AIC context Flashcards
overview of the popularity of the play
as both a victorian style drawing room play and thriller msytery it fitted with the trends of the late 1940s, however by the 60s it was out pf fashion as it was focussed on upper class in a beatles kinda world that focussed on contemporary issues, by the 2000s it was praised for its socailist policies and accuracy
how did pirestley form his socialist values
he was born in the late 1800s in a lower class industrial town, his family and friends all socailist, he had a very traumatic mentally scarring www1experince and the guilt he carried post war made him more angry at society, in ww2 he ran a radio show on bbc calling for a fairer society post war blaming soceity for war and then foudned a popular socialist party that helped labour shift socialty in 45
vicotrian view of the poor and charity
in order to be worthy of a richeous charitable donation, you had to be a deserving poor person so morally pristine and practiicng self help- priestly himself seems to have reminsense of this in how perfect eva is
victorian idea of fallen women
this referred to women like pregant and prosititues who were shunned for their sacreligious qualities, however upper class men could try to save them- driven by lust- and they would be celebrated for the chivalrous nature
hipocracy in victorian society
opium dens and brothels thrived though the upper class publicly condemned it to their lowers, we see thisin gerlad and eric
victorian ideas of hierarchy
they took extremist biblical ideals very strictly in terms of gender, class, obedience and sexuality- for example men had to tip their hat to social superiors and women gave up all their ownings to their husabnd
how ww1 and 2 helped socialism
the optimsitic brittish jingoism o a happy prideful enlistment was shattered by the length and mascaares of the war- rich and poor were at equal risk, shoved toegther in evacuations, estates and wealths were lost, blitz was unififying and there was a clear sociatal error after the second war
what did William Beveridge do for socialism
he was called in by the gov to oversee how they could better the country post war and he concluded a list that blamed poverty, health care, unemployment and class issues- making way for the NHS and that
what the great depression did for socialism
many rich in 29 lost their fortunes in stocks and worldwise, like in germany, and many investors and rich were thrust with the lower class and learned compassion in having to work
how was life for victorian lower class women
very hard as theyu couldnt rely on marriage which was for money from both sides, they didnt shunned low paying jobs and as women had low skills and there was a hard stigma aganst unwedded mothers
social mobility in 1912
for most it was v hard as the rich ssaw the poor as only fit for lower dirty jobs to match their character, the rich didnt wantchange as they benefitted and your family name spoke volumes.
class dynamics in 1945
priestly confronts the lack of change in inner feelings- many people still resent the dirty inferior lower class, but he feels these feelinsg were being supressed by the shared struggle of rations, evacuations and equal voting
workers rights and industrial state in 1912
no regulations on age and min wage, trade unions began to be formed with much resisence against the idea of poor demanding work,
workers rights post 1945
labour gov were very pro trade union and socailism- tackling beveridges issues, women were employed to fill in the needed men places but it wasnt perminemt
what is the basic concept of socialism
written by karl marx, it focuses on the social aspects of humanity and our want to coperate in opsoed to capitalisms selfisha nd isolating tendancies
