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An Inspector Calls - Social Class
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A mind map to show the importance of social class in An Inspector Calls
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importance of social class in an inspector calls
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j.b. priestly
english literature
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An Inspector Calls - Social Class
Characters
Auther Birling
Worked his way up in class
Pround of his achievents
Boasts about having been the mayor
Has agood local standing
Rich & in first class. He owns his own business
He is likely to be knighted
He was originally 2nd class
He is aware of his social superiors
He shows off about his achievements etc
He shows of his ort to Gerald
"It's exactly the same port yourfather gets
Sheila Birling
Born into a high class family
She is snobby and shallow about working class people at the start
Jealousy of Eva
She begins to realise that social class isn't important
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 feels guilty about how she acted to Eva
she feels "fully Responsible"
She's embarrassed about the way her parents treated Eva because of her class
"How can you Pretend that nothing much has happened?"
"It frightens me the way you talk"
Sybil Birling
Mr Birling social superior
She is a snob
She's very aware of the difference in social class
She is irritated when Birling wishes to praise the cook in front of Gerald
She is very dismissive of Eva
"Girls of hat class"
Shes refuses to believe tht a working class girl would refuse (stolen) money
"She was giving herself ridiculous airs"
She claimed it was her "duty" to refuse help to a working class girl
She was born into a Higher class family
Gerald Croft
High class (Aristocrat)
Wealthy
Works with his father for "Croft's Limited"
Son of Lord and Lady Croft
they are not overly impressed by his engagement to Sheila
Perhaps because they are rvals of Birling's business
Perhaps because the Birling's are lower in social circles
Did not care about Daisy's social class
He pitied her when he first met her
He helped when she was being harassed by Alderman Meggarty
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
Eric Birling
He was born into the higher class
He is not as concerned about social class
He was happy to have a relationship with a working class girl
He supported Eva by giving her money
He supports the workers cause when he hears about his fathers treatment of them
"Why shoudnt they try for higher wages?"
he doesn't care about Eva's class
He feels guilty regardless of who she is
He is embarrassed about the way his parent treat those of a lower class
"I'm ashamed of you"
Eva Smith/Daisy Renton
From just outside of Brumley
Described as "country-bred" by Birling
Of Working class
She is poor & her parents are dead
Described as "pretty" despite of what class she is
J.B. Priestly
Beliefs
During 1930s he became concerned about consequences of social class inequality in Britain
1942 he set up a new political party
The Common Wealth Party
It argued for: public ownership of land, greater democracy, new 'Morality' in politics
He developed the Welfare State at the end of WWII
He thought that furure WWs could be avoided by mutual respect between countries
He became active in the UN
Background information
Born in 1894 - died in 1984
He was part of the military in WWI
His early plays included parallel universes and political messages
They were controversial
In WWII he broadcast a radio programme
it was attacked by the Conservatives for being too left-wing
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