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class
Themes
In An Inspector Calls, the cast of the play does not include any lower class characters (apart from Edna The Maid - the name 'The Maid' emphasises the distinction between the upper and lower class). We see only the rich, upwardly mobile Birlings and the upper class Gerald Croft. However, we hear of the lower class through each stage in Eva's life and we see the attitude the Birlings and Gerald Croft had for them.
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Quotes
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“Perhaps I ought to warn you that hes an old friend of mine, and that I see him fairly frequently.”
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Context/purpose
He also aims for the elite members of society to work for the common good for all of society, through the interrelated theme of Social Responsibility.
Priestley clearly was interested in the class system and how it determines the decisions that people make.
J B Priestley is trying to show that the upper class are unaware that the easy lives they lead rest upon hard work of the lower classes.
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