How does Priestly create Drama in

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How does Priestly create Drama in “An Inspector Calls” given that is a play of words, not action and there is only one setting? Discuss

“An Inspector Calls” was written by John Boynton Priestly who was born in Yorkshire on the thirteenth of September 1894. When he was sixteen he became a junior clerk with the local wool firm. Whilst working as a junior clerk Priestly became more advanced within his writing career.

Priestly wrote “An Inspector Calls” in the space of one week near the end of world war two. He wrote this play because he was interested in politics and felt the need for a change as to the way poor people were treated by the more higher-class citizens. He expressed his passion in this play to get a message across to the public that there needed to be a change in the social attitude of higher-class people.

In 1984, Priestly died of old age after being made a member of the Order of Merit by the queen. He died at the age of 89.

The play was set in 1912 when Britain still had its empire and was classed as a wealthy country. It was mainly set in the Birling family’s living room, where Inspector Goole questioned each of the five members of the family.

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Inspector Goole is part of a police force inspecting the suicide of Eva Smith. Nobody really knows who or what the inspector is by the end of the play, but as far as the characters are concerned he is just an average inspector doing his job. The Inspector appears in the play to be just like any other police officer, he asks questions and tries to find the truth, using any evidence possible.

All characters in “An Inspector Calls” are extremely different.  They all have their own views and opinions as to what is right and what is ...

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