Explore the ways in which the opening of an inspector calls sets the :: English Literature

Explore the ways in which the porta of an quizzer calls sets thescene and prepares the audience for the downfall of the Birlings andGerald CroftI am going to start my essay by looking at the way in which gamings werewritten and what theatrical genres were about in J.B Priestleys day,as this is potential to give an indication as to which genres influencedhim.In Priestleys day, there were four main genres that were per make atthe theatre, these include glamorous musicals, Shakespeariantragedies, detective thrillers and sober drama like that of GeorgeBernard Shaw and T.S Eliot. I think that the detective thrillersinfluenced Priestley to write an inspector calls. Most detectivethrillers, in those days involved one body, sextet suspects and aninspector, they then try to find out who done it. These types of playsare called moral philosophy plays.J.B Priestley fought in World War I and had experienced life intrenches, which where hell, and was a victim of a gas attack. Thismight hav e been what formed his socialist view. He was not the onlywriter to have socialist views after WWI there were others such asGeorge Bernard Shaw. Priestley must have earn that if we dontcare for each other and take office for our actions there willbe more wars, so he wrote the play to send across the message thatpeople they have to take obligation for their actions.The class your family was in, in Edwardian times was very importantand Priestley makes it open that this family is an upper classfamily from the very detailed stage directions at the starting time of theplay. The Dining room of a fairly large suburban house, be toa prosperous manufacturer. It has good solid furniture. From thisquote we tummy tell that Priestley wants the family to look well offbecause he describes their house as fairly big, and calls Mr. Birlinga Prosperous manufacturer which means he is a wealthy person and thathe has a well schematic business. He also describes their furnitureas good and solid. Pe ople in them days could not normally afford solidfurniture, so shows over again this familys wealth.