This was written by J.B.Priestley on 1945 and set on 1912. The play begins with the engagement party of Sheila and Gerald. Sheila is the daughter of Birlings’‚ who own a successful business. During the party an Inspector comes and started to enquire about a woman who has just committed suicide. From the course of the play we know that each members of the Birling family and Gerald Croft have connection with Eva’s death. An Inspector enters Mr. Birling’s house when they are talking about his daughter’s
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Do both please (plan points‚ find quotes‚ consider paragraphing for all longer tasks) Summary Act 1- The Birlings have just finished a dinner celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald Croft‚ (the son of one of Arthur Birling’s business rivals). Arthur Birling makes a speech giving his views on the world and then Gerald‚ Birling and Eric have a chat about current affairs. Their evening is interrupted by the Inspector‚ who tells them that a young woman (Eva Smith) has died at the Infirmary after
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We met up with Al Capone and his followers to begin the rumble. We all stood there silently until the North showed up. There were only 5 of them and 7 of us. There was me‚ Gerald‚ Robert‚ James‚ Al Capone and 2 others‚ but I didn’t really pay attention to them. John and William The tension was intensifying and I couldn’t hold back and I began to run towards the North side gang. Then everyone else followed. There was punches being thrown and gashes to the arms and legs being given. I was terrified
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and Mrs Berlin are sitting at opposite sides of the table‚ suggesting that they have a distance between them therefore hinting towards the cracks in the family. In addition to this‚ tension is built through dramatic irony when Sheila wonders where Gerald disappeared to last summer. The reader is allowed to see through the perfect scene that Priestley created at the beginning of the scene and actually realise that there’s a sense of secrecy that lingers in the room. When Sheila suspects this‚ Mrs
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Responsibility is a duty to take of somebody or something despite the possibility of a consequence if something goes wrong. “An inspector calls”‚ a play written by J.B. Priestley‚ talks about an Inspector name is Goole who interrupts the engagement party of Gerald and Sheila because a woman named Eva Smith has died. In the end‚ he reveals all the characters have something to do with Eva’s death. However‚ only Sheila and Eric‚ the younger characters‚ feel responsible by the end. In the play‚ “An inspector calls”
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to each other; they are young and both wanting a better life. Eva Smith lost both parents and lost her last two jobs because her boss thrown her just because she argued for a bigger pay for the workers who puts in so much effort. Gerald helped her with everything but Gerald chose Sheila instead‚ because she was richer. Eva had no choice as she was pregnant and she couldn’t get a job so she killed herself in a dramatic way. Curley’s wife was also young but she had her mother‚ but she had to run away
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that her father’s behaviour was unacceptable. She readily agrees that she behaved very badly and insists that she never meant the girl any harm. the Inspector says that she is only partly responsible and later on‚ when he is about to question Gerald‚ he encourages her to stay and listen to what he has to say so that she doesn’t feel entirely
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