An Inspector Calls- characters

An Inspector Calls- characters

1. Eva Smith/Daisy Renton

   • Was a good person
     • Did not seek revenge
     • Tried to protect Eric after all he had done to her
     • Refused to take stolen money
   • had all of her jobs taken from her
     • Asked to leave Milwards because Sheila was angry
   • stood up for herself and was punished
     • Mr Birling kicked her out because she asked for decent wages

2. Sheila Birling

   • learns from the inspector and trys to change her ways
     • She is one of the only ones to understand that it isn't about whether the inspector was real or not they did those things
   • Takes the news of Eva/Daisy's death the hardest
     • She blames herself even after the inspector tells she was not the only one responsible
   • wise
     • she knows that the inspector knows everything
     • Suspects that Gerald was cheating on her.

3. Inspector Goole

   • is he real?
     • name sounds like ghoul
   • a figure of authority
     • He does not care that the Birlings are very high in the social circle
   • calm
     • mysterious
       • good

4. Gerald Croft

   • Although he is young he behaves more like the elder Birlings
     • tries to protect himself rather than change himself
     • he tries the hardest to prove the inspector was a fake
   • His parents do not approve of his choice of bride
     • Sheila is a lower class than him
   • secretive
     • An aristocrat

5. Eric Birling

   • Not loved as much by the other characters in the play.
   • An alcholoic
     • A theif
       • A coward
         • A villian
   • Gives us an idea that he is hiding something
     • He keeps mentioning someone and then covering it up
     • He gets uneasy and defensive when the other men start joking about him getting up to something
     • Makes an excuse to leave when the Inspector starts his questioning

6. Mrs Birling

   • A good wife but a bad mother
     • Throughout the play she displays no affection towards her children
       • clueless to what her children get up to
   • A snob
     • Cold-hearted
       • Stubborn
   • She holds a higher status than her husband

7. Mr Birling

   • likes to control a situation
   • demanding
     • shallow
       • greedy
   • successful business man
   • does not care to change his ways
     • wants to protect his own intrests
       • believes that we are all seperate and that we should only look after ourselves
   • believes his way is the only right way