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    family who had continuously given her money and spoiled her with expensive presents and possessions. During her time growing up in such an environment and being introduced so abruptly to the inspector‚ Sheila is sheltered by her parents from the outside world of society. Priestly uses a mouthpiece‚ Inspector Goole‚ to expose Sheila resulting in a change in her character as well as to let her realise the treatment and discrimination between classes of different social standing. Priestly feels that

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    she feels full of guilt for her jealous actions and blames herself and she is genuinely remorseful for her actions. She is very perceptive towards the inspector‚ first to wonder who he really is‚ realising he already knows much of what he is asking. Sheila represents new ideas as a new generation‚ such as proto-feminist influenced by the inspector and changes her personality and becomes more honest‚ outspoken and wiser. Sheila’s attitude is different at the end of the play from the beginning of

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    Jairina then explained to me that she called Police tonight because Erick was again demanding her phone‚ and also told her he was going to take her kids from her. I asked Jairina why she did not call the Police during the initial incident‚ and she told me she was trying to resolve things without police‚ and because she was scared. Jairina went on to say Erick told her "she would be sorry" if he ever went to jail because of her. I spoke with Jairy

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    How does J.B. Priestley create dramatic tension at the end of act two? Events throughout the Act lead to the 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

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    show how people should learn to recognize their mistakes. I have a quote here to show that but I need help analysing it. I can’t really get much out of it. If we look at Eric as a character‚ we should be able to associate him with a certain conscience‚ which‚ when you think about it‚ is what the Inspector tried to do; get the characters to appeal to their conscience. Now Eric‚ along with Sheila‚ both give real‚ emotional responses to the death of Eva/Daisy‚ whereas Gerald and Mr/Mrs Birling didn’t

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    various methods to present the inspector as well as showing his importance such as stage directions and from the language he uses. These methods allow us to understand and relate to the moral messages put across in the play. The inspector right from the moment he is introduced is commanding of the situation and already has that authority he displays later on in the play. “at once an impression of massiveness‚ solidity and purposefulness”. As the play progresses the inspector continues to make this impression

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    How women are presented as ‘victims’ in both the novels‚ An Inspector Calls and Of Mice and Men Two characters that could be portrayed as victims of society are Curley’s wife from ‘’Of Mice and Men’’ and Eva Smith from ‘’An Inspector Calls’’. Both characters are really similar 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

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    function within An Inspector Calls In an Inspector Calls Priestley aims to show that all actions have repercussions. He also tells us that charity isn’t always good charity unless it is thoughtful and helps someone as it can often just leave people in a worse off position. Eric helps Priestley to achieve this aim by thinking he is helping Eva but actually he leaves her in a worse position without realising it as he shows her what she could have had. Priestley also wants us to think about how the younger

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    Real inspectors inspect all goddamn bags!” C: And so he went back to Thailand where he would train a generation of subway inspectors to follow his principles‚ his skills to be the

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    Which members of the Birling family change as a result? of the inspectors visit and which do not? An inspector calls was first written in 1945 by JB priestly. Although the play was written in 1945 it was set in 1912‚ just after the Second World War. When priestly felt little had changed since the turn of the century‚ where people were still poverty stricken‚ and treated harshly due to their status in society. Priestly wrote the play hoping for people to leave the values of the twentieth century

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