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'An Inspector Calls' 'An Inspector Calls' was written in 1946 and set in 1912. It tells the story of an inspector who visits the Birling family, who are wealthy, trying to find out why a young pregnant girl has suddenly decided to commit suicide. J.B Priestly chose to set the play in 1912 as a warning. The Birlings are smug and complacent; they believe that the titanic wont sink and war won't happen. J.B Priestly was writing with the benefit of hindsight because he knew that the horrors of the two world wars would happen. He was warning the audience not to be complacent and to remember their sense of social responsibility and that the war was coming. The end of Act 2 and the beginning of Act 2 are important to play because the guilt of all the characters is revealed and the inspector's final speech gives the audience an...

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