Priestley reveals the tense relationship between the three classes, (Aristocracy, Gerald Croft, the Middle class, Mr.Birling, Sheila and Sybil., and the Working Class Eva Smith, and Edna.), and the fatal consequences that resulted from one group’s interaction with another, where each of the classes would’ve never interacted or marry into another, by 1912 it had become impossible for one class to exclude and ignore another.
“The era had significant shifts in politics, as sections of society which had been largely excluded from wielding power in the past, such as common labourers and women, became increasingly politicised.
Socially, the Edwardian era was a period during which the British class system was still very rigid, although the changing economic system was creating an environment in which there was more social mobility.” -Amanda