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An Inspector Calls, Priestley uses Dramatic irony when the character Mr…

- - - - After Inspector
        
        Mature
        
        Willing to take responsibility
      - Before Inspector
        
        Immature
        
        Alcoholic
    - - Half Shy, Half assertive - stage directions
    - - Middle class
      - forced himself upon Eva
  - - - Selfish
        
        Allows Gerald to marry Sheila but only to benefit his business and profits
      - Arrogant
      - Ignorant
      - Arguementative
        
        'Apologise at once'
      - Business man
    - - 'I've got to cover this up as soon as i can'
      - 'She had too much to say so she had to go'
      - 'Still, I can't accept any responsibility'
      - 'The famous younger generation who know it all'
      - 'Absolutely Unsinkable' - Titanic
    - - Middle Class
      - Capitalist
      - Old
  - - - Infantised
      - Naive
      - Materialistic
      - Adamant
      - Impressionable
    - - After Inspector
        
        Sheila answers for Mrs Birling
        
        Actions based on reason and logic
        
        'Mother, Father' - Grown up
        
        Takes on the role of the Inspector
        
        Sheila returns the ring, no longer having the attachment she once did, no longer materialistic, 'I think you'd better take this with you'
      - Pre/Post Inspector
        
        Mrs Birling answers for Sheila
        
        'I never, never do it again'
        
        'I'll never let it out of my sight' - materialistic with ring
        
        'These girls aren't cheap labour, they're people'
        
        'Mummy, Daddy' - Infantised Capitalism blinding the views of the younger generation
    - - Shares Socialist views
      - Daughter of Mr Birling
      - Middle-Class
      - Process of being engaged to Gerald
      - Early 20s
  - - - Ignorant
      - Obsessed with status in society
      - Arrogant
      - Capitalist
    - - I accept no blame for it at all
      - Mr Birling's social superior
      - A girl of that class
      - 'About fifty, a rather cold woman'
      - 'What business is it of yours?'
    - - Middle class woman but came from an upper-class background
  - - - Representative of the male gaze
      - Doesn't like to take responsibility for some things
    - - She was a good sport
      - 'we've no proof it was the same photograph and therefore no proof it was the same girl'
    - - 'An Attractive chap'
      - rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town'
      - 'about thirty'
  - - - Mysterious
      - Omniscient
      - Could have similar properties to the ghosts in ACC, aiming to get characters to redeem themself however in this play it fails
      - Represents Socialism and what Mr Birling could/should be
    - - Claim to be a police inspector
      - Investigating death of Eva Smith
      - Socialist
      - Wants characters to confess
    - - ‘Public men have responsibilities as well as privileges’
      - ‘We are members of one body’
      - ‘If men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire, blood and anguish’ WW1, etc foreshadowed
      - Stage Direction - Creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.
        Creates a glimpse of professionalism and legitimacy
  - - - Created to be impacted by the higher class to represent the uneven balance between the working-class and the hierarchy; which typically leads to an uprising of the proletariat.
      - The character’s 2 identities are the complete antithesis of each other could criticise the behavioural differences within society
        
        Smith, links to term ‘blacksmith’ a hard working job
        Represented more lower class
        
        Renton, links to the ton - a high society in the Victorian Era, measured by money, power and appearance which can portray Daisy’s identity as a higher class
      - Not seen throughout the entire play
      - Victim of the play - she suicided, no evidence is provided by Inspector
      - Lower Class
- - - - 'Public men have responsibilities as well as privileges'
    - - Still, I can't accept any responsibility
  - - - Women have no other purpose outside the sexual realm in this era
      - Objectifies women similarly to possessions
      - Sexualised look that imposes women as inferior
- - - - 'They'll soon be asking for the world'
      - Sheila interrupts the conversation stating that 'girls aren't cheap labour, they're people'