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An Inspector Calls - Characters - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 'Sharp ring that interrupts Birling's speechabout social responsibility'
        
        suggests that the Birlings need a 'sharp awakening
        
        foreshadows the impact the Inspector will have on the Birlings lives
        
        signals turning point in the play
      - forces audience to connect the Inspector's arrival and Birlings Capitalist views
        
        ideology which promotes selp-interest and believes taht community is nonsense
        
        represent Priestley's socialist views that go against what Mr Birling is saying
        
        cut off shows how Birling is wrong and what he is saying is useless and shouldn't be listened to
    - - he only shows one person at a time
        
        can't be sure that they have seen the same photogrpah as the other characters
        
        adds to the sense of mystery that surrounds Eva and the Inspector
        
        always has an immediate impact on the viewer
      - 'one line of inquiry at a time
        
        controls pace of the story since the Inspector has that power
        
        exposing the crimes in a methodical, ruthlessly and efficient manner
    - - Priestley uses the change in lighting to represent the change in atmopshere caused bu the Inspector
        
        mirrors how Priestley wants society to change and stop being ignorant to the plight of the working class
      - 'The lighting should be pink and intimate until the INSPECTOR arrives, then it should be brighter and harder
        
        symbolised bright light, like an interrogation, where nothing can be hidden
      - foreshadows rest of the play through the Inspector, Priestley shows the issues within Edwardian society
  - - - establishes the victim and the nature of her death
        
        Priestly follows the formula of a whodunnit
        
        A detective story where the audience has to guess who the criminal is
        
        it is not the difinitive genre since there is morality and political or family drama
      - 'burnt her inside out, of course'
        
        graphic imagery of the corrosive liquid that destroyed Eva's body
        
        shocks the Birlings as well as the audience
        
        matter-of-fact interjection 'of course' highlights how appalling the death was
        
        no doubt of the fatal outcome of her actions
- - - - he fired her as she led a group of worers in seeking a pay rise and going on strike
      - has no responsibility for his actions
    - - in charge of finances as he is the owner of a factory
      - encourages Shelia's marriage to Gerald to secure his links to the Groft family - upper class
      - head of the household and family due to patriarchal society
    - - portrays a stereotypical upper-class pre-war attitude that people should only help themselves
        
        not take responsibility for others
      - priorities are to make moneyand keep his high social status
      - callous - only concerned about himself since he wants knighthood and marriage to improve his social status
        
        believes people have toi make their own ways in life
        
        look after themselves