An Inspector calls

And next inspector goole questions sheler
and find out that sheila got her fired because she didn't look as good as eva smith did.
so she felt frentand by eva smith that she got her fired "if i sore here in there again that we would take our business elsewhere"

Mr Birling

Mr Birling is very ignorant to what is going on around him and doesn't care about the lower class or their problems

'You'll hear some people say that war is innevitable and to that i say - fiddlesticks!' - set in 1912 just before the war so the audience would be shocked at this

Sheila

Eric

Gerald

Getting married at the beginning but to father it is seen as a 'transaction' more than anything

Evas childs father

'Community and all that nonsense' - doesn't think that the lower and upper class mix together

Going to marry Sheila

Inspector Goole

Eva Smith

Knows about all the things that happened between the Birlings and Eva

Doesn't reveal anything about himself, mysterious

Tried to get the wages to go up for her and her co-workers by organising a strike - didn't work. Mr Birling sacked her

Found another job but Sheila got her fired because she looked better in a dress she liked and was in a bad mood

Gerald sees her cornered by Jo Meggarty and goes and 'saves' her - describes her as a 'damsel in distress' - shows gender inequality because he thinks she can't fight for herself

Knows that what she and her family did is wrong - tries to convince them of this

Jealous that Eva looked better in a dress she liked - got her fired

Sees Eva being harassed by Joe Meggarty - goes in to 'save' her

Took her to dinner and provided her a place to stay because she was going to get kicked out

Eva became his mistress

'We often do on the young ones' - making an impression on Sheila - young ones see the faults as is seen at the end of the play when Sheila and Eric see what they have done wrong

Went for help at a women's help facility where Mrs Birling was working - tried to say she was Mrs Birling but then said she was Alice Grey. Was pregnant but was still turned away because Mrs Birling didn't like her

Mr Birling doesn't care what they did to the girl, only about their social status

'Damsel in distress'

Mrs Birling said that the father should be held accountable before she found out but changed when she did find out

A brief summary of each time the inspector questions someone with some other context aswell

ACT 1 then ACT 2 then ACT3:
the berlings have family dinner with gerald

and gerald proposes to sheila and gives her the ring during/at he end of there meal

mrs birling tells Eric to drink less as he seams a bit "squiffy"

mr birling,Gerald,Eric are talking about stuff. like war,titanic with is dramatic irony. mr birling has a speech about "community and that nonsense" which shows mr birling as a strong captislam person and make him look bad.

Edna

Maid for the Birlings - fits into Gender stereotype and social class

Let the inspector in - always in the background, hears but never heard

Says about war at the beginning - knows about the world a little bit

Mrs Birling

Mrs Birling instantly says to the inspector she thinks it is outrageous that the inspector is 'trying to put the blame on them'

Arrogant - ''Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable' - meant to be unlikeable and by saying this, it ensures the audience despises him

She refuses to accept blame and says that the father of Eva's baby should be blamed until she learns it is Eric

Mrs Birling refused to help Eva because she tried to use her name even though she was pregnant

Higher social class than Mr birling

Sometimes oversteps the gender gender gap - at beginning 'Lets not talk about this now'

Themes

Social class, gender equality, responsibility, capitalism, age gap, power, family life

Acts like he does not recognise Eva Smiths name

Shows the picture to one person at a time - build tension and make the Birlings nervous

Uses slang - 'squiffy' - easy malleable because of the young age

Uses slang like Sheila - also easily malleable

'Clever in a dangerous sort of way' - how he describes the workers that went on strike

Declines the chance to earn 25 shillings by herself because she wants everyone to earn this amount - 'It has to be for everyone'

Antithesis of Mr Birling

'You wouldn't talk to me like this if I was a man'

the inspector arrives and he simblose's (socialism)a mr goole.

and first questions mr birling and of eva smith she started the strikes to get more pay. was a gang of 5 she was the ring leader.she did all the talking and brought the whole work force out on strike
and anyway after the strike mr birling fired her

Other points

Priestley personifies capitalism through Mr Birling

Effect on the reader

Birling fires - feel sympathy towards her

after being fired from mr berlings work she was out of work for about 2 months eva went and worked at millwords a cloths shop after 6 weeks she was asked to leave. (because of sheila)

Doesn't see what Birling could have done different apart from fire Eva

Says his father should have paid the girls the 25 shillings

'I can't be held responsible for what someone decides to do years after' - never wanted to take blame

'Ill leave when I've finished Mr Birling' - Inspector in control and not Mr Birling

Stands up to her father - says she ought to hear about the state of what girls are going through

automatically feels guilty about what she has done

Admits she complained for no reason - was in a 'bad mood' - got her fired because of this

Acts out of feeling threatened by Eva - doesn't feel better than her - feels inadequate

defense

Uses money to get what she wants because of how she has been raised

after being fired again. but form the flower shop she (eva smith) things where extremely difficult so she changed here name to Daisy renton and she meet gerald in there after he "saved her" from Jo Meggarty (the fat man)and then took her out for a dinner at a "quite respectable place" she opened up a bit and gerald "helped her" and let her stay in his friends apartment

Apologises instantly - father says she has nothing to apologize for

Omniscient - knows everything

the inspector next targets for questioning is gerald because soon as he said "daisy raton " gerald knowed who she was and that's why he is questioning him.

Ambiguous - never fully revels everything

Knows he is involved as soon as the inspector says Daisy Renton

Ignores Mr Birling when he says she should leave them to it

'I can't believe you just lest them in there'

Sees she is unswell and offers her dinner - seems sincere at first

"daisy renton" became gerald's mistress and he gave her money and it lasted between summer and september when gerald went away for work.

"public men have responsibility and privileges"

after the inspector asked mrs birling about when mrs birling was in the chare about 2 weeks ago in her organization.

mrs birling denied the girl any help went she needed and she was pregnant and needed money

and last the inspector questions Eric about when he first met the girl and what happend

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the inspectors dermatic speech

"you cant even say im sorry eve smith"

"there's millions and millions and millions of eva smiths and john smiths "

"responsible for each other "

"tough it in fire and blood and anguish"

the inspector uses "we" lots which is juxtaposed to mr birling's speech at the beginning.