An Inspector Calls

What were the major events between 1910-1920?

= First Auto Electric Start, The First Electric Self Start was installed in a Cadillac By GM. Up until this time, all cars needed to be started by cranking a starting handle which was hard work and caused multiple minor injuries when the car backfired during the starting process.

Madame Butterfly, Puccini's opera 'Madame Butterfly' which tells the story of an American sailor, B.F. Pinkerton, who marries and abandons a young Japanese geisha, Cio-Cio-San, or Madame Butterfly had its world premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy.

Sinking of the Titanic, The Titanic sets sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. The Titanic had been described as the world's most luxurious floating hotel which is unsinkable, and was only 5 days out when she hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic with the loss of many lives. The Titanic was built in Belfast (between 1909 and 1911) and registered in Liverpool in 1912. Liverpool was the home port, although she never entered it. 

Who was J.B. priestly, and what did he do in his life?

= Priestley was a prolific and industrious writer at the time. He published 39 plays and 26 novels as well as volumes of essays and criticism and continued to write into his old age. He died on 14 August 1984. Further information about the life of J P Priestley can be found via the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

What are the symbols and motifs in narratives?

= If something is mentioned once to allude to something else, it's called a symbol. If something is mentioned several times throughout a story, it's a motif. Think of symbols as baby motifs. They only grow up to become motifs if they're repeated throughout the course of a narrative.

What was life like in England in the 1910s?

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