character. Mr Birling representing those who only "look after himself [Mr Birling]". Through this idea Priestly show us that "we are responsible for each other’’ Birling is proven wrong‚ responsibility is
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Mr Birling ‘heavy looking‚ rather portentous man’ ‘a hard‐headed practical man of business’ ‘Yes‚ my dear‚ I know – I’m talking too much.’ ‘perhaps we may look forward to a time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together’ ‘The Germans don’t want war’ ‘unsinkable‚ absolutely unsinkable’ ‘mixed up together like bees in a hive’ ‘community and all that nonsense’ ‘a man has to mind his own business and look out for himself and his own.’ ‘I know the Brumley police officers pretty well’
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“Of Mice and Men” is a novel written in 1937 by John Steinbeck. The novel is set in 1930’s located at Salinas‚ California. Steinbeck spent time working on farms when he was young. Certainly during these times‚ he saw the life of migrant workers. Steinbeck wrote the novel to show the terrible hardship of migrant workers and the huge social and economic difficulties during the great depression. The novel is about two migrant workers called Lennie and George searching for work in Soledad‚ California
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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’ of the strikes for higher wages. She was fired
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happy and cheerful as they are all celebrating Gerald and Sheila’s engagement‚ we can tell they were happy because the stage directions tell us Gerald and Mrs. B were “smiling” at times and Sheila was being “half serious half playful. The stage directions at the start of the play also tell us that Mr. Birling is a “heavy looking‚ rather portentous man in his middle fifties with fairly easy manners but rather provincial in his speech”‚ this suggests that his character is very self involved. During
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In What Ways Does Priestley show his message of social responsibility in the play “An Inspector Calls” In the play “an inspector calls Priestley shows him message of social responsibility in 5 ways‚ through The Inspector himself‚ my Birling‚ the younger generation‚ Eva smith and the actual ending of the play itself. Social responsibility is where the community needs to care about each other or does care about each other but this wasn’t around before the wars. Priestley puts forward his message
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is mysterious and seems to know what is going to happen before it does. An example of this is the timings of his entrances and exits‚ they all seem to be when the members of the family are being foolish‚ such as when he enters at the beginning. Mr Birling is making is making his speech “...a man has to make his own way- has to look after himself - and his family too‚ of course‚ when he has one - and so long as he does that he won’t come to much harm. But the way some of these cranks talk and write
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At the beginning of the extract the Inspector says “She wasn’t very pretty ... very pretty.” In my opinion the Inspector says this to try and give the Birlings a ‘guilt trip’. Mr. Birling reacts by almost telling the Inspector off‚ as if he were a child‚ “That’s enough of that”‚ it sounds like something he would say to Sheila or Eric. The reason he says this is most probably because he feels that he is better and more important than the Inspector and that he can tell the Inspector what to do. The
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is that of how class-conscious England has been put forward in the play and how the Capitalist’s and Socialist’s are shown. Birling is a ruthless industrialist who worked extremely hard to make his money‚ and when he finally reaches the top his wealth and popularity is threatened by a suicide scandal. The characters are a mixture of Capitalist’s and Socialist’s‚ Mr Birling being a self made upper-class Capitalist‚ his wife also has great belief in the family name‚ and works hard to keep a good reputation
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was not widely available. IC – HC- Working class single women of the time were completely at the clemency (kindness) of wealthy and powerful members of the society. Eva Smith referred to as Eve to tempt Gerald away from his Eden- (his marriage to Sheila) Actual- Suffragettes- Desperate Women (Work) did desperate things to survive. (Exploitation of the rich) Morality- “They will be taught in blood‚ fire and anguish”- Will lead to man’s fall of paradise into hell if perceptions of society do not
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