still undermines Eva’s pleas for help and dismisses her simply telling her to find the father. Not only was this Eva being turned away from some “pitable” amount of money, but also a denial and an abandonment from those who are meant to help women in the early 20th …show more content…

Without the financial support of a man and being turned away from jobs by Sheila and Mr BIrling, its clear to see Eva had little choice getting involved in what's alluded to as prostitution; as in the play its accounted on two seperate occasions, with Gerald and Eric she was in the palace bar, known as “a frequent haunt for women of the town” with ‘women of the town’ being a euphemism for

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