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An Inspector calls was written in 1944, (first performed in 1945) and although he had the idea for the play before the Second World War, but he never had a chance to write it. After the victory of the Second World War, he was reminded and began work on the play based in 1912 pre-war Britain, a time of wealth and prosperity for the rich. The main idea Priestly wanted to convey in this play is that the seven deadly sins really are deadly; we take note of this because they have driven a young woman to suicide. The main perpetrators of the sins are from a rather well – to – do family, they commit lust, gluttony, wrath and various other sins through selfish acts, which eventually, when all coupled together; drive Eva Smith to commit suicide. The inspector is trying to teach the Birlings and Gerald how they have together, unsuspectingly collaborated to kill a person through selfish acts. He shocks and exposes everyone in-front of each other, as he teaches them the consequences of the......

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