and unfortunate. He does this by making the Birling family represent well off middle class society and using Eva Smith to represent the poor and needy. At the end of World War II Priestley wanted to change poor people’s lives for the better and chose to do this by writing ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ to improve public awareness especially among the middle classes. Various dramatic devices are used to influence the audience‚ to show that Mr. and Mrs. Birling are not right in their views- that everybody
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Inspector’s meetings with the Birling family and Gerald Croft that each character is made aware of his or her selfish and uncaring attitude towards the less fortunate in society. In this sense‚ Inspector Goole is a staging device but he exceeds the expectations of such a role and it would be unfair to call him ’just’ a staging device. Before the Inspector arrives at the Birling home we meet the family celebrating Mr Gerald Croft’s engagement to Sheila Birling. Mr Birling is an industrialist and
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The Generation Gap The Younger Generation • In the play‚ the younger generation (Eric and Sheila) show that they are capable of change. They express sympathy for the strikers in act 1 an idea which horrifies Birling‚ who can only think of production costs and ignores the human side of the issue. They also show greater sympathy for Eva Smith. Through the play they are honest about their actions and refuse to go ac on what they have learnt. The young are honest and admit their faults. Eric refuses
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Eva’s letter The Inspector tells Mr. 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
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English homework I think that the Birling family individually haven’t had much of an impact towards the death of Eva Smith‚ however together as a family they ultimately caused her brutal suicide. If I were to blame one person in particularly I would blame Eric as he got Eva pregnant and left her in a state beyond recovery. Although he offered her money to live‚ Eva did not except the money. This is because she had reasons to believe that the money was stolen. We later found out that the money was
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play‚ the first hint of power we see is through the appearance of Mr Birling when Priestly describes him at the start of the play. Mr Birling is described as a ‘thickly built’ man‚ which gives us a sense of power due to his size. The audience (only being able to see the actor playing Mr Birling) may respect Mr Birling due to his appearance‚ confidence and his position in society. However‚ as the play progresses‚ we see that Mr Birling is powerful also in terms of business‚ and the fact that he fired
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Arthur Birling. We learn that Mr Birling started the whole chain of events in Eva Smith’s life. He had sacked Eva for being one of the ‘four or five ring-leaders’ in the strike. For this reason‚ he sacked her‚ but also because ‘she’d had a lot to say’. Instead‚ to justify himself‚ he says‚ ‘I only did what an employer might have done’. Arthur shows that he is more concerned about his business than the workers‚ ‘it’s my duty to keep labour costs down’. Even after admitting this‚ Birling felt no guilt
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agrees with anything Mr Birling says ‘I agree’. This makes the audience feel that he is trying his best to fit in with Mr Birling’s capitalist views just so he will let him marry his daughter. This response is carried through the first scene by Priestley as he lets Mr Birling make long and presumptuous speeches‚ Gerald just accepts them and moves focus onto Sheila. This makes the audience think that Gerald doesn’t actually care about Mr Birling but He is focused on Sheila‚ this could be him trying
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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 says ‘Is this one you wanted me to have
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‘AN INSPECTOR CALLS’- REVISION PACK CONTEXT To understand the context of the play‚ it’s helpful to know a little about J B Priestley’s life and his political views during the early 20th century - a time of great global change. He wrote An Inspector Calls after the Second World War and like much of his work contains controversial‚ politically charged messages. Keen to pioneer a new ’morality’ in politics‚ Priestley’s chief concerns involved social inequality in Britain and the need for nuclear disarmament
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