An Inspector Calls - Characters (Acts 1-2)
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- AIC Characters (Acts 1-2)
- Mr. Arthur Birling
- Opinionated
- Capitalist
- Dislikes the Inspector
- No empathy for the working class
- Unsympathetic to lower classes
- Mrs. Sybil Birling
- Doesn't trust the Inspectors judgements
- Socially Superior to Husband
- Cold, lacks emotion
- Extremely stubborn
- Eric Birling
- Loses the most from Eva's death
- Would suffer from public humiliation
- Awkward, uneasy
- Alcoholic, from tension with father?
- Paranoid
- Sheila Birling
- Initially childish and naïve
- Matures throughout the play
- Feels responsible for Eva's death
- Most moral in the family
- Feels remorse for abusing her status
- Gerald Croft
- Agrees with all that Birling says
- Concerned about protecting his own reputation
- Genuinely moved by Eva's death
- Unfaithful liar
- Attractive and rich
- Edna
- Maid
- Miniscule role
- Portrays the lower classes of society
- Diametrically opposed props on dining table
- Inspector Goole
- Emotionally detached to Eva
- Changes the atmosphere of the play
- Gets the truth from all
- Authoritative Person
- Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton
- Represents working class
- Working class have no voice?
- Isn't seen on stage
- Working class have no voice?
- Mysterious
- Represents working class
- Mr. Arthur Birling
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