An Inspector Calls’ has a cyclical structure. Discuss the following and decide what you think:
i- If the play ends exactly as it starts, what is Priestley’s message?
ii- Does the play’s ‘back to the front structure’ say anything about the society of the time?
iii- How do you think the Birlings will react to the questions of the second inspector?

I- priestlys message was to get through to the audience that choices have consequences. By ending the play exactly how it started it represents how you will repeat the same mistakes if you do not change your ways.

ii- during that time of society it showed how what class you was in was supposed to be important and if you were higher class, you was better than anyone. Which was not true.

iii- the younger Birlings such as Eric and Sheila will answer more truthful than they did with the first inspector as they want to right what they have done wrong whilst the older generation (mr and mrs birling) will not as from start to finish they didn’t see that they did anything wrong and that it was all eva smiths fault.

Hope this helped, try put it in your own words and take ideas and go into more detail. X

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.