An_Inspector_Calls

An Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls The story was set in 1912, just two years before the First World War. It was a time of great transition; the existing social order was being questioned. In the 19th century the British Empire had grew to be the largest the world had ever seen giving the rich, British snobs a very high opinion of themselves. The rich were disgusted with the poor, and the poor despised the rich. This is a reflection on the hierarchy of society, with God at the top, then the Monarchy, going to minor aristocracy the list goes all the way down to the working class ‘scum’ at the bottom who comprised the majority of society. The play is set in an imaginary town called Brumley, somewhere in the north of England. Dramatic irony is involved in the early stages of the play. It is used on two occasions, one consecutively following the other. Birling states “Just because the Kaiser makes a speech or two, or a few German officers have too much to drink and start talking nonsense, you’ll hear some people say that war’s inevitable. And to that I say - fiddlesticks! The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war, inspector, calls, sheila, birling, world, same, play, first, much, learn, done, war, two, society, selfish, represent, priestley, new, family, class, characters, wrong, week, way, titanic, time, thinking, themselves, story, social, set, seen, say, rich, people, nothing