Done in 1945, set in 1912 →
Priestley exposes flaws before major disasters (Titanic, WW1).
Audience just experienced WW2, hardship →
more open to socialism.
Priestley = democratic socialist
wanted welfare state, fairness, responsibility.
Patriarchal society:
women lacked power, upper class had dominance.
The governments’s Laissez-faire policy
The government had a hands-off approach.
• Government had no
involvement with businesses
- businesses were given free will
- no laws about minimum wage