An Inspector Calls - Act Three
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- An Inspector Calls - Act Three
- Eric Confesses (51)
- He is ready to confess - "you know, don't you?"(50)
- Insensitive given how badly he treated her (acted worse than Gerald)
- "pretty and a good sport"(52)
- He was apparently treated as a "kid"(53)
- Insensitive given how badly he treated her (acted worse than Gerald)
- Mr B is appalled by theft and shame (53)
- Has no interest in her suicide
- Brought shame on the family
- Eric was his child who was with a prostitute
- Sybil(&Sheila) returns (53)
- Disobeys her husband
- FAMILY LIFE
- Polite household and perfect reputation - doesn't understand children
- "I didn't understand" (55) - tries to back herself up but it makes her look stupid
- Polite household and perfect reputation - doesn't understand children
- FAMILY LIFE
- Eric doesn't realise his mothers involvement in the death (54/55)
- "I didn't understand" (55) - tries to back herself up but it makes her look stupid
- Disobeys her husband
- He is ready to confess - "you know, don't you?"(50)
- Was it a Hoax?
- The inspector may not have been real
- The parents think it makes all the difference that he may not have been real
- "The whole thing's different now"(70)
- Sheila and Eric both believe that it doesn't matter if he was fake because what he showed was true
- "Whoever the chap was the fact remains.."(64)
- The parents think it makes all the difference that he may not have been real
- Gerald returns and splits the family further (61/62)
- "That man wasn't a police inspector"(62)
- "How do you know it's the same photograph?"(67) he calls hospital and there is no suicide
- Gerald "everything's all right now"(71) making it seem as if there was never any crime
- Gerald becomes the one who makes the summaries as he tries to save himself
- Gerald "everything's all right now"(71) making it seem as if there was never any crime
- The inspector may not have been real
- The parents think it makes all the difference that he may not have been real
- "The whole thing's different now"(70)
- Sheila and Eric both believe that it doesn't matter if he was fake because what he showed was true
- "Whoever the chap was the fact remains.."(64)
- The parents think it makes all the difference that he may not have been real
- "How do you know it's the same photograph?"(67) he calls hospital and there is no suicide
- Mrs B is proud she "didn't give in" (63) to him
- "That man wasn't a police inspector"(62)
- Phone call at very end
- Immediately after Birling says "the famous younger generation who know it all"(72)
- Birling STILL thinks he knows it all so hasn't learnt the inspectors lesson..
- The inspector may not have been real
- The Inspectors' Speech (55&56)
- Sums up how each character has played their part
- Sheila "helped - but didn't start it"(56) by turning her out of her SECOND job
- Gerald "at least he had some affection for her and made her happy for a time"(56)
- Eric "used her"(56) because he was drunk
- Arthur "you started it."(56)
- Mrs B "you turned her away when she most needed help"(55)
- Links Eva/Daisy to the rest of society "millions of Eva Smiths and John.."(56)
- All our lives are "intertwined", we're "members of one body" - everyone is affected (56)
- Must learn to be more responsible, it'll lead to "fire and blood and anguish"(56)
- Inspector is foreseeing the result
- Inspector says they'll have plenty of time to "adjust"(51) at start of act 3
- Petty squabbling just after his moral speech signals a decline (57)
- Arthur doesn't want anything to change - he still wants to be in charge
- Says he's "learnt plenty"(58) but doesn't accept the blame. Only thinks about how his kids actually behave
- LEARNING ABOUT LIFE
- Petty squabbling just after his moral speech signals a decline (57)
- Arthur doesn't want anything to change - he still wants to be in charge
- Says he's "learnt plenty"(58) but doesn't accept the blame. Only thinks about how his kids actually behave
- LEARNING ABOUT LIFE
- LEARNING ABOUT LIFE
- Says he's "learnt plenty"(58) but doesn't accept the blame. Only thinks about how his kids actually behave
- "ashamed"(57) is passed between the family members
- Mrs B is "absolutely ashamed"(57) of Eric's drinking
- Eric is "ashamed" of his parents actions
- Sheila blames herself
- Parents haven't learnt anything and would only be ashamed about a public scandal
- Arthur doesn't want anything to change - he still wants to be in charge
- Petty squabbling just after his moral speech signals a decline (57)
- LEARNING ABOUT LIFE
- Says he's "learnt plenty"(58) but doesn't accept the blame. Only thinks about how his kids actually behave
- "ashamed"(57) is passed between the family members
- Mrs B is "absolutely ashamed"(57) of Eric's drinking
- Eric is "ashamed" of his parents actions
- Sheila blames herself
- Parents haven't learnt anything and would only be ashamed about a public scandal
- Arthur doesn't want anything to change - he still wants to be in charge
- Sums up how each character has played their part
- Eric Confesses (51)
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