Context Flashcards
Socialism
Socialism
The system of society based upon the common ownership and democratic control.
Socialism pt 2
People working together in fair standards
People should share wealth
Priestley’s views
Access to equal resources
War
Ww1 started in 1914
Priestley joined at age 20
He left the army in 1919 when seeing an active front line in France.
He narrowly escaped death when a German gas shell set off near him and was a victim of a gas attack.
Context over view
Contrast in views from the 19th century
The lives of the contrast in upper, middle and lower class
The dates or when the play was written and set
Self help and welfare
Mr and mrs Birling are in there fifties which means they spent most there lives in the nineteenth century.
They represent the 19th century of self help
People work harder the less pay
Sheila and Eric represent the 20th century idea of welfare
Two sides are shown
Capitalism
An economic system where things are owned by the people who have money
People may sell property and other can buy or borrow
Everyone pays there own tax
The poor should work harder to earn more.
In the 1930s Priestley became very concerned about the consequences of social equality.
The playwright
13/9/1894- 14/8/1984
Priestley surrounded himself with people who read a great deal, cared a lot for the arts and preferred real talk.
He found himself having political discussions with his fathers socialist friends.
