Priestley wrote his play ‘An Inspector Calls’ to outline the importance of adopting socialist ideologies in modern society. This evident as Priestley himself was a strong socialist who despised the wrongful acts of the bourgeois and the aristocracy. In his play, he outlines the clear feud between capitalists and socialists in the capitalistic bias society of 1912. he does this by creating characters like Eric who morally progress to criticise the upper class who dehumanise the working class. Priestley shows the conflict vividly in Mr Birling, as he is a bourgois class capitalist it is understood that he sees the attempt of emancipation done by the socialists around the world as a threat to his arthority. He describes the Inspector as “Probably a socialist or some sort of crank.” The use of the derogatory term in ‘crank’ highlights the passionate hatred that Mr Birling had for the socialist ideology. This unscrupulous tone indicates that the socialist community holds a direct threat to Mr Birling and his character. If the country turned socialist which the audience know that it did then Mr Birling would loose his power over the lower classes because socialism would bring more equality over the country. Mr Birling’s hate for the socialist mirror the views of all capitalists who only aim to exploit the lower class to ensure that they hold power over them. Priestley shows that Mr Birling represents the people who didn’t like the change that was slower covering the globe for example the Russian revolution of 1917. This marks a time of victory for socialism as it shows that the people were moving away from the traditional capitalist views and progressing as a society to become more equal. Overall, Priestley creates Mr Birling as a character who is misanthropic specifically to the socialist community by outlining derogatory tone in Mr Birling to show how the two ideologies are feuds of one another. Priestley presents how Gerald is a character who is attached to the idea of capitalism and the aristocracy of the upper classes. “Not if it was just after the holidays. They’d be all broke - if I know them.” Here, Gerald stereotypes the lower classes as people who financially irresponsible and they have no worth. This pejorative language dehumanises the socialists and the lower classes as it groups them as people who cannot keep themselves in a stable position. This shows how Gerald had become stagnant morally which is opposite to the rest of the younger generation which progress as the play goes on. This is the case because Gerald is so immersed in the idea of capitalism and he is so attached to the aristocracy because he was born into it in his family and he was been exposed to the ideology since childhood. Gerald may gave seemed to have helped people in the lower class like Daisy Renton on the surface but the audience would have interpreted that he used her for exploitation which mirror the exploitation of the whole socialist community that were in the lower classes. This highlights the clear laissez-faire approach of the government which allowed that bourgeois to control the lower classes in the capitalist society of 1912. This is contradicted to the time of 1945 where the audience and even the majority of the public in the socialist labour party Britain would understand how wrong this is morally and to some extend even legally with the idea of women exploitation. Priestley uses the laissez faire-government as an example of what the consequences of a hands-off ideology would be by showing how capitalism had made a person attached to the idea of power, money and greed. The whole of the play isn’t just bias to the capitalist views however, it also shows the criticism of the capitalist society by progressing the younger generation especially Eric. Eric understood by the end of the play that “It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters.” This highlights that by this time in the play, Eric understands that effect that desire fo control and power which was heavily common in the capitalist society of 1912. Priestley presents this by using anaphora in which he uses a collective image to show how everyone had equal responsibility in the matter. Eric sees that impact that his family had onto Eva Smith and since the Birlings were a microcosm of the capitalist society, he is speaking out to all the upper classes who have prejudice to the socialists and the lower classes. This is evident because Priestley created Eric to be a character who critiques the laissez-faire government of 1912. Priestley does this to raise awareness of the severe exploitation that happened before the time of world war one and warned his audience of 1945 to never revert back to this ideology as it will cause more harm to society as a whole than good. Priestley’s use of zooming out to show a wider picture and implementation of anaphora allows him to convey the conflict between capitalists and socialists which was common in the time of the play and during the time of the first audience watching. Finally, Priestely shows the consequences of not improving social conflicts between ideologies and classes. He does this many times during the play through the character of The Inspector. It is highly agreed upon that Priestley created The Inspector as a character who mirrors his views and ideas in order to put his message across to his audience of 1945. The Inspector says that a society that doesn’t adapt to righteous ideas will be “taught it in fire and blood and anguish.” This is a use of religious allusion to convey the message of action and consequence. The Inspector is saying that if remorse isn’t shown for everyone, especially the socialist ideology in society, then it will be ‘taught’ in ‘fire and blood and anguish’. This is implied by the idea that The Inspector was emblematic for divine justice and he represents moral reckoning for the capitalists in the play which are Mr Birling, Mrs Birling and Gerald. This is understood because Priestley also wrote the play to act as a political diatribe to the previous laissez-faire government of 1912. He advocates for an introduction of collective social conscience to clearly label what is morally acceptable and what isn’t in society as a whole. Overall, Priestley wrote his play “An Inspector Calls’ as a play which sends the message of solving the conflict between capitalists and socialists by showing how it used to be presented in the time of the play, 1912 and what the consequences of not changing would be the world as a whole. It is important to note that if the play was shown in 1912, people wouldn’t understand the message as they have not seen society in a socialist form which it was in 1945.