An Inspector calls characters
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- Characters in An Inspector Calls
- Edna
- She is the lowest status of al the characters seen on stage, so says the least and is not on stage very much
- Mr Birling
- Mrs Birling
- Extremely prejudice against the lower classes and believes her status makes her correct.
- Refuses to accept any responsibility or guilt for their actions
- Mr Birling
- Blind to the consequences of his actions and the effect on others
- Sheila Birling
- Eric Birling
- Shows the younger generation is hope for the future because by accepting responsibility and feeling guilt
- Young and foolish. He drinks way too much and doesn't think about the consequences of his actions.
- Gerald Croft
- Understands how sheila feels, but doesn't feel much guilt when they find out no girl had committed suicide
- Inspector Goole
- He is a catalyst that starts Shielas and Eric's knew way of thinking
- Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton
- Eva Smith is just a regular name, like john smith, to show what happened to her was not uncommon.
- She could have been one person, or lots of people
- Invisibly dominates the action, as she is never actually seen.
- Depicted as an innocent victim, who is illustrated by the inspector as easy prey
- Edna
- Mrs Birling
- Extremely prejudice against the lower classes and believes her status makes her correct.
- Refuses to accept any responsibility or guilt for their actions
- Blind to the consequences of his actions and the effect on others
- Goole is used as an obvious pun on ghoul. He can be seem as a spirit sent on behalf of the dead girl, or a form of cosmic police man.
- Inspector Goole
- He is a catalyst that starts Shielas and Eric's knew way of thinking
- Inspector Goole
- He is a voice of social conscience, with a very strong presence in the play, making the characters unwillingly confess.
- Invisibly dominates the action, as she is never actually seen.
- Depicted as an innocent victim, who is illustrated by the inspector as easy prey
- She could have been one person, or lots of people
- Edna always acts timid and as if she is not supposed to be in the room with the Birlings, because she is of a lower class
- Edna
- She is the lowest status of al the characters seen on stage, so says the least and is not on stage very much
- Edna
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