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    The Diary of Eva Smith

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    Birling that Eva Smith/Daisy Renton “left a letter…and a sort of diary”. The letter could be to her nearest relative or to Gerald Croft. Write - as you imagine Eva would have done - the letter and diary entries (between 1910 and 1912) for the key events in her life‚ from her starting to work for Birling & Co. to her suicide. Year and month What happens September 1910 Eva sacked by Birling & Co. December 1910 Eva employed by Milwards. Late January 1911 Eva sacked by Milwards. March 1911 Eva becomes

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    their victimization of Eva Smith to illustrate his message. Sheila Birling also played a big role in the death of Eva Smith. She was immature used to getting her own way‚ "I insisted." Sheila is a stubborn bad tempered character as she shows when she says‚ "I was in a furious temper." In Milwards shop Eva is asked to model the dress Sheila wanted to buy. Sheila was jealous of Eva because of her looks and the fact the dress suited to Eva better than herself. She imagined that Eva was laughing and was

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    “Who Do You Think is Most Responsible for the Death of Eva 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

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    What do you think is the importance of Eva Smith in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present her? In J. B. Priestley’s polemic play‚ An Inspector Calls‚ the character of Eva Smith is presented through‚ at first‚ the Inspector‚ and then‚ through each individual member of the Birling household. Although the audience does not once encounter Smith’s character‚ her character is developed through the information elicited from the family‚ and it is certainly arguable that overall‚ she is put

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    Eva Smith Suicide

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    millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us’ - Inspector Google (Socialist) Inspector Google is showing to the everyone (and the audience) that there are millions of working class people that are expriencing a similar life style of Eva Smith‚ that are ’still left with us’. ’Look‚ Inspector - I’d give thousands - yes‚ thousands of shellings’ - Mr Burling (When she’s alive‚ he doesn’t do any action or gives a thought about Eva Smith‚ nor neither give a sign

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    Inspector Calls Essay – To what extent is each character responsible for the death of Eva Smith? Each character is linked to Eva Smith in some way. The Birling family‚ Arthur‚ Mrs B‚ Sheila and Eric all contributed to her death along with Gerald‚ Sheila’s partner. In this essay I’ll be exploring how each of them contributed to her death and to what extent it is their responsibility. The first person involved with Eva Smith was Arthur Birling. She was one of his employees who was a ‘ring leader’

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    Who Do You Think Bears The Least Responsibility For The Death Of Eva Smith? The inspector calls takes you through an eye opening voyage on the death of a girl named Eva Smith‚ as well as how a family reacts when they know their involvement in the death. The Birling family as well as the soon to be husband (Gerald Croft) of the daughter Sheila‚ one by one are bestowed with guilt despite some refusing to believe they’re own responsibility. Very importantly we learn how each character has mistreated

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    the Death of Eva Smith? An Inspector Calls is a three-act drama‚ which takes place on a single night in 1912‚ and focuses on the Birling family‚ who live in a wealthy but not particulary homely house in Brumley. The story begins when the mysterious Inspector Goole calls unexpectedly on the prosperous Birling family. The idea of the play‚ and particularly the role of the inspector‚ is to try to bring the Birling family to understand that they have a moral responsibility for the death of Eva Smith

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    Aristocracy‚ the Middle classes and the Working classes. The Aristocracy was the richest class‚ where the men were very prosperous and the women stayed at home‚ merely welcoming guests at dinner parties and providing them with entertainment. Gerald has a mother‚ Lady Croft‚ who comes from the landed aristocracy‚ and a father who is a knight‚ so to Sheila’s family her engagement represents welcome social recognition. The class below the Aristocracy is the Middle class. This is the class in which the Birling

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    Eva died two hours before the inspector came. She died because she drank a lot of “strong disinfectant” which burnt her “inside out”. Inspector Goole goes to the Birling’s house to confront each one of them and place responsibility on them. Though the inspector does not tell us it‚ it is quite obvious that he is there not to find the “main culprit” but instead he is there to make the Birling’s see through somebodies eyes of the Lower “class” and feel some “responsibility”. Each and every one of them

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