Mr and Mrs Birling do not care about their involvement in the death of Eva smith. They do not care about responsibility. How far do you agree that responsibility is the major theme in the play? JB priestly in ‘An inspector calls’ provides a play that will not only entertain but a play that will deliver a message of the injustice in society‚ class‚ and social responsibility. I intend to explore how Priestly conveys these impacting themes throughout the play and how he uses the main characters to
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dramatic tension at the end of act two such as the gradual build up towards the shock of Eric as the father of Eva’s unborn child; Mrs Birling’s swift change form outright confidence to devastation at the end of act two and Eric’s entrance just as Mrs Birling has claimed that the father of Eva’s unborn child should take sole responsibility for the suicide. Priestley creates this dramatic tension at the end of act two in order to set up eager anticipation for the continuance of the action in Act three.
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of Mr and Mrs Birling(Sheila and Eric)‚ support their parents in the beginning. Their character was exactly mirrored their parents view. Gerald however‚ is remains the same and refuses to change his character and is the same as Mr and Mrs Birling. This is not so obvious in the beginning‚ but if u study the book really carefully‚ you would see that there are many quotes that suggest that Gerald Croft was always in support of Mr. Birling‚ such as "Yes‚ exactly so" and so on. Mr Birling also goes on
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Goole‚ who arrives by the Birling family‚ who is celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald Croft. He tells about Eva Smith’s suicide. After lots of questions it turns out that they are all more or less responsible for this tragically death and after the inspector left they find out that he wasn’t a real inspector and that no girl died. The play opens with the engagement celebration Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft. It all takes place in the dining room of the Birlings‚ near Brumley. The family
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inspector arrives to interview the Birlings - a very rich family - who seem to be involved in the crime. Inspector Goole interrupts their happy‚ celebrative dinner to prove to them that they were collectively responsible for the death of Eva Smith. He contributes to the play in a wide range of areas; playing different roles‚ exploring motives and his positions. In many ways‚ the Inspector can be referred to as a priest. The language he uses with the Birlings sounds religious‚ for instance‚ "they
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In Act 2 of An Inspector Calls‚ Sheila says to her mother‚ Mrs Birling‚ “But we really must stop these silly pretences”. How does Priestley show‚ in his presentation of Mrs Birling‚ that she often pretends to be something she is not? Priestley deliberately set his play in 1912 because the date represented an era when all was very different from the time he was writing. In 1912‚ rigid class and gender boundaries seemed to ensure that nothing would change. Yet by 1945‚ most of those class and gender
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classes very strongly throughout the play. He uses the Birling family as a representative of the upper class and Eva Smith as a representative of the lower class. Priestley shows how in 1912‚ upper class citizens‚ such as the Birlings had no respect for Lower class citizens. Priestley uses the Birlings as the main character because the audience could relate the Birlings as they are part of the upper class group. Priestley also used the Birlings to show the audience how the working class were exploited
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set in the spring of 1912 at the Brumley home of the Birlings‚ a prosperous industrial family in the North Midlands. When the Inspector Goole first enters the scene‚ Mr. Birling is giving some ‘good advice’‚ as he calls it‚ “A man has to make his own way – has to look after himself…The way some of these cranks talk and write now‚ you’d think everybody has look after everybody else‚ as if we’re all mixed up together”. Collectively‚ the Birlings had been celebrating‚ rather decadently‚ a celebration
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effectively through several techniques. An Inspector Calls is about a family called The Birlings. It focuses on the recent suicide of a young girl called Eva Smith‚ who also calls herself Daisy Renton. During the play‚ the Inspector helps the Birlings to realise that they were all partially responsible for her tragic death. The first scene in the play has a happy and exciting tone as Shelia Birling and Gerald Croft have just announced their engagement: “At this moment they have all had a
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by Mr Birling‚ "Just because the Kaiser makes a speech or two‚ you’ll hear some people saying that war is inevitable. Well I say to that - fiddlesticks" This play was first published after the second world war and so the audience will know just how wrong Mr Birling really is. Mr Birling also makes a statement about the ill-fated Titanic. "Unsinkable‚ absolutely unsinkable." The audience should know the tale of the Titanic very well and this just demonstrates again how wrong Mr Birling can be
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