How does J.B Priestley use dramatic devices in An Inspector Calls? Essa

Coursework How does J.B Priestley use dramatic devices in An Inspector Calls to convey his concerns and ideas to the members of the audience as well as interest and involve them in his incline? 23rd, February 2005The main theme of An Inspector Calls is province. J.BPriestley wants to show the Birlings and the audience that we allshare responsibility for other peoples welfare, and that wealthypeople have obligations to way after those less fortunate thanthemselves. Priestley uses Inspector Goole to put across his views onsociety by portraying himself as a character. Through Inspector GoolePriestley is satisfactory to emphasize that with privileges comeresponsibilities to help others. In the 1930s Priestleys main concern was the social inequality inBritain. Priestly set up The solid ground Party in 1942. Their mainarguments were public land ownership, greater democracy, and a newmorality in politics. In 1945 Priestleys party joined the dig outparty. Priestley was particularly inf luential in developing the ideaof the Welfare State, this finally took place at the end of World WarTwo.The play is set in 1912 but was written and performed in 1945. This issignificant as it allows J.B Priestley to make Mr. Birling seem evenmore ridiculous and nave. For example, he mentions how there is notgoing to be a war, however by 1945 when the play was first performedthe audience make out that there were two wars between 1914 and 1945,World War virtuoso and World War Two, which began in 1939. Mr. Birling alsomentions how the ship Titanic will not sink, unsinkable, absolutelyunsinkable. Again in 1945 the audience know that Titanic did sink,consequently the things that Mr. Birling says, the audienc... ...stley is alsoconveying his ideas here. The audience would realise that everyone isresponsible for each other. Priestley interests and involves theaudience by having a lot of tension in the play An Inspector Calls.Priestley also interests them by having an exciting plot and a widerange of characters. He involves the audience by using dramatic ridiculevery early on in the play and using characters to put across hisconcerns, such as the inspector in his speech tells the Birlingseach of you helped to kill her. This is not only aimed at thecharacters on stage but at the audience too.Priestleys message in An Inspector Calls is responsibility and howeveryone is responsible for other people, we are all linked insociety. This message is still relevant today because we still haveresponsibilities for other people and our actions do affect others.