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AIC
Themes
Social Status
Gender Gap
Capitalism
Generation Gap (age)
Socialism
Class Divide
Social Responsibility
Cause and Effect
Time
Supernatural
Characters
Mr. Arthur Birling
Capitalist
Fires Eva for an involvement in a strike
Mrs. Sybil Birling
Mr Birling's wife and social superior
Refuses to help Eva in her time of need
Sheila Birling
Daughter to Mr Birling
Eric Birling
Son to Mr Birling; drunk
Mr. Gerald Croft
Sheila's fiancé; son of Lady Croft
Inspector Goole
A newly appointed inspector; imposter/ impersonator
Eva Smith
A young working-class woman
Edna
The Birling's parlour-maid
Methods
Contrasts
Sound Effects
The sharp ring of a doorbell
The photograph
Dramatic Irony
Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable (Titanic)
Lighting
Pink and intimate
Entrances
Whole Thing
Written by J. B. Priestley
A damning exploration of a capitalist society on those trapped inside of it.
Act 1
Birling's are celebrating Sheila and Gerald engagement
Inspector arrives
Reveals Eva's death
Questions Mr Birling and Sheila
Act 2
Inspector continues questioning
Eric leaves distressed
Eva was pregnant
Act 3
Inspector - 'We are responsible for each other'
Inspector revealed to be an impostor
Police ring
Another young girl has committed suicide