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Second Class: The Portrayal of Women In An Inspector Calls

Miss Sofo

9 min read

An Inspector Calls

Second Class: The Portrayal of Women In An Inspector Calls

In An Inspector Calls, Priestley creates a masterpiece of socialist propaganda to send a message to the upper echelons of British Society...

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Pretty Woman: Paragons and Parasites in 'An Inspector Calls' (Part 3)

Miss Sofo

11 min read

An Inspector Calls

Pretty Woman: Paragons and Parasites in 'An Inspector Calls' (Part 3)

If the Inspector is the conscience of An Inspector Calls, then Eva Smith is the heart. This blog post explores Eva - the sacrificial lamb

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Sheila's Choice: Paragons and Parasites in 'An Inspector Calls' (Part 1)

Miss Sofo

7 min read

An Inspector Calls

Sheila's Choice: Paragons and Parasites in 'An Inspector Calls' (Part 1)

Part of a series from Miss Sofokleous looking in depth at the role of women and the patriarchy in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Stables and Starvation: The Two Sides of Edwardian England

Sam Reynolds

5 min read

An Inspector Calls

Stables and Starvation: The Two Sides of Edwardian England

We often call the era that ‘An Inspector Calls’ is set in Edwardian. This isn’t strictly true. The Edwardian era was the time that King...

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Sam Reynolds

3 min read

An Inspector Calls

Social Darwinism in An Inspector Calls

Before we get to social Darwinism we need to understand what the man himself, Charles Darwin, had to say about things. Before Darwin,...

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