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An Inspecter Calls
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An Inspector Calls 'An Inspector Calls' is a detective thriller, play written by J.B Priestley. The play is set in 1912 but was first performed in 1945. These dates are important because in 1912 the Titanic was set to sea and it is mentioned in the play, by Mr Birling as 'unsinkable'. 'War' is also mentioned in the play, when Mr Birling claims that 'there will not be any war' but there ended up being two, the First World War was in 1916 after the play was written and the Second World War, which finished around the time when the play was first performed. I think that Priestley's moral issues are about people not being in a community, because at the beginning of the play Mr Birling keeps on repeating the same words 'Every one should take care of themselves' but at the end of the play the inspector twists the words...
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