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Throughout the play, Priestley proves there are consequence for every action: Mr Birling's thoughtless actions of firing Eva Smith. His inability to admit his partial responsibility in Eva’s death. Birling wanting to cover up for Eric stealing money. Priestley portrayed the evil side of capitalism and an obsession with money.
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Priestley uses Mr Birling to show the negative aspects of wealth and capitalism. Mr Birling represents the older, upper-class generation that caused many deaths in war. Priestley also uses Mr Birling's character to explore ideas such as the oppression of women and the consequences of our actions.
In ‘An Inspector Calls’, the Birlings are portrayed as a family of wealth and power. Mr. Birling is a successful businessman, and lives in a nice, possibly large house, with a maid, and likely other servants too. Priestley uses this setting and stage set up in his stage directions to indicate that the Birlings are quite wealthy.
J B Priestley believed in socialism, the political idea based on common ownership and that we should all look after one another. Mr Birling represents greedy businessmen who only care for themselves.
Priestley’s opening description of the Birling household through stage directions as “substantial and heavily comfortable but not cosy or homelike” immediately indicates the great wealth of the Birlings, yet the lack of feeling like home reinforces the cosmetic
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How does J.B. Priestley convey his political views through Eric Birling in An Inspector Calls? Eric Birling is used by Priestley to symbolize a more hopeful future for post-war Britain.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Brief introduction to the play “An Inspector Calls” and its socio-political context: “An Inspector Calls,” written by J.B. Priestley in 1945, is set in 1912, before World War I. The play critiques the social inequalities and moral failures of the upper class through the visit of Inspector Goole to the Birling family, who are wealthy and self-assured.
