Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
An Inspector Calls - Coggle Diagram
An Inspector Calls
Arthur Birling
-
- He refuses to accept any responsibiliy for Eva's death by justifying his envolvement and minimising the impact that it had on her.
- In the context of his earlier speaches, it is clear that he believes that each person has responsibility over their life and nobody else's. Therefore he implies that it is her own fault that she died.
- Mr Birling makes a speech that highlight his own capitalist views. This is a great of example of upper middle class pre-war opinion that his priorities are to make money and cement his social status, something that is important to him (he discusses his knighthood and is keen for Sheila to marry up)
- When I.G challenges his decisions/power, Mr Birling becomes angry and attempts to intimidate him, and is confused when this doesn't work
Act 2
- Mr B looks like a bad father when Eric says that Mr B 'isn't the sort of father you could ask for help' This shows the reality behind the perfect family facade that Mr B leads.
-
Act 3
- When they find out I.G isn't a real inspector, Mr B forgets the possible consequences for his actions, and was only concerned that the story could become public and therefore impact his chances of a knighthood, showing his priorities and self-centered views are unchanged.
- This shows that he hasn't learnt from his mistakes, and could this be why a second inspector turns up to enforce the consequences?
-
- Dramatic Irony - Mr B talks about the future looking bright, while the audience knows about the eventuality of WW2. This makes Mr B look like a fool
- Mr B is lower born than Mrs B but is the head of the family due to patriarchal society.
-
-
Mrs Birling
Act 1
- Ms B interrupts Mr B as she doesn't feel that his business talk is appropriate, although in reality she has very little power over him, and he ignores her - patriarchal society + gender roles
- Mrs B tries to teach Sheila about her 'place' as a wife, warning her that Gerald will be too busy for her and that this is normal.
-
- Women were seen as more emotionally fragile and dumber than men, so Mr B doesn't talk about business with them and attempts to sheild Sheila and Mrs B from I.G
-
-
-