How 'An Inspector Calls' invites us to apportion blame for the death of Eva Smith.

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How 'An Inspector Calls' invites us to apportion blame for the death of Eva Smith

In 1946 a play was first performed, this play was performed under the name of 'An Inspector Calls'. The play was written by J B Priestly. It was being performed at a time when people who were the audience to his play were recovering from the second world war, and in addition to this a number of man made disasters caused by society and community's views, opinions and perspectives from different sides of arguments. These disasters include general strike in 1926, two world wars, the Russian revolution in 1917 The national insurance act in 1911 and the sinking of the ship which society called unsinkable the Titanic.

However it wasn't just a coincidence that the story line and the recent disasters clashed, this was one of the points J B Priestly was attempting to get across to the audience. He attempts to create and express ideas and feelings about themes, attitudes about society and how he uses characters personalities to express all of this through language and the plays structure.

I have been asked to explore the theme of responsibility