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An Inspector Calls 19th and 20th Century British Society
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AN INSPECTOR CALLS
Some general information about the book:
General Information
The play "An Inspector Calls" was written by J. B. Priestly . The play takes in place in 1912 which is the Edwardian Era. This was an era that changes from the "Victorian Era" were present. But what were the changes?
Who is J. B. Priestley?
Who was J. B.Priestley?
J.b. Priestley was born in Sept. 13, 1894 in England. He lost his mother when he was an infant and he was a member of the middle class. He had an observant personality and he observed all the classes (lower, middle and upper) while he was writing his literary outputs.
He dropped school when he was 16 to write and express his ideology about the world and the classes.
He fought in World War 1 and worked for BBC in World War 2. Some of his works were banned by the government as they included some political ideas that could be observed as opposing the war effort. He liked to talk with people about policy he always backed the right of women. He wrote the play "An Inspector Calls" after World War 2 taking place before World War 1.
He died
in Aug. 14, 1984.
Victorian Era
Victorian Era?
BY the help of the Industrial Revolution,Great Britain had its most prosperous years. In this era Queen Victoria was ruling the government. It is said tho be the most powerful period of the British history. (1837-1901)
Edwardian Era (1901-1910)
The book takes place in this era. King Edward was ruling the United Kingdom. The class system was very strict in those days. There was a middle class that hadn't existed before. People with money were exploiting (taking advantage) of the lower class. People in Britain were discriminated due to their wealth, heredity and their status in the community. Noble people consider the others with poor economic status as "lower class" whereas people with royal ties and wealth were accepted as the "upper class".
Edwardian Era
UPPER CLASS
MIDDLE CLASS
LOWER CLASS
Titanic
Titanic
In this movie Jack presents the lower class and Rose presents the "upper class" in the community. They fall in love in the ship as a coincidence and because of the class system, they cannot unite and the movie ends with an unexpected ending.