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An inspector calls, Themes - Coggle Diagram
An inspector calls
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Mr birling
"lower costs at higher prices" this is mr birling talking about his business with gerald. This means he wants to profit as much as he can and he doesnt care about his workers as they get the least pay possible
Mrs birling
"i did nothing im ashamed of" she says this when she admits she helped also kill eva smith. This shows as she is from an upper class background she doesnt see lower class people as equal and doesnt care about them at all
Sheila
Sheila develops from saying "sorry daddy i was listening" to saying "did you dad?" Which shows that she went from being an obedient daughter to interrogating him with the inspector
Gerald
"i dont come into this suicide business" this is when it is forst hinted that gerald may also be involved in the death of eva smith. He cant believe it as he thinks that he is too upper class to be involved with someone that low down in society
The inspector
"fire, blood and anguish" this is when he is warning the family and the audience that if theu continue with their capitalist ways then the world will spiral into war again. This would be especially effective as everyone in the audience in 1946 would have just lived through a world war
Eric
"i was in the state when a chap easily turns nasty" this is when he recalls the events of what happened just before he barged into eva smiths house and raped her. He is able to take blame and he redeems himself after by taking care of her later
Themes
Duty
"its my duty to ask questions"- the inspector while interrogating
the birling family. This shows that he wont take no rubbish from the family and has nerves of steel and will only partake in things that will help him make them own up to their actions.
Responsibility
"i cannot take responsibility for this"- mr
birling when he finds out he is partly responsible
for the death of eva smith. This shows that he thinks
he is above the law by being upper class as him saying
cannot makes him seem like he thinks he could never
do anything wrong
New woman
"not yet, i must think"- sheila when gerald offers the engagement ring back to her. This shows her being defiant to the man she was going to marry which would have been a very new idea at the time and is a sign of a new generation of women with different ideas about society.
Changing times
"i dont think i will"- sheila when mrs birling says
she will have to get used to gerald going away
for work. The older generation would have never
said anything like this showing that times were
changing and more things were becoming normalised
Younger generation
"i agree with sheila"- eric when they are both being told off by mr birling. This shows that the younger generation has new ideas about society and they arent going to be ruled by the older generations.
Capitalism
"I'd pay thousands, yes thousands"
- mr birling when the inspector uncovers
everything about him
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