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

An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley I am going to explore how J.B Priestley expresses his ideas and concerns about society through the characters Mr. Birling and Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls. Priestleys Ideas and concerns were standardized to Dickenss in A Christmas Carol, they both had concerns that the rich were not looking after the poor and that they were not taking responsibilities for their own effect on those less(prenominal) 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 play in 1912 because so much had happen between the period he had set the play and written it (1945), which meant that the listening would be knowledgeable about the time and he could then use dramatic irony very effectively. Dramatic irony is where the auditory sense has knowledge that gives surplus 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 ilk other rich people 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 speech or two, or a few German officers have too much to drink and begin to talk nonsense, youll hear some people say that fight is inevitable. And to that I say - fiddlesticks and of cause the war did happened, well two wars happened between 1912 and 1945. Birling also says the workers wont revolt and the labour party will never plow and again he is wrong. The effect of using dramatic irony to make Mr Birling look ignorant even though he is financially flourishing is to show that even thought some people ma ybe be rich doesnt mean they now more about