An Inspector Calls Context Organiser
Brumley as a setting
Industiral City
North Midlands
Fictional area
Status and Wealth
The Upper and Middle classes lived very comfortably
The working class had to work hard in factories for little money
Support for those was limmited such as charaties
This made it hard for difficulty for working class to live a happy life
The Inspector as a mouthpiece for priestly
The inspector is outside of the class system meaning that he isnt upper class or working class he doesnt have a class
The Inspector is Priestleys voice throughout the play
This shows in his last speach as its not to the Burlings it's to the reader
Britian in 1912
The labour class was made for the working class to make life fairer for working class
There was no help from the goverment which is why charites were important
women couldn't vote and were far more controlled by there family members
britian in 1945
Working Class and Upper Class still excisted however women could now vote as long as your over 21
there was strike that meant people wouldn't work and send the county crubeling to its knees demanding there workers back
The Inspector's foucs:social responsibility
The Inspectors final speech is clear and to the point. Tts's a summary of his lesson about responsibility
The Inspector wasn't just rying t omake the family feel guility for Eva Smith, but to make them aware of what life is like for the working class
All of the events in The Inspector Calls suggests that you dont have to be be upper class to change the world we all just need to change our actions
women in 1912
Women couldn't vote
Wages for women were 1/3 to 1/2 of mens wages
Women would have Textiles and Demestic jobs
If a devorce happens the men would get the children
If a women would have affairs the would be classed ruined
There was no support for un-married women
He takes Eva's side and tells tells the Burlling about it even if she is working class and they are upper
British society was firmly divided along class lines
only men who owned property could vote
Those with money had power
From 1930 a aglobal econimic slumo knows as the depression hit many british industries. Terrible increase in unemployment and many worjers faced terrible poverty