female roles presented in The Crucible‚ Macbeth‚ and An Inspector Calls. In An Inspector Calls‚ there are three female characters. The fact that they are outnumbered from the onset is a clue to the fact that thy play a more submissive role in the entire piece. This also reflects on how women expressed themselves very submissively in the time period being written about (1912). The three women are: Sybil Birling‚ Arthur Birling’s wife‚ Sheila Birling‚ his daughter‚ and Edna‚ the maid. The fact that
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An Inspector Calls is a definitive play written by J.B Priestley. It explores the many themes that wove through society before the first world war‚ such lack of social responsibility‚ social disparity between different classes and the gap of understanding and contemplating between the two dissimilar generations – the young and the old. In this essay‚ I will be exploring the character Sheila Birling and how and why does she change in the play‚ in response to the Inspector and to her family. At the
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Arthur birling’s Character J.B. Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ a three act drama which was first performed in 1945‚ which is after the Second World War ended. In this play‚ Arthur Birling is a wealthy mill owner and a politician. He represents the capitalist upper class. Since Priestley was a socialist and server in the war‚ he wanted to show this ruling class family as the ‘antagonists’ in this play‚ as he himself‚ in his life‚ accused the ruling class for their mistakes‚ who helped trigger
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Birling tries this technique with the Inspector‚ however this time to gain leverage over him by asking if he sees much of ‘Chief Constable‚ Colonel Roberts’‚ following up his threat with a disclosure of his superiority; “He’s an old friend of mine…I see him fairly. We play golf together…”. This was intended to make the Inspector feel belittled and impressed by Birling’s relationship with the Chief Constable‚ however Priestly makes this decidedly lost on the Inspector‚ because as a symbol of socialism
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‘What freedom men and women could have‚ were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and tortured by their sexuality’ – John Steinbeck In ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’ both authors indirectly show their beliefs and opinions towards women and the way they are treated by society. In the time both texts were set- 1912 and the 1930’s- women were generally seen as a lesser class than men and due to their sexuality‚ they were not treated fairly. Steinbeck and Priestley show this
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Monologue from Sheila Birling I feel extremely responsible for the horrid tragedy of what had happened to that young lady. On the other hand at the time it took place I was in a furious temper; I had tried on this dress‚ and well.... it just didn’t suit me at all! Then the girl- had tried on the dress as if she was wearing it. And it just suited her. She was the right type for it. She was very pretty too- with big dark eyes. I caught sight of the girl smiling at Miss Francis- as if to say‚ “doesn’t
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Inspector Goole in Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls’ is arguably the most important character. An agent of change and a voice and a voice of personal and social conscience he delivers the main message of the play in his parting speech challenging the Birlings‚ and the audience‚ to “Remember” that there are “millions and millions” of people like Eva Smith‚ all “linked” in some way. Clearly at this stage his examination of the Birlings behaviour and the investigation of the suicide of Eva Smith
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Initially Priestley presents the character Sheila Birling as shallow and naive. He firstly does this through his use of stage directions‚ which describe her as "a pretty girl in her early twenties‚ very pleased with life and rather excited." The words “very pleased” imply that she has an easy life and no worries or concerns‚ which contrasts with the life of Eva Smith‚ a poor lower class girl. This suggests that Sheila is very naive to the hardships that people of lower classes face in life. In addition
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In the play “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestly‚ Mr. Birling and Sheila Birling have contrasting attitudes to social issues. J.B Priestly uses this difference to highlight the diversity between generations and their reactions to the situations faced. He also shows the difference in the way they act upon hearing the news and how they change throughout the play. Arthur Birling is the father to Sheila Birling and so is presented as the older‚ “old-fashioned” generation whereas Shelia is the younger
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Although JB Priestley wrote the play in 1946‚ it was set in 1910. ’An inspector Calls’ is a morality play which reflects the social and industrial unrest of the time. Priestley was a socialist living in a capitalist society. He felt very strongly about this and wrote the play to get people to change. He believed that Britain needed a socialist government to lead it into post-war reconstruction. It is clear from the play that the poor were treated very badly by the rich. Priestly believed in equality
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