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Characters in "An Inspector Calls"
- Eva Smith/Daisy Renton
- Described as "pretty"
despite of what class she
is
- Of Working
class
- She is poor & her parents are
dead
- From just outside of
Brumley
- Described as "country-bred" by
Birling
- Eric
Birling
- He is not as concerned about social
class
- He is embarrassed about the way his
parent treat those of a lower class
- "I'm ashamed of
you"
- He supports the workers cause when he
hears about his fathers treatment of them
- "Why shoudnt they try for
higher wages?"
- He supported Eva by giving her
money
- He was happy to have a relationship with a
working class girl
- he doesn't care about Eva's class
- He feels guilty regardless of who she
is
- He was born into
the higher class
- Gerald
Croft
- Did not care about Daisy's
social class
- He seems to have genuinely
cared about Daisy in spite of
who she was
- He arranged for her to live in a friends flat &
he gave her some money
- He pitied her when he first met
her
- He helped when she was being harassed
by Alderman Meggarty
- High class
(Aristocrat)
- Son of Lord and Lady
Croft
- they are not overly impressed by his
engagement to Sheila
- Perhaps because the Birling's are lower
in social circles
- Perhaps because they are rvals of
Birling's business
- Wealthy
- Works with his father for
"Croft's Limited"
- Conflict
- Feels for
Eva
- "I was sorry for
her"
- Attempts to rid his
responsibility
- Tries desperately to prove Inspectors
non-existence
- Sybil
Birling
- She was born into a Higher class
family
- She is a
snob
- She's very aware of the difference in social
class
- She is very dismissive of
Eva
- She claimed it was her "duty" to refuse help to a
working class girl
- Shes refuses to believe tht a
working class girl would refuse
(stolen) money
- "She was giving herself ridiculous
airs"
- "Girls of that
class"
- She is irritated when Birling wishes to praise the
cook in front of Gerald
- Narrow-minded
- Mr Birling social
superior
- Denial
- Her own
actions
- Claims she does not recognise the
photograph
- "I did nothing i'm ashamed
of"
- Actions of
other
- "There must be some mistake" (On
Eric)
- "Scruples that were absurd in a girl in her
position"
- Sheila
Birling
- She begins to
realise that
social class isn't
important
- She's embarrassed about the way her parents treated Eva
because of her class
- "It frightens me the way you
talk"
- "How can you Pretend that
nothing much has happened?"
- She feels guilty about how
she acted to Eva
- she feels "fully
Responsible"
- She considers the conditions of her father's
workers
- she show compassion when she hears of
Birling's treatment of them
- "But these girls aren't cheap
labour - they're people"
- She is snobby and shallow about
working class people at the start
- Jealousy of
Eva
- Born into a high class
family
- Auther
Birling
- He is aware of his
social superiors
- He shows of his
ort to Gerald
- "It's exactly the same port your
father gets"
- Worked his way up in class
- He was originally 2nd
class
- Slips into old
habits: thanks
the chef.
- Pround of his achievents
- Rich & in first class. He
owns his own business
- He is likely to be
knighted
- "Just a knighthood of
course."
- Lack of
Change
- Refuses to accept
change.
- "But the whole thing's different now!
- Capitalist
- Has an antithetical view
to Priestly
- "A man has to mind his own
business."
- Greed
- "Working
together...for lower
costs and higher
prices"