story is about a police inspector who turns up at the Birling’s house in Brumley with news of a woman named Eva Smith who committed suicide. Throughout the evening the Inspector indicates that the family’s actions caused the death of Eva. Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft were celebrating their engagement; everyone was in a delightful mood. But as the Inspector slowly unravels the events of the suicide‚ the mood in the Birling’s household starts to
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particularly rare occasions‚ a few commit crimes that are totally legal. Gerald’s quote is not exactly challenged at the time of the play that he makes the quote‚ but as the play goes on‚ nagging doubts start challenging the allegation. The whole of the Birling family‚ though however far-fetched‚ have seemingly contributed to the suicide of Eva Smith/Daisy Renton. J.R Priestly tries to lead the reader into believing this phenomenon by inventing a character named as Inspector Goole. Even the Inspector’s name
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Three‚ the Inspector tells the Birling family‚ “The girl killed herself and died a horrible death. But each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.” The idea of the play‚ and particularly the role of the inspector are to try to bring the Birling family to understand that they have a moral responsibility for the death of Eva Smith‚ not a legal one. The story begins when the mysterious Inspector Goole calls unexpectedly on the prosperous Birling family; his startling revelations
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is that of how class-conscious England has been put forward in the play and how the Capitalist’s and Socialist’s are shown. Birling is a ruthless industrialist who worked extremely hard to make his money‚ and when he finally reaches the top his wealth and popularity is threatened by a suicide scandal. The characters are a mixture of Capitalist’s and Socialist’s‚ Mr Birling being a self made upper-class Capitalist‚ his wife also has great belief in the family name‚ and works hard to keep a good reputation
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the Inspector ask the different family members about the individual that died and their stories all had the same ending except Eric’s. Mrs. Birling explains to the Inspector what she told Eva Smith that had sought help from her committee‚ “I’ll tell you what I told her. Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility” (2.1.170-171). Mrs. Birling is one of the characteristics of wealth and does not see that this woman is her problem and that the money used to help her could be used
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An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly - A* GCSE English Literature Drama Coursework An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly - A* GCSE English Literature Drama Coursework Page 1 of 11 by Luno2012 29 Followers Scroll to the bottom of the page to find more A* GRADE GCSE coursework! An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley A* GCSE English Literature essay writing Helpful hints! The text in bold will give you pointers and advice as to what you should include in your essay‚ and why this will
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“An Inspector calls” is written by the author J.B Priestley‚ all three acts are taken place in the dining-room of the Birlings’ house in Brumply‚ an industrial city in the North Midlands. The time it was set was an evening in spring‚ 1912. The play was first produced at the New Theatre in October‚ 1946. The story contains the characters: Arthur Birling‚ Sybil Birling‚ Eric Birling‚ Gerald Croft‚ Edna and INSPECTOR GOOLE. The detective thriller really gets the audience’s attention‚ from the build up
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in the events of the play and Eva Smith’s death. Mrs. Birling‚ Priestley notes‚ is her husband’s social superior‚ just as Gerald will be Sheila’s social superior if they do get married. Priestley also subtly notes that Gerald’s mother‚ Lady Croft‚ disapproves of Gerald’s marrying Sheila for precisely this reason. Finally‚ everyone’s treatment of Eva might be put down (either in part or altogether) to the fact that she is a girl‚ as Mrs. Birling puts it‚ “of that class.” Priestley clearly was interested
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An inspector calls was written by J.B.Priestly‚ Priestley presents the character of the inspector as a defense of socialism as Priestley was a defensor of the socialist party. The play was set in 1912 which is also linked with 1945 as it is about the same century. the play transmits a lot of political and social messages as Priestley believed in socialism and used his plays to convince people of his way of thinking. The play is about a family who are in a lunch room celebrating their daughter’s engagement
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the social classes. Aristocrats‚ such as Mr. Birling would never mix with people of lower social standing. This was also before the win of Labour in 1945 and the creation of the welfare-state(NHS); which is the time of when the play was first shown. In this essay I will be focusing on the characters of Eric and Mr. Birling and seeing the decisions they make and how this is affected by the generation divide. Eric being the younger generation and Birling being the old. When we first meet Eric at the
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