Inspector calls essay

Hello can someone please see this inspector calls essay that I wrote and tell me what grade I am on. THe question was: Priestly shows inequality in society leads to tragedy. DO you agree
In the didactic play “An Inspector Calls” which was performed in 1945 but set in 1912, Priestly constructs one of the characters Eva to be subject to huge amounts of inequality and she eventually ends up killing herself due to the suffering inflicted on her because of this. Eva is a microcosm for the lower class in the early 20th century and JB Priestly uses the inspector to shed light on the terrible experiences of the lower class and women in order to show his audience the detrimental impacts of such marginalisation and encourage change.
Throughout this play, the Inspector shows us how badly Eva was treated for instance when he says that she was treated as if she were “an animal, a thing, not a person”. The noun “animal” is extremely dehumanising and this reflects the dehumanising treatment of Eva. Additionally, the use of asyndeton conveys a sense of repetition mirroring how Eva experienced relentless discrimination due to both her social class and gender and she is a microcosm for the lower class and the immense about of struggles they are faced with. In 1912 when this play was set the political landscape was largely conservative and capitalist and the government took a “laissez faire” approach so there was minimum government intervention in the economy meaning businesses and owners could set there own rates and there was no minimum wage either. Due to this there was lots of exploitation of powerless workers such as Eva from greedy bosses like Mr Birling. While by 1945, society had started to become fairer with the labour party coming into power and them promising more rights for workers, Priestly uses the 1912 example in this book just to emphasise to his audience just how corrupt the capitalist ideology is by showing how it leads to a fragmented society where less privileged people are tormented.
Additionally, Priestly also explores idea about the detrimental impacts of gender inequality through the behaviour of Gerald and Eric. Gerald describes Eva to be “young and fresh and charming” and the use of the adjective “fresh” is significant as it can be linked to food or meat and this introduces notions of consumption and paints Gerald to be like a predator acting on his lustful desires when having an affair with Eva. Furthermore, Eric describes Eva to be a “good sport” with the noun “sport” having connotations of games and fun showing how he saw Eva as just a source of amusement as he reduces her to a mere source of gratification. In both of these cases, women are strongly objectified which is strongly emblematic of the large amounts of gender inequality present in society in 1912 with society being largely patriarchal and male dominated. Therefore, women were extremely powerless with them often being seen as property to husband or fathers, not having any political vote and with there being large amounts of sexual harassment also. Priestly expresses his disgust at these gender roles and gender inequality as he shows how it leads to abhorrent and inhumane treatment of women.
Near the end of this play, in the inspector’s final speech he leaves a grave warning about the consequences that will be faced by society if such inequality continues as he says that “if men don’t learn their lesson then they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish”. The phrase “fire and blood and anguish” has biblical allusions as it creates a semantic field of hell and hence it links the behaviour of the 1912 capitalist society and in particular the upper class to be devilish and evil but hell is also described in the Bible to be a place of eternal damnation and therefore emphasises just how dire the consequences. Priestly does this in order to speak directly to his audience and in particular the younger generation and encourage them to create a society that is more fair and eliminate all segregative ideology that exists within society.
In conclusion, JB Priestly uses this didactic condemns society in 1912 and the amounts of inequality and marginalisation that existed back then by shedding light on how it ruined the lives of millions and millions of people and also encourage both political and social reform