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    play presents the need to act responsible to one another. This is shown through language‚ the roles of the characters and the actions they make. This is what helps put the message across. The Inspector gives this advice to the Birling’s towards the end of the play for his final speech. The first character who Priestley expresses this advice through‚ is‚ Arthur Birling. We learn that Mr Birling started the whole chain of events in Eva Smith’s life. He had sacked Eva for being one of the ‘four or five

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    Year 11 English Literature Revision - An Inspector Calls *Read the play again carefully *Complete the activities at the back of the book *Do detailed plans of some of the essay questions *Memorise (short) key quotes you can use in the exam *Mind map characters and themes Top tips Check how many marks are available for each question Read the question carefully – What‚ where focus How questions – comment on language Imagine tasks – you must use language that shows the character and reflect the character’s

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    Milward’s again- I noticed even this afternoon- I suppose some of them remember. I can remember that very night when the inspector came to our home‚ inspector Goole. He seemed a bit curious at first and said we had killed this girl Eva Smith. I didn’t really recognise the girl or heard her name before. I was shocked to know farther had something to do with this. Inspector Goole then came over to me curiously as he thought I was involved. I looked at the photograph; I just noticed I knew this girl

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    In ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ dislike for the character of Mrs Birling is created in numerous ways. A number of techniques are used throughout the play in order to portray this negative image to the audience. For instance‚ her naivety is repeatedly mentioned and her class conscious attitude is prominent in the play. From the outset‚ Priestley uses Mrs Birling’s persona to create an unlikeable character‚ a woman who is described as ‘cold’ in the stage directions‚ displaying the attitudes she will show

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    Plot 1. The Birling Family and Gerald Croft are having a celebratory dinner. 2. Just as Mr Birling is at his most confident; an inspector arrives to investigate a suicide. 3. Mr Birling reveals he sacked Eva Smith. 4. Sheila explains that she had Eva sacked from her next job and Milwards. 5. Gerald recognises the name Daisy Renton 6. Gerald admits that he kept Daisy as his mistress. 7. Mrs Birling tells the group that she denied help to a pregnant girl when she went to Mrs Birling’s charity

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    Notes on ‘An Inspector calls’ Arthur Birling – is happy because his daughter is marrying Gerald because his family owns a big company and Birling wants to be part of the upper class and he also wants to bring the two companies together after the marrige. ~Film was set in 1912. ~before the war ~In 1946 it was written and performed “War” “Fiddlesticks” – Mr B is wrong about war and is foolish‚ he doesn’t let his son or anyone else talk. “Titanic” “Unsinkable” – It is almost comical

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    her case’ because Eva called her ‘Mrs Birling’. Mrs Birling felt that this was a deliberate sign of ‘gross impertinence’ and insolence. Yet‚ despite Eva’s death‚ she still felt no remorse of compassion. Mrs Birling defends her decision before the Inspector‚ stating ‘Yes‚ it was’ her influence‚ as a prominent member of the community‚ that finally refused to give Eva Smith any help‚ insisting that Eva Smith simply did not make the right claims. Mrs Birling intimates that she was a liar and disrespectful

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    An Inspector Calls‚ J.B Priestley: “Who is Inspector Goole and what is his role in the play?” Priestley creates a rather particular ‘character’ that interrogates each member of a more or less banal family in the beginning of the 20th century. It is in the very last lines of the novel that the reader becomes aware of the fact that Inspector Goole defies all rules of rationality and possible normality. Though this theme is maintained throughout the story‚ the author presents a moral when we understand

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    An Inspector Calls In act one of ‘An inspector Calls’ how does J.B. Priestley use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to the members of the audience‚ as well as interest and involve them in the play? ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a thriller‚ written by J.B. Priestley in 1945 at the end of World War II but it was set in 1912 two years before World War I. Priestley was concerned about social conditions for working class people in Britain at the time he wrote the play and he wants his

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    The Inspector had a huge effect on the whole Birling family‚ however I think the two characters that he had the biggest impact on were Sheila and Eric. Sheila starts out in the play as a very spoilt girl‚ and also seems rather shallow. Several things give us this impression in the first scene‚ for example her reaction to her engagement ring: “Oh Mummy – isn’t it a beauty?!” She also appears quite naive‚ despite her curiosity as to where her fiancé Gerald spent his summer last year. However‚ as soon

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