Eva Smith and the Birlings + Gerald
- Created by: shamithink
- Created on: 13-02-18 20:39
Eva Smith and the Birlings + Gerald |
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Overall summaryIt's all like a butterfly effect, as the Inspector says it's 'a chain of events', which lead onto other factors that deteriorates Eva's will to live. No one is more guilty than the other in my opinion, because the whole message and the continuous metaphor through out the play is we are alone organism; we work together in a socialistic manner. Priestley being a founder of the Labour party and having strong socialist views, is it any surprise that he uses the Inspector as the omniscient judge and overseer of the other characters?The inspector himself is the subconscious of all the characters as one, however I believe that the Inspector is in fact the audience. This direct address of having the Inspector be the audience emphasizes his view of working as one organism as we are the people who can help each other and the 'million and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths' that need aid from humankind.Also, in a play, the information that the Inspector knows is usually revealed to the audience, information that the characters aren't aware of. It creates dramatic irony. However, because during the play the audience aren't aware of the information that the Inspector knows it can be interpreted that we are equal to the Birling and Gerald since they do represent different types of people in society. |
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