In act one of "An Inspector Calls" how does J.B. Priestly use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience as well as interest and involve them in his play?

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In act one of “An Inspector Calls” how does J.B. Priestly use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience as well as interest and involve them in his play?

By Michelle Holmes

        J.B. Priestley wrote a play in 1940 called “An Inspector Calls” In Act one Mr Priestley uses dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience. He also interests and involves the audience in his play. I will be analysing act one of the play to try and understand the dramatic devices that Priestley uses.

        Although Priestley wrote the play in 1940 the play was set in 1912. In 1912, class was very important and unemployment was high at the time. The economy was doing badly and only six years on from when the play was set there was an economic slump. Also in 1912 Titanic sunk which proves relevant later on. Only two years after the play was set, world war one I came about this also plays and important factor.

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        Priestley had a message in his detective thriller play set in Edwardian England in an industrial city. Priestley manages to express his social and political views through how an upper/middle class family hide their secrets. Priestley is extremely critical of those with wealth and status and how people high in society refuse to acknowledge how their lives of others who are less fortunate.

        One dramatic device that Priestley uses during his play is lighting. At the beginning of act one the lighting is “pink and intimate” showing a time of celebration. A fairly welcoming, pleasant scene. Later on in Act ...

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