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 forth as a victim to the selfishness of the Birling family. One significant facet of Smith’s character is the fact that her story holds the family accountable for their
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remains confident‚ sturdy and composed‚ while people around him crumble and fall to pieces. His ‘solidity’ is proven by the fact he remains on task despite numerous attempts from Birling to digress from the points he is making. The Inspector is told to appear ‘purposeful’; this is shown where he explains to Birling that Birlings way of thinking “Every man must only look out for himself‚” is not the case‚ and all warps of society are interlinked. The view is best illustrated in the Inspectors final speech
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characters and attitudes of the Birling family‚ especially Mr. Birling‚ to make the audience feel sympathy for Eva Smith. The family is "prosperous" and "comfortable"‚ and Mr. Birling’s extensive posturing and blagging emphasizes their good fortune. In the opening lines of the play‚ he is found to be drinking and discussing port with Gerald‚ immediately giving the audience a sense of the family’s financial state‚ which also reveals their position in society. When Mr. Birling tells Gerald and Eric that
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moral but childish whereas when it comes to him he matures. To begin with Eric isn’t very mature or well established in the ranks of the family. Both of the children are treated as kids even though they are in their 20’s ‘She makes fun of him and Birling cuts him off before he can finish speaking/delivering his speech’. Thus showing Birling’s little respect or opinion of his son. The first we hear about him in the play ‘Eric suddenly guffaws’ he is then unable to explain his laughter and is somewhat
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the family’s mentality and confidence deteriorates. His ‘solidity’ is proven by the fact he remains on task despite numerous attempts from Arthur to change the subject. The Inspector is told to appear ‘purposeful’ which is shown when he explains to Birling that Birling’s way of thinking “Every man must only look out for himself‚” is not the case‚ and that everyone should look out for each other and help out. The view is best illustrated in the Inspectors final speech‚ where he says‚ “We don’t live alone
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An Inspector Calls is saturated with the theme of responsibility. Throughout the play by J.B. Priestley‚ various forms of responsibility are used to act as a source of tension. These include the character’s reaction to blame and the shifting of it‚ testing the reactions of each character to its fullest extent. Creating a simulation where the readers‚ Priestley’s so called new generation‚ has a possibility of encountering. The inspector is a representation of an authoritive figure of the law‚ the
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authority meaning that the things he says holds more truth. The Inspector tells the Birlings that ‘if men will not learn that lesson‚ then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish’‚ this condemnation is of highly prophetic nature and is also potentially comparable to the God of the Old Testament punishing the unjust for their sinful ways with severe harshness. Here we see the Inspector warning the Birlings of this and as the audience knows that his prophecy does happen through WWI and WWII
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supports my point ’we hear a sharp ring of the door bell. Birling stops to listen’. This creates tension because it show’s people thoughts and facial expressions are shown. The fact that it is staged in one room creates more tension and it also makes everything tight and tense. It is also really good that everyone comes and goes out at really tense points. Before the inspector arrives the family are celebrating the engagement of Shelia Birling to Gerald Croft. There is a happy and jolly mood in the
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’An Inspector Calls’‚ written by J.B.Priestley is a play that includes the characters of Eva Smith‚ who appears to have committed suicide‚ and Edna‚ the housekeeper of the Birling family. Both Eva Smith‚ and Edna represent women‚ who suffer at the hands of poverty and neglect‚ and both characters are the epitome victims of the unjust nature of the social order. To those better off than them‚ they are invisible. Edna seems to be‚ a possible suicide victim‚ and there is even a link between the two
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I expected. I have worked here for four weeks probably. Sometimes I will think about my boss‚ I heard someone call him Mr. Birling‚ but I haven’t seen him yet. What is he like? I imagine he must be a vegetative
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