The Inspector Calls
Mr birling
Sheila Birling
The inspector
Gerald
He doesnt give attention to mr birling
Hes unfazed by power
Hes recentley transferred
He knows lot of information
He suspsects mr Birling has something to do with Eva Smiths death
Not scared of Mr Bs connections
Not intimmidated by mr Birling
Hes meant to be intimmidating
She got cheated on my Gerald
engaged to Gerald
Shes partly responsible for Eva Smiths death
Siblings with Eric,they have a jokey relationship
Mr Birlings daughter
Her and Geral arent living together because they arent married yet
Her and Gerald are only together for buisness and not love
Their marriage is for business not love
Shes getting married to Gerald
Partly responsible for the death of Eva Smith
Mrs birlings wife
Thinks he knows everything
Tries to intimmidate the inspector
Arrogant
He wasnt born rich
Hes very wealthy
Lied to sheila about where he was all summer
He tried to save Eva smith
He cheated on Sheila with Eva smith
He always goes to bars
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doesnt like anyone that arent british
Thinks highly of himself
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thinks money is more important than family
Arthur Birlings daughter
she understands why Gerald did what he did
Snobby and spoilt
Mrs Birling
Mother of Sheila
Mother in Law of Gerald
Married to Mr birling
Mother of Eric
She didnr give Eva assistance when she needed ti
Parlty to blame for Evas death
Shes blaming evas sons father
Extremely wealthy
She doesnt know the father is Eric
Blaming her own son
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she made a complaint about eva smitth
EVA SMITH
Eric
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has a drinking problem
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stole money from his dads offie
tried offereing her marriage
He got her pregnant
tried to help her out but she didnt take it
forced himself on Eva
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He wasnt a real inspector
Hes a liar
hes there to get information about the Birling family
Hes not actually an inspector
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faked her name
Daisy renton
didnt want to be accosiated with poor people
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he used her
he thought she was different to all the other girls
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'we are resposible for eachother
He beleives that the society doesnt have enough people taking repsonsibility for themselves
Preistley made the inspector thjs way to present social responsibility
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Sheila made a complaint about her
Eric forced himself upon her
got fired from the infrirmary by Mr birling
Gerald wanted to use her as he thought she was different
Got turned away by Mrs birling
and got her pregnant
he fired eva from the infirmary
because the women wanted higher pay
she drank disinfectant to kill herself
feels bad for Eva,wanted to help her
socialisf
capitalist
Marrying for money /SOCIAL CLASS
generation gap between mrs/mr birling and sheila and Eric
birlings are always seperated
Theme of power
and how the upper-class abuse it
has more socialist veiws
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J.B Priestley
wrote an Inspector calls
Shows socialist and capitalst veiws within the characters
represents an unfair society
Shows society in 1912-1945
patriarchal society
Represents social responsilibty and how each of the Birlings use it
Has a bad relationship with his father
He feels bad for eva as she needed help
and how theu compare
he found out everything about the Birlings
Thinks everyone should be responsible for eachother
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He wanted to get the truth out
Upset after she found out what Gerald did