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Mind Map by Ashliya Pathania, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ashliya Pathania
over 9 years ago
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Responsibility
- Mr. Birling
- "Your problem is - you've been spoilt -"
- Birling is trying to shift the responsibility
from himself to Eric
- Hyphens show that Birling is becoming
frustrated at the thought of being partly to
blame for Eva's death and his refusal to accept
this is overpowering his duties to his family
- Birling is trying to shift the responsibility
from himself to Eric
- Priestley may have been trying to show the
audience that trying to shift the blame onto
others does not lessen your responsibility, nor
does it make you look like a better person
- By using Birling as an example of how people
should not act, Priestley has effectively
manipulated the audience so that they may also
be able to accept responibiliy for their own actions
- By using Birling as an example of how people
should not act, Priestley has effectively
manipulated the audience so that they may also
be able to accept responibiliy for their own actions
- Birling embodies the deadly sins of
vanity and greed as he is trying to save
his reputation by making his son feel
fully responsible for Eva Smith's death
- "Your problem is - you've been spoilt -"
- Sheila
- "She'll be alone with
her responsibility"
- Sheila acknowledges her role
in Eva's death and is
beginning to show guilt
- "Alone" could show that Sheila is fully
responsible for Eva's death, as
throughout the play she seems to blame
herself
- Could also be used to make Sheila feel more
responsible, as it separates her from the rest of
the family
- Could also be used to make Sheila feel more
responsible, as it separates her from the rest of
the family
- Sheila acknowledges her role
in Eva's death and is
beginning to show guilt
- Sheila's acceptance of what she did to Eva Smith
could influence the audience's opinion on who
was the most responsible for her death
- Sheila was one of the first people to be
questioned by the Inspector and the first
character to fully accept responsibility for their
actions
- Sheila was one of the first people to be
questioned by the Inspector and the first
character to fully accept responsibility for their
actions
- "She'll be alone with
her responsibility"
- Voice of Priestley
- Priestley was a socialist. One of the fundamental
beliefs of a socialist is that people are responsible
for looking after each other
- "Each of you helped to kill her.
Remember that. Never forget it"
- Use of short sentences creates a serious tone
and emphasises the importance of collective
responsibility
- The pause for the full stops allows
the audience to process the
importance of what the Inspector's
message is
- Use of short sentences creates a serious tone
and emphasises the importance of collective
responsibility
- Priestley was a socialist. One of the fundamental
beliefs of a socialist is that people are responsible
for looking after each other
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