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An Inspector Calls: Characters
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Mind map displaying each character in Priestly's 'An Inspector Calls'.
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inspector
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birling
sheila
gerald
eric
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An Inspector Calls: Characters
Eric
Mr Birling
Capitalist
Has an antithetical view to Priestly
"A man has to mind his own business"
Oxymoronic Naivety
Dramatic Irony
"Titanic... absolutely unsinkable"
"Russia.. will always be behindhand"
7 Deadly Sins
Greed
"Working together... for lower costs and higher prices"
Pride
"Just a knighthood of course"
Lack of change
Refuses to accept change
"But the whole thing's different now"
Mrs Birling
Snobbery
"Girls of that class"
7 Deadly Sins
Pride
"Piece of gross impertinence"
Denial
Her own actions
Claims not to recognise the photograph
"I did nothing I'm ashamed of"
Actions of others
"There must be some mistake" (on Eric)
"Scruples that were absurd in a girl in her position" (on Eva)
Gerald
7 Deadly Sins
Lust
Setting up Eva/Daisy as his mistress
Aristocracy
Similar to Mrs. Birling
Marrying 'beneath him'
"Old country family"
Conflict
Only one to feel for Eva
"I was sorry for her"
Attempts to rid his responsibility
Tries desperately to prove the Inspector's non-existence
Sheila
The Inspector
Socialism
"We are members of one body"
Mouthpiece for Priestly's views
Historical Context
General Strike 1964
WW2 dismantled old systems of class
Authority
Contrast against the Birlings
(Dryly) against (Distressed)
(Takes charge massively)
Identity
Time
Ouspensky's Theory
Dunne's Theory
Existence
Person
Supernatural
Goole - Ghoul
Revealer
Systematic Interrogation
"One line of enquiry at a time"
Dissection
(Cutting in)
Invagination
Uncomfortable exterior entering the interior
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