An Inspector Calls
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- Created on: 23-03-13 13:43
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- An Inspector Calls
- Mr Birling
- Pleased with himself- about to become a knight
- Only thinks about his social standing
- Sacked Eva/ Daisy
- Was more interested in saving himself money than giving his workers enough to survive
- Sacked Eva/ Daisy
- Only thinks about his social standing
- Pleased with himself- about to become a knight
- Mrs Birling
- Her husband's 'social superior'
- She is on the commitee in charge of giving money to those in need, but lets her prejudices get in the way
- Not a very good mother
- Self centred and stuck in her ways
- Her husband's 'social superior'
- Sheila
- At the start of play she is silly and girlish
- Had Eva Smith sacked because she was jealous
- At the start of play she is silly and girlish
- Daisy / Eva
- Represents the whole of society
- Is not allowed 'fine feelings and scruples' according to Mrs Birling
- Represents the whole of society
- Eric
- Secretly a raging alcoholic
- Nervous, but in an excitable, silly mood
- Has many guilty secrets
- Got Eva/ Daisy pregnant and abandoned her
- Has many guilty secrets
- Nervous, but in an excitable, silly mood
- Secretly a raging alcoholic
- Gerald
- Nearer to Sheila and Eric in age, but like Mr and Mrs Birling in thoughts
- Led Daisy on even though he was with Sheila- he thought it was ok because she was lower in the social hierarchy
- Inspector Goole
- Not a real inspector
- Is he a ghost? 'Goole' sounds similiar to 'ghoul'
- The moral judge of the play
- Enforces the idea that actions have consequences- we can affect the lives of others
- Not intimidated by class or social status
- Not a real inspector
- Mr Birling
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