“An Inspector Calls” was written by J.B Priestley after the Second World War‚ It is set in the spring of 1912 at the Brumley home of the Birlings‚ a prosperous industrial family in the North Midlands. This play circles around responsibility‚ showing us‚ the audiences that each character in the play has a part of responsibility for Eva Smith’s death‚ everyone of them is responsible‚ except for the Inspector of course. Priestly uses the Inspector as a symbol of Social Responsibility‚ Inspector is the
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In the extract‚ The Birlings are celebrating the engagement of Sheila and Gerald. Even though everything seems fine‚ there are a few signs that not everything is perfect; Mr Birling is a bit too anxious impress Gerald‚ Eric seems rather nervous and Sheila is half-joking‚ half-serious to Gerald about last summer. Even though Mr and Mrs Birling are happy about the engagement‚ Priestley gives us hints that The Crofts disapprove of the marriage as they weren’t at The Birlings’ dinner and Gerald’s mother
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English homework I think that the Birling family individually haven’t had much of an impact towards the death of Eva Smith‚ however together as a family they ultimately caused her brutal suicide. If I were to blame one person in particularly I would blame Eric as he got Eva pregnant and left her in a state beyond recovery. Although he offered her money to live‚ Eva did not except the money. This is because she had reasons to believe that the money was stolen. We later found out that the money was
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conflicts. For example: He uses Mr Birling and the Inspector to show conflict within society and the continuous arguments between Sheila and Mrs Birling present the conflict within the family. When we first meet the Birlings in Act 1‚ everything seems calm and they look like a perfect family. However‚ nearer the end the family gets left behind in a mess after the Inspector leaves. At the start Gerald says ‘You seem to be a nice well-behaved family’ and Birling replies ‘We think we are’. These lines
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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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upper class. In this essay‚ I will analyse the different women characteristics/personalities and conclude how they are treated. Point 1: Mrs Birling Sybil Birling is an unsympathetic woman with some public influence‚ sitting on charity organisations and having been married two years ago to the Lord Mayor‚ Arthur Birling. Sybil is mother of Sheila and Eric Birling. Priestley describes her as a "about fifty‚ a rather cold woman‚” ‘Sheila! What an expression! Really‚ the things you girls pick up these
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Priestley presents Inspector Goole as someone who will contradict the views of Mr. Birling- he does this through his timing of Goole’s entrance in Act I. Goole’s entrance interrupts Mr Birling speech‚ in which he discusses his selfish views on how ”a man has to mind his own business and look after himself”. This not only characterises Mr Birling as selfish but also illustrates to the audience that these views are false as a “sharp ring of a front doorbell” interrupts them. The “sharp” sound of the
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somebodies eyes of the Lower “class” and feel some “responsibility”. Each and every one of them‚ Mr Birling‚ Sheila‚ Gerald‚ Mrs Birling and Eric‚ all played a part in Eva’s death and the inspector wants them to realise this and accept responsibility. Mr Birling holds the big responsibility of starting the whole thing‚ and he was the first to turn Eva away. Eva Smith was working at “the Works” which Mr Birling owned. She had been working in one of the “machine shops” for over year and she was a “good worker”
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them‚ yet are stuck with their selfish ways. It is evident that Mr and Mrs Birling are embarrassed of Gerald finding out of what the Inspector has unearthed about what they have all done. ‘He put us all through it –‘ then Mr Birling cutting in ‘Sheila!’ Cutting
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An Inspector Calls Summary Act 1 The Birling family was having celebratory dinner on Sheila(the daughter of Arthur Birling) and Gerald(an aristocrat) while discussing the progress of Arthur Birling’s business and the events that has happened in 1912. Then an Inspector enters the scene and starts questioning the Birling family over the suicide of a pretty girl named “Eva”. During the course of the questioning it is revealed that Sheila and Mr Birling had contributed to the death of Eva Smith(“pretty
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