remains confident‚ sturdy and composed‚ while people around him crumble and fall to pieces. His ‘solidity’ is proven by the fact he remains on task despite numerous attempts from Birling to digress from the points he is making. The Inspector is told to appear ‘purposeful’; this is shown where he explains to Birling that Birlings way of thinking “Every man must only look out for himself‚” is not the case‚ and all warps of society are interlinked. The view is best illustrated in the Inspectors final speech
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characters and attitudes of the Birling family‚ especially Mr. Birling‚ to make the audience feel sympathy for Eva Smith. The family is "prosperous" and "comfortable"‚ and Mr. Birling’s extensive posturing and blagging emphasizes their good fortune. In the opening lines of the play‚ he is found to be drinking and discussing port with Gerald‚ immediately giving the audience a sense of the family’s financial state‚ which also reveals their position in society. When Mr. Birling tells Gerald and Eric that
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How important do you think is the theme of love in “An Inspector Calls”? How does Priestley presents different forms of love in the play? At the beginning of the play‚ Sheila and Gerald’s relationship is unbalanced because Gerald sees himself as the dominant one‚ and is controlling. Sheila is naïve‚ quite immature for her age and impressionable. Gerald chose and bought the engagement ring for Sheila‚ without her having any say about it‚ and she just accepts that without questioning Gerald. She
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moral but childish whereas when it comes to him he matures. To begin with Eric isn’t very mature or well established in the ranks of the family. Both of the children are treated as kids even though they are in their 20’s ‘She makes fun of him and Birling cuts him off before he can finish speaking/delivering his speech’. Thus showing Birling’s little respect or opinion of his son. The first we hear about him in the play ‘Eric suddenly guffaws’ he is then unable to explain his laughter and is somewhat
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spirit" To Birling‚ and his upper class peers; this is an exact analysis of the Inspector. The thought of the Inspector being something extraordinary seems to be briefly confronted by Sheila but it is dismissed just as quickly. Another theory might be that the Inspector represents truth and is not a real person at all but just a representative of justice. I think that this is a very plausible idea and probably Priestley’s own thought. He could be a spirit representing the future‚ the Birlings chance
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dark eyes. Enlarge image Of course‚ we never see Eva Smith on stage in the play: we only have the evidence that the Inspector and the Birlings give us. The Inspector‚ Sheila Gerald and Eric all say that she was "pretty." Gerald describes her as "very pretty - soft brown hair and big dark eyes." Her parents were dead. She came from outside Brumley: Mr Birling speaks of her being "country-bred." She was working class. The Inspector says that she had kept a sort of diary‚ which helped him piece
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important of them all. He is the only man who‚ in one night‚ managed to tell the family all that the family itself had been ignoring and pretending not to see for a long time. He barges in on them when they are celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft therefore a very happy‚ jolly environment and turns it into the most stressful‚ horrible evenings the family has ever encountered. The Inspector is described by the stage directions saying that he wasn’t a particularly tall man
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“Socialism is a philosophy of failure‚ the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy‚ its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery”- Winston Churchill Winston Churchill thinks that socialism is a philosophy of failure however John Steinbeck author Of Mice and Men & JB Priestly author of An Inspector Calls would say that capitalism creates the failure in society not socialism. Both authors create a microcosm to show us how society was like at the time. This is called social realism. The two
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when they discover the consequences of their actions‚ where as their parents continue to try and defend themselves and are more concerned about their own reputations than the fate of the dead girl. Mrs Birling appears to only show concern when she finds out Eric stole money from her. Shelia Birling is one of the most complex characters of the play. She has been brought up in a wealthy family‚ which has prevented her from glimpsing the harsh realities of the outside society. Being brought up in a
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The Inspector is offensive but fair; he doesn’t give people with higher status’s any advantages or treat them any different “Public men‚ Mr Birling‚ have responsibilities as well as privileges”; he believes everyone is equal and society should aim to be like that. This could be considered Priestley’s key moral and message which supports the idea that Inspector ‘Ghoul’ is in fact Priestley’s voice. As the play progresses‚ the audience not only notices the Inspector getting through to other characters
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