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Priestley's Main Aim in An Inspector Calls JB Priestly wrote 'An Inspector Calls' to enhance the message that 'we don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other'.

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Priestley's Main Aim in An Inspector Calls JB Priestly wrote 'An Inspector Calls' to enhance the message that 'we don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other'.

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he believed in socialist views and thought that everyone should look after each and work together rather than just look out for yourself which is a capitalist view. kane.

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“Need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”

“He is a man in his fifties, dressed in a plain darkish suit of the period. ...

“Two hours ago a young woman died in the Infirmary. ...

“A chain of events” lead to Eva Smith's suicide.

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(heavy-looking, rather portentous man)' ...'I speak as a hard-headed business man' ...'The Germans don't want war' ...'I say there isn't a chance of war' ...'You've a lot to learn yet' (about Eric) ...'Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable' ...'Lower costs and higher prices'

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(heavy-looking, rather portentous man)' ...'I speak as a hard-headed business man' ...'The Germans don't want war' ...'I say there isn't a chance of war' ...'You've a lot to learn yet' (about Eric) ...'Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable' ...'Lower costs and higher prices'

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Gerald is described as 'an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town'. Mr Birling is very pleased that Gerald is getting engaged to Sheila because his family are upper-class business owners, Mr Birling hopes they can join forces in business. At the beginning of the play, Gerald comes across as being confident and charming. This changes after his affair with Eva Smith is revealed. Gerald gives himself away when he hears that Eva changed her name to Daisy Renton. He initially is evasive and tries not to talk too much about it but redeems himself in the eyes of the audience by being more open and honest about it as he talks to Sheila.

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Two hours ago a young woman died in the infirmary' (IG) ...

'Wretched girl's suicide' (Mr. ...

'Lively good-looking girl' (Mr. ...

'jealous of her' (IG says about Sheila) ...

'Girls of that class-' (Mrs.Birling) ...

'I was sorry for her' (Gerald)

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My God!... I've suddenly realised - taken in properly - that she's dead-' ...

'I didn't install her there so that I could make love to her. ...

Gerald: 'Everything's alright now Sheila. ...

'I don't come into this suicide business' ...

Inspector: 'had some affection for her and made her happy for a time

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(not quite at ease)' '(half shy)' and '(half assertive)' '(uneasy)' ...

'I was in the state when a chap easily turns nasty' 'squiffy' '(familiarity with quick heavy drinking)' ...

'I didn't even remember-that's the hellish thing' ...

To his father: 'You don't understand anything.

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"in some odd way, I rather respect you more than I've ever done before" - Sheilashows great maturity in forgiving Gerald.

"I knew there was something fishy about that time. And now at least you've been honest." - she is insightful, she knew something was up all along, she is also being more assertive.

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Secondly, I blame the young man" - Mrs Birling is being arrogant and it is clear she thinks she is right.

"he didn't belong to her class… ...

"If the girl's death is due to anybody, then it's due to him." - Sybil coldly blames the father of the child here and doesn't accept that anyone else could be to blame.

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An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and at the New Theatre in London the following year. It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th-century English theatre.

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Gerald is the son of Lord Croft and heir to Crofts Ltd – a long standing industrial competitor of Birling and Co. Slightly older than Eric, Gerald is already a confident man of business, trusted by his father to run the factory works on his own.

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Eric Birling works at Birling and Co., his father is presumably his boss. Eric is the son of Arthur and Sybil Birling and brother of Sheila Birling. We discover early on in the play that Eric has a drinking problem and that he has been drinking steadily for almost two years. J. B.

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At the opening of the play she appears to be a little immature and easily led.As the play progresses, Sheila’s character develops and she begins to stand up for herself. At a number of points, Sheila shows that she can see things that the other characters cannot.
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The Inspector arrives whilst the Birling family are celebrating the engagement of Sheila and Gerald.The stage directions state that he 'need not be a big man' but that he must create an 'impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness'.  By the end of the play it is revealed that he isn’t actually an Inspector. It is not entirely clear who he is, Priestley leaves it up to the audience to decide. His name 'Goole' suggests a supernatural or ghost like element, and he seems to know what the characters will say before they do - is he the conscience of the audience?

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Mr Birling is the head of the Birling household. At the start of the play he comes across as being arrogant, making long speeches about his predictions for the future. He is materialistic and possessive and also has old fashioned views about women. Mr Birling is shaken by the investigation and is shocked by the behaviour of his son Eric. However, he doesn’t learn any lessons during the course of the play. When it seems that the Inspector might have been an imposter he is overjoyed and mocks the others for having been 'tricked' by the investigation.

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killed herself by drinking bleach. had an affair with gerald crroft. used to work for mr birling before getting fired.

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Mrs Sybil Birling is cold-hearted. Mrs Sybil Birling is ArthurBirling's wife and right from the opening of the play she is cold-hearted and snobbish despite being a prominent member of local women's charity.