An Inspector Calls - War

Question 1

Whys: 1

Answer 1

Priestley wrote the play in 1945 with two world wars still weighing heavily in the collective
conscious. Knowing just how much had been endured, he was keen to press home that change
was essential and that the social mistakes of the past must not be repeated. The cyclical
structure of the play hints at the repetitious nature of history lest lessons be learned.