An Inspector Calls: Responsibility
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- Responsibility
- SHEILA
- 'So I'm really responsible?'
- Sheila has accepted the responsibility of having a role in the chain of events
- Contrasts to older gen of Birtlings & Gerald
- 'So I'm really responsible?'
- INSPECTOR
- 'It's better to ask for the earth than to take it.'
- Socially irresponsible to take things without permission, something the Birling's are used to.
- 'We are members of one body.'
- Expressing his socialist views
- Metaphor
- Links to human body due to fact that if one part stops working, whole body stops
- 'It's better to ask for the earth than to take it.'
- MR BIRLING
- 'a man has to make his own way- has to look after himself- and his family too, of course'
- Implies that only men can look after their families
- Pronoun- 'himself' emphasises the male role
- Common for the men of the house to earn money for their families
- 'There's every excuse for what both your mother and I did'
- Still trying to justify his and Mrs B's actions. Despite the fact that what they did to Eva was one of the worst cases
- 'a man has to make his own way- has to look after himself- and his family too, of course'
- GERALD
- 'Nearly any man would have done.'
- Trying to avoid responsibility by shifting it to men in general
- When inspector starts questioning Gerald about his affair with Eva Smith
- 'Nearly any man would have done.'
- ERIC
- ' I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty'
- Shifting responsibility onto men in general
- 'It's what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters'
- Reminding everyone that they were all involved with Eva's suicide collectively
- ' I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty'
- MRS BIRLING
- 'It's his responsibility.'
- This is ironic as she's neglecting her own responsibility and blaming others.
- Inspector is giving her the rope and she is hanging herself by unknowingly blaming Eric
- 'I'm very sorry. But I think she had only herself to blame.'
- Constantly denying responsibility despite having a role in the 'chain of events'
- 'Your mother refused that help'
- The inspector is trying to get Mrs Birling to accept responsibility, but what she won't take it
- 'It's his responsibility.'
- SHEILA
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