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In Act 2 of An Inspector Calls‚ Sheila says to her mother‚ Mrs Birling‚ “But we really must stop these silly pretences”. How does Priestley show‚ in his presentation of Mrs Birling‚ that she often pretends to be something she is not? Priestley deliberately set his play in 1912 because the date represented an era when all was very different from the time he was writing. In 1912‚ rigid class and gender boundaries seemed to ensure that nothing would change. Yet by 1945‚ most of those class and gender
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Harvey Perry How important is the character of Eric in the play? In the play of An Inspector Calls‚ Eric’s character is very important. His sympathy and emotions are greater than any of the other characters but Sheila. Eric and Sheila did still contribute to Eva’s death but they do have the “younger generation” of thinking. At the start of the play‚ during Arthur Birling’s big speech about the future‚ Eric buts in with‚ ‘but what about war?’. Eric tries to bring attention back to the ‘war’ of
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"heavy-looking‚ rather portentous man". From these stage directions it reveals that Mr Birling is quite large in size which may help to give him a threatening appearance. However‚ this appearance does not seem to intimidate the inspector‚ because during some parts of act one the inspector has the higher status and controls the scene; this shows that his appearance is quite ironic. We all know that Arthur Birling is the father to Sheila and he in act one he is hosting an engagement party for his daughter
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In the play an inspector calls by J.B Priestley. The character Sheila is used to represent the authorâs ideas of change from the class system‚ where everyone is grouped by wealth and walls are built between them. To the socialist way where everyone is equal and there are no extremes and responsibility shared for one another’s welfare. He embraces this idea in his play by showing the change in her from one idea to the other. initially Sheila is introduced as a girl that values material objects such
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Smith?” In the play “An Inspector Calls” in Act 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
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Priestly plays on the idea of community and how our own actions can have a huge effect on others. This was a revolution in the time of when “an inspector calls” was set (1912) and was a point which was continuously being argued by socialists‚ or as Arthur Birling calls them “cranks”. Sheila and Eric represent the socialists as they learnt from the inspector that we are all in a community and have equal rights. In contrast‚ Arthur Birling and Mrs Birling represent the selfish and irresponsible who do
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Character Analysis Eric Birling I think that J B Priestly put Eric Birling in the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ because he is an interesting character‚ and is not quite like the rest of his family. Eric is a young man living at home with his parents (Arthur and Sybil Birling) and his sister (Sheila Birling). He is the son of a prosperous manufacturer living in a large suburban house. Eric comes from an upper class family. His mother is a prominent member of the Brumley Woman’s Charity Organization
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How does Priestley present the change in Sheila during the course of the play? How do you think this change reflects some of Priestley’s ideas? In An Inspector Calls J.B.Priestley present Sheila Birling’s change during the play in order to reflect some of his own ideas. Sheila is one of the few characters in the play who changes the most in terms of views on social responsibility. Priestley purposefully chose to present Sheila in this way to show the audience that her change should influence them
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