AIC context Flashcards
1
Q
Who is Priestley?
A
Advocate for social inequality and women rights
Author, novelist, playwright and broadcaster
2
Q
What does Priestley believe in?
A
Socialism, left wing belief, influenced the birth of the welfare state
3
Q
What was Priestley experience of war?
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Served in the army in ww1 and seen first hand the causes and conseq of wars
4
Q
What did he become more aware of ?
A
Social inequality in Britain
5
Q
Why did he write the play
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To teach or look back at life in Britain in 1912 To get people to take the opportunities for progress available to them and encourage his audience to judge the middle class social values of 1912 in the light of morality of 1945
6
Q
Clement Attlee
A
1st labour pm - won 1945 general election.
