Brumley, an industrial city in England
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Brumley is a fictional industrial English city that serves as the primary setting of J.B. Priestley’s play "An Inspector Calls," symbolizing early 20th-century social inequality and capitalist society.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brumley, an industrial city in England canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | An Inspector Calls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Arthur Birling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daisy Renton NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Birling NERFINISHED ⓘ Eva Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerald Croft NERFINISHED ⓘ Inspector Goole NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheila Birling NERFINISHED ⓘ Sybil Birling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsOrganization |
Birling and Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Birling’s factory ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | J. B. Priestley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs | industrial city ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| genreContext |
problem play
ⓘ
social drama ⓘ |
| hasEconomicBase |
factory production
ⓘ
manufacturing industry ⓘ |
| hasMoralFunction |
advocacy of collective responsibility
ⓘ
critique of capitalism ⓘ critique of social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| hasSocialStructure |
upper class industrialists
ⓘ
working class factory workers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
capitalist exploitation
ⓘ
class conflict ⓘ gender inequality ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | England ⓘ |
| mediumOfWork | stage play ⓘ |
| reflectsHistoricalContext |
Edwardian era social conditions
ⓘ
pre-World War I Britain ⓘ |
| settingOf | An Inspector Calls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
capitalist society
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class division ⓘ exploitation of the working class ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
microcosm of Edwardian society
ⓘ
microcosm of capitalist Britain ⓘ |
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