An Inspector Calls

... Explore the Dramatic Techniques Used by J.B. Priestly in Act 3 of "An Inspector Calls" to Convey his Concerns and Ideas to the Audience, as well as Interest and Involve Them in his Play. What Does This Reveal About the Birling Family and Their Society? J.B. Priestly has many concerns, but his main concerns whilst writing this play were to influence the public to take up a more socialistic approach to life. This was his concern because although the play was set in 1912, before the First World War, it was written in the 1940's after the two World Wars had taken place and he knew the outcome of the events that were mentioned during the play. For example, in Act 1, Birling says that the Titanic is "unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable," but as we all know, the Titanic, which sailed about 18 months after this was said, sank near to eastern

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