What is the viewpoint that J.B. Priestley is trying to convey to the audience through the portrayal of the characters in "An Inspector Calls"

Date Submitted: 11/17/2003 09:52:57
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 8 pages (2312 words)
"An Inspector Calls" was written in the 1940's after the class system had been broken down by war, and was set in 1912 when the class system was still in existence. The audience would have generally been made up of upper class people, they also would have related to Eric and Sheila as the language they used would have been similar to the audience. Priestley uses the characters Eric and Sheila to try to get the …
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…for Eva's death as they all made her life worse for her. No one character is to blame for Eva's death because she wouldn't have died if the all the characters had not made her weaker by getting her sacked from various jobs etc. "An Inspector Calls" is an accusation of the class system because it shows what happens when not everyone looks after everyone else and the working class is not treated very well.
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