does the Inspector trap her into condemning her own son? At the end of act two, Mrs. Birling realises that the Inspector knows a lot about all of the family. She realises that if she lies to him he will already know the correct answer and will know she is lying. Also after hearing everybody else's story before hers she is probably quite shocked and thinks that her story won't be of any significance. However she could not be more wrong. She tells the Inspector how a girl, who tried to call herself
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Alternative ending-An Inspector Calls The stress that was caused in the Birling family was very disturbing even after a couple of years in 1914. When the war started everything gradually started to become worse as the country was suffering and many people were injured including children and infants. Sheila wanted to achieve something in life; she wanted to become a nurse as she knew she would be more deserving and would be able to help others who were injured. She knew that Eric was going away
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This essay will explore the themes, character development and Priestley’s intentions for An Inspector Calls. Mr. Birling is a large pompous man in his mid fifties, a successful business man and the father of the Birling family. Throughout the play, Mr. Birling is shown by Priestley to be a narrow minded and unjust character. His uncaring view towards factory workers and cold-heartedness both contribute to Eva Smith’s death – who symbolises many other women who, like her, live in poverty and are
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How does the character of Mr Birling reflect British society in 1912? The character of Mr. Birling is very important in 'An inspector calls' because he reflects how many upper class people (especially men) treated others in different classes. His character is vital to get across Priestley's socialist ideologies. Mr Birling also reflects the older generation, Capitalism and furthermore mirrors the division in society. Firstly, Mr. Birling exclaims how he is not "a purple-faced old man.", this
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Birling is very important in 'An inspector calls' because he reflects how many upper class people (especially men) treated others in different classes. His character is vital to get across Priestley's socialist ideologies. Firstly, Mr. Birling exclaims how he is not "a purple-faced old man.", this suggests that most men of authority were greedy, only cared for themselves and had a lot of money to waste on things like excessive food. Secondly, we can see that Sheila and Gerald's engagement "means
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How does Priestley use time as a dramatic device in ‘An Inspector Calls? An Inspector calls can be seen as one of Priestley’s ‘time’ plays because it explores the relationship between the past, present and future; some schools of thought have even suggested that the Inspector is some form of ‘cosmic time-lord’ or have compared him to ‘The ghost of Christmas Yet to Come’ from Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. At the beginning of the play, time is used to undermine Arthur Birling, as he makes
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dominant. Therefore Macbeth can be seen as a tragedy. On the other hand An Inspector Calls cannot be considered a good example of a tragedy this is because AIC is more of a mysterious, tension filled play. It is focused on not just one individual but on 7 main characters. None of these characters face utter destruction they instead are given a second chance to make things right. The characters get a wake up call in AIC whereas in a Tragedy the individual is driven by a spiritual force, hate
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The INSPECTOR walks upa dark street, he walks past dim streetlamp briefly illuminating his face, which is a mask of anxiousnes, he is wearinga dark coat of the period, walking very quickly. He reaches a very small house. He knocks loudly.The street is positioned so that the INSPECTOR is walking towards the audience, the wall of the house closest to the audience is not there, so the audience is able to view inside the house. INSPECTOR (loudly and authoritively) Eva, are you there? (EVA SMITH
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How does Priestley present Mr Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’ J.B. Priestly presents Arthur Birling as a self obsessed, work oriented “hard-headed business man” in Act 1. The stage directions describe him as a “heavy-looking, rather portentous man” giving an impression that he looks rather threatening. He speaks formally, even around his family. He has worked hard to raise himself up the social ladder and is proud to think that he’s going to be knighted. Even at his daughter’s engagement party
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In an article published may 2005 in The New York Times -“Life at the Top in America Isn't Just Better, It's Longer”, journalist Janny Scott tells us about three different people who have all had heart attacks. She tells us about the course of all three: Jean G. Miele: 66 years old. Successful businessman and architect, a member of New York City's upper middle class. Because of Mr. Miele's status he is able to get the best treatment available throughout his recovery. Furthermore less than two
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