Inspector calls
characters
Gerald Croft
Mrs Sybil Birling
Mr Athur Birling
Shelia Birling
Eric Birling
Inspector Goole
Themes in the play
Age-There was hope in the young generations for ability to change what we have done in the past and change the future ahead of us.
Gender-helps change different perspectives and to make sure that women are as capable as men in anything they can do.
key plot details
Inspector Goole investigates Eva Smith's death
Mr Birling had sacked Eva Smith
Shelia feels responsible for the death
Gerald confesses his affair with Eva
Mrs Birling refuses to help Eva
Eric was the father of Eva's unborn baby
Inspector Goole is an imposter
The police call the BIrling to investigate
Class-divided in different classes like wealthy land and factory and the poor workers and the war helped bring these 2 classes together
Social responsibility-first played in the end of ww2 (1946) they made it to make sure people know what others are feeling about one another's life after the loss of family homes ect.
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summarry
An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley, is a play that revolves around the apparent suicide of a young woman called Eva Smith. In the play, the unsuspecting Birling family are visited by the mysterious Inspector Goole. He arrives just as they are celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft.
secondary characters Eva Smith/Daisy Renton
Edna (the maid)
An Inspector Calls is a play written by English author J.B Priestly in 1945 and it was about