the hierarchical system was very dominant in the edwardian society
'The great depression' resulted in economic depression and mass unemployment throughout the world-working class demanded social change.
Priestley uses the Birlings and Gerald Croft as representations of the upper classes, and Eva as a representation of the working class to highlight the immense differences between them and the unfairness of the system.
The play is set two years before World War I and was written when World War II ended:By 1945, two world wars had dramatically altered views about class
