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An Inspector Calls
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GCSE English Mapa Mental sobre An Inspector Calls, criado por Rhianna Bromwich em 02-01-2018.
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An Inspector Calls
Characters
Mr Arthur Birling
Owns a factory
Worked himself up from working class
Proud to own a business
Doesn't feel any connection to Eva's death
"knighthood"
"A sign or token of their self-respect"
"Community and all that nonsense"
"Mixed up like bees in a hive"
Fired Eva from his factory
Mrs Sybil Birling
Married below herself
Same views about classes as her husband
Has high authority over her children
Just believes she did her duty
Turned Eva away when she wanted help
Believes it's all Eric's fault (before she knows it was him)
"Husband's social superior"
"Girls of that class"
"Only a boy"
"You know him Gerold and you're a man"
"I did my duty"
Gerold Birling
Shiela's fiancee
Very high class
Had an affair with the now prostitute 'Daisy'
"fairy prince"
"Fresh and charming"
"Hard eyed dough faced women"
"I'm rather more upset by this business"
Sheila Birling
About to be married
Mid 20s
S got her fired from her shop job because was in a bad mood that day
Feels responsible
"Musn't build a wall between us and that girl"
"Girls aren't cheap labour they're people"
"Fairy prince"
"It was my own fault"
Eric Birling
Works for his Dad
Big drinker
Batchelor
Slept with Eva a few times, got her pregnant and then stole money to give to her
"Drunken, young idler
"I wasn't in love with her or anything
"Pale and distressed"
"Not the kind of father a chap could go to"
"She wasn't the usual sort"
Eva Smith
Committed suicide by drinking bleach
Strong willed
Believed in her rights
"Good looking girl"
"She had a lot to say"
"Wasn't the usual sort"
"they're people"
"Millions and millions and millions of Eva and John Smiths"
Edna
Represents working class
Omnipresent
No surname
Few lines
Very short
Shows how the lower class are treated by upper
Doesn't say anything for herself
Speaking for others
Too low for an opinion
"Edna'll answer it"
"Edna does and goes out"
"announcing"
Inspector Goole
Middle Class
Doesn't disclose anything that isn't immediately important
Threatens Mrs B's authority
"Sharp ring"
"Then I'd prefer you to stay"
"Millions and millions and millions"
"All intertwined"
"taught in fire and flood and anguish"
Themes
Attitudes towards women
Male characters towards women
Women characters towards others
The Inspector's perspective on women
"My husband was lord mayor"
"A young unmarried girl"
"Hard eye, dough faced women"
"You know him Gerold you're a man
"Girl"
"Women"
Class
"Mixed up like bees in a hive"
"Girls of that class"
"Community of all that nonsense"
"Hard eye dough face women"
"Musn't build a wall between us and that girl"
"Stalls bar at the Palace Variety Theatre"
Generation Gap
Old
Set in their ways
Do anything to protect themselves
Had a lot to fear
Never had to examine themselves
Sybil
Arthur
Unable to admit they did anything wrong
New
open to new ideas
Honest + admit their faults
See the human side to Eva's story
Nothing to fear
Gerold
Caught in the middle
Shiela
Eric
Accept their role in Eva's death and feel guilty
"Musn't build a wall between us and that girl"
"Girl"
"Only a boy"
"Isn't going to do us much good"
"Youngster"
"Childish"
"I did my duty"
"It was my own fault"
Historical context
1912
Coal miners strike
Workers rights
Women were treated lower
Big divide between class
No welfare state (NHS)
2 Years before the war
Titanic
AIC was set
1945
The war ended
Women have votes
War debts
Not much money for everyone
EU was being formed
Many concentration camps were liberated
Less babies being born
AIC was written
Allows audience to have hindsight
Stage directions
Adds to the story
Highlights words and phrases
Gives insight into the characters thoughts and feelings
Gives insight into J.B. Priestley's feelings and opinions
J.B. Priestley
Fought in the first world war
Was very politically active
Wrote political messages into his plays
A part of the 'Common Wealth Party'
Most of his plays were ground-breaking and controversial
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