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An Inspector Calls - Select one member of the Birling family - Write a character study to show how Priestly uses the character to convey his own opinions and attitudes.
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*Select one member of the Birling family. Write a character study to show how Priestly uses the character to convey his own opinions and attitudes.* Priestly effectively conveys his attitude and opinions towards society via Mr. Birling, with the use of dramatic irony. "An Inspector Calls" is set in 1912 but was written in 1945. Society at the time the play was set, was strictly divided into social classes and the majority of the wealth was in the hands of the minority of the population. Priestley was writing the play for a middle class audience and was trying to speak up for the working class by showing how the Birlings and Gerald Croft were all involved in making a young working class girl's life a misery. Priestley wanted to show us that we have a responsibility to others to act fairly and without prejudice and that we do not live in isolation;...
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