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An Inspector Calls

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  1. 1Mr.Birling- " Arthur Birling at one end, his wife at the other"This shows that he is the head of the family. Moreover, it shows that there is a lack if closeness between the couple (and maybe even the family). The older generation at both ends. (stage craft)
  2. 2Mr.Birling- "The men in tails and whites"Not a normal everyday upper suit but an occasion suit showing that this occasion is important for him. This shows that he cares about how he looks for appearances at that time was very important for it represented their social class(SOCIAL HISTORICAL CONTEXT). (stage craft)
  3. 3Mr.Birling- "provincial in his speech"Shows that he likes to speak a lot which makes an impression that he thinks he is more important or higher than the rest and that his views and thoughts must be heard.
    (stage craft)
  4. 4Mr.Birling- " tell cook from me"Easy lifestyle. shows that they are upper class.
  5. 5Mr.Birling- "happiest nights of my life"Even though he is talking about his daughter's engagement, he only cares for himself and thinks about himself. This could show how he thinks it's all about him.
  6. 6Mr.Birling- "just the kind of son in law I always wanted"Again he acts as though this engagement is all about him . Moreover, he is happy with Gerald because of his high social status and not because he's the perfect fiancee for his daughter or that he's going to make her happy.
  7. 7Mr.Birling- "Crofts Limited... Birling and Company..you've brought us together..for lower costs and higher prices"He sees the engagement as a business deal that can gain him more profit and the engagement was how he sealed the deal, showing some of his capitalist ideology.(CAPITALISM)
  8. 8Mr.Birling- "are you listening sheila?"Tells her off as though she's a child. Shows how different generations think differently. He likes to be listened to.
  9. 9Mr.Birling- "hard-headed business man"REPETITION. Shows how important being a business man is to him as that's what he wants to be known as which shows that that is what he is proud of. Again makes the topic of the engagement about his business.
  10. 10Mr.Birling- "you'll be marrying at a very good time"DRAMATIC IRONY is used for he believes he knows it all and thinks he's cleverer than the rest whereas the audience knows that it's actually not a very good time to be getting married for world war 1 starts after the play is set by a few years.
  11. 11Mr.Birling- "we employer..are coming together.. and the interest of the capital"CAPITALIST IDEAS
  12. 12Mr.Birling- "and to that I say fiddlesticks"DRAMATIC IRONY has been used again when he thinks he knows it all but the audience knows that he's wrong for war does come.
  13. 13Mr.Birling- "just let me finish Eric"He's to be heard and is more important. Moreover, doesn't listen to his children which may show the relationship between them.
  14. 14Mr.Birling- "you've a lot to learn yet"Treats Eric like a little child DRAMATIC IRONY for the audience knows that Eric ends up knowing more than his dad does.
  15. 15Mr.Birling- "hard-headed practical man of business"REPETITION. shows how important his business and the role of a businessman is to him and takes pride in being a business man and not in being a father talking to his son or a husband. This also hints that there may be some distance between them.
  16. 16Mr.Birling- "I say there isn't a chance of war"This shows that he is stubborn and that he believes that what he says is right. DRAMATIC IRONY for audience knows that war is to come.
  17. 17Mr.Birling- "unsinkable-absolutely unsinkable"DRAMATIC IRONY for audience knows that the titanic does in fact sink and this shows and hints to the audience that this character could get things wrong further in the play and is not a character to trust completely.
  18. 18Mr.Birling- "there'll be peace and prosperity"Juxtaposes ending "fire and blood and anguish"
  19. 19Mr.Birling- "silly little war scares"DRAMATIC IRONY. used to undermine the character of Mr. Birling so that audience would start to question what he says later on. his opinions are devalued.
  20. 20Mr.Birling- "we don't guess we have experience and we know"Shows how ignorant he is to what others say and believes that only him and like minded business men are right.
  21. 21Mr.Birling- "feels you might have done better for yourself socially-"He's worried that the more upper-class family are unhappy with the wedding and cares about what they think and not about his daughter and her fiances opinion.
  22. 22Mr.Birling- "the next honors list. just a knighthood of course"Shows how social status is very important to them. also shows how he obsesses over social status and constantly shows off to the other characters about his social status showing the audience that he is arrogant.
  23. 23Mr.Birling- "I was lord mayor.. when royalty visited"Name dropping to make himself sound more upper class. he obsesses over social status and constantly shows off to the other characters about his social status showing the audience that he is arrogant.
  24. 24Mr.Birling- "so long as we behave ourselves"Shows how important reputation is.
  25. 25Mr.Birling- "I don't want to lecture you two young fellows again"He kept on saying speeches before which shows that he likes to be heard and likes to be the centre of attention. GENERATION GAP.
  26. 26Mr.Birling- "community and all that nonsense"Shows his capitalist ideology again and looks down against socialism which was the views of J.B.Priestley.
  27. 27Mr.Birling- "youngsters"REPETITION
  28. 28Mr.Birling- "after himself and his own-"Shows his capitalist views. juxtaposes authors ideology
  29. 29Mr.Birling- "to have the benefit of my experience"Ironic for his experience never helped him understand the world around him.
  30. 30Mrs.Birling- "...a rather cold women"Shows that she might not be a very caring person and that might hint her character traits in the rest of the play. (stage craft)
  31. 31Mrs.Birling- " her husband's social superior"GENDER ROLES. Shows how then men were socially more important to men.
    (stage craft)
  32. 32Mrs.Birling- "I'll ring from the drawing room"Shows that they may be living an upper-class life for they have an easy lifestyle
  33. 33Mrs.Birling- "...realise that men with important work"Acting out her role as a woman which was to mind their own business and justify what men do for in those times men were free to do what they want and it wasn't a women's place to ask about what they did or where they were. GENDER ROLES
  34. 34Mrs.Birling- " just as I had"This hints that she might have had to go through the same thing and at some point Mr. Birling may have cheated but she just came to accept that GENDER ROLES
  35. 35Mrs.Birling- " what an expression Sheila!"What they say would affect the appearance of her and her family which was very important and so she did not want it getting ruined
  36. 36Mr. Birling- " token of their self-respect"Shows how important image was back then for women and girls like Sheila and her mother.
  37. 37Mrs.Birling- " now stop it you two"Older generation treats younger generation like children.
  38. 38Mrs.Birling- "that was clever of you Gerald"Praising him for changing the subject just in the nick of time and avoiding a problem. She seems aware of the way men treat and toy with women but does not seem to mind.
  39. 39Sheila- " is a pretty girl"One of her known traits is her appearance and not her character which shows what was important at the time. (stage craft)
  40. 40Sheila- " very pleased with life"Ignorant with what's going on around her. (stage craft)
  41. 41Sheila- " rather excited"shows that she is childish. yet to become mature and understand the world around her. (stage craft)
  42. 42Sheila- "purple-faced old men"Childish
  43. 43Sheila- " mummy" Sheila- " you wait, mother" Sheila- "don't mind mother"Treated as a child by her parent so acts like a child towards her parent.
    changes near the end of the play where she matures and this is shown form the change from mummy to mother.
    she then even starts to ignore her mother knowing that she has a different ideology from her.
  44. 44Sheila- " half serious half playful"Still childish but suspicious that he was cheating and takes that matter seriously.
    (stage craft)
  45. 45Sheila- " yes that's what you say"Suspicious
  46. 46Sheila- " squiffy"uses childish language
  47. 47Sheila- " don't be an ass Eric"Childish and speaks slang. Shows the difference between generations, wherein the new generation, they are slightly more similar to the lower class, whereas; the older generation totally avoids any association with the lower class.
  48. 48Sheila- " he produced a ring case.."she gets" excited"She gets happy about the ring which shows how she is attached to materialistic things and wealth is important to her too. (stage craft)
  49. 49Sheila- " now I really feel engaged"She feels that something materialistic makes her engagement real.
  50. 50Sheila- " I'm sorry daddy"Treated as a child by her parent so acts like a child towards her parent.
  51. 51Eric- "not quite at ease"Hints that there is something going on in his mind. (stage craft)
  52. 52Eric- " good old Sheila!"He is also very childish. GENERATION GAP
  53. 53Eric- " suddenly I felt I just had to laugh"Childish and drunk.
  54. 54Eric- "yes, I know- but still-"Wants to be heard... DRAMATIC IRONY for the audience knows that he is right but no one is listening to him.
  55. 55Eric - " I left em talking about clothes again"Appearance brings women at the time up in life and was very important back then GENDER ROLES -MATERIALISATION. shows contrast to how men talk business and women talk about clothes
  56. 56Eric- " Eric, you've a lot to learn yet"His father looks at him as though he's still a child.
  57. 57Gerald- " too manly to be dandy"Doesn't​ care much about his looks. (stage craft)
  58. 58Gerald- " the governor prides himself"Showing off his connections and that he knows information about them making it seem as though he is close to those high-class connections.
  59. 59Gerald- " he produces a ring case"Uses Sheila's love of materialistic objects to quieten her up. (stage craft)
  60. 60Gerald- " not even to my mother?"So that his mother may be pleased of the engagement. Sealing the deal of the business.
  61. 61Edna- " yes ma'am"Must agree to everything as she is the servant and is lower class.
  62. 62Edna- " I'll ring from the drawing room"She has to listen to all their orders whenever they call.
  63. 63Edna- "opening door... inspector Goole...closing door after her"She is hardly called and is hardly in the story which shows how lower class people weren't considered as important. (stage craft)
  64. 64Inspector- " name is inspector Goole"His name is a pun on the word ghoul. (stage craft)
  65. 65Inspector- "he speaks carefully, weighty"He speaks with authority as though he needs to be listened to regardless of who is talking to. (stage craft)
  66. 66Inspector- "young women..burnt her insides out"The image of a young woman that is later called pretty and a hard worker juxtaposes the image that the reader would get once they hear of her tragic death. Moreover, emotive language is used for an even stronger reaction from the audience.
  67. 67Inspector- " great agony"Emotive language is mused again to get a strong reaction from the audience.
  68. 68Inspector- " cutting through, massively"the inspector cut through Mr. Birlings speech which shows that he doesn't care who he is talking to nor where their position in society is. (stage craft)
  69. 69Inspector- " I think you remember..dont you Mr. Birling"this shows the audience that the inspector seems to know everything somehow.
  70. 70Inspector- " the inspector is watching Birling"the inspector is of a lower class than Mr. Birling and is not expected to look at him in the eye nor stare at him, however, he does which shows that he doesn't care for social norms. (stage craft)
  71. 71Inspector- " very awkward"sounds somewhat sarcastic showing that he doesn't care about who's he's talking to.
  72. 72Inspector- " yes. why did you refuse"very blunt and straight forward.
  73. 73Inspector- " but you asked me a question."sounds somewhat sarcastic showing that he doesn't care about who's he's talking to.
  74. 74Inspector- " it's better to ask for the world than take it"The Inspector comments in this way in order to try and make Mr. Birling feel guilty for keeping the majority of the profit for himself, The Inspector implies in his retort that the upper middle classes have stolen the earth.fits with the socialist view that the rich capitalists have wrongful ownership of "the means of production". Here Inspector is suggesting that it's socially irresponsible to be greedy and 'take' things without permission. This is a practice the privileged Birlings would be used to.
  75. 75Inspector- "dryly"doesn't seem to care much of Mr.Birling connections showing that class doesn't matter to him. (stage craft)
  76. 76Inspector- " she wasn't pretty when i saw her today, but she had been pretty- very pretty"emotive language is used to create graphic images in the reader's mind and juxtaposition is also used to create a more extreme reaction.
  77. 77Inspector- " that like a lot of these young women"here Priestley is being a social commentator through the inspector by referring to what happened in real life.
  78. 78Inspector- " living in lodgings... no relatives... few friends,lonely,half straved"here the inspector lists what Eva doesn't have so that the audience would feel sympathetic towards her.
  79. 79Inspector- " there are a lot of young women living that sort of existance in every city"here Priestley is being a social commentator through the inspector again and also was bringing Sheila to reality who previously was oblivious to the world around her.
  80. 80Inspector- " to put ourselves in the place of these young women"again the inspector is voicing Priestley's views of socialism.
  81. 81Inspector- " she enjoyed being among pretty clothes, I've no doubt"here the inspector is trying to point out how she likes similar things to Shiela regardless of the difference in class
  82. 82Inspector- " nothing wrong with the way she worked..a customer complained about her..so she had to go"the inspector is trying to show the unfairness of society by showing that she was a good worker yet she was fired because a customer complained about her who was probably upper class which shows that the society back then gave power to the upper class more than the lower class.
  83. 83Mr.Birling- " alderman for years...lord mayor..still on the bench"Name dropping to make himself sound more upper class.
  84. 84Mr.Birling- " touch of impatience"this shows he doesn't like being questioned and has no time to listen to others. (stage craft)
  85. 85Mr.Birling- " rather impatiently"this juxtaposes erics expression where he was shocked and felt sympathy and he seemed to not care as he thought it had nothing to do with him. GENERATION GAP. (stage craft)
  86. 86Mr.Birling- " I seem to remember hearing that name"even though she is one of his employees he doesn't even remember her which shows that he probably doesn't care much about his workers.
  87. 87Mr.Birling- " several hundred young women there"this shows to him that his employees are just numbers to him and that he doesn't care about them and also, that there are probably hundreds of Eva smiths going through the same things she's going through.
  88. 88Mr.Birling- " this girl left us two years ago"he blames her for leaving the job as though it was her choice and as though he never fired her, taking no responsibility
  89. 89Mr.Birling- " Sir George Croft - you know Crofts Limited"again Mr. Birling shows off his connections.
  90. 90Mr.Birling- " scandulous- about this buisness"only cares about his reputation and if it will affect his reputation
  91. 91Mr.Birling- " nothing... to do with the wretched girl's suicide"as he doesn't call her by her name but by "girl", which is impersonal, shows that he has no sympathy for her. moreover, he is showing his capitalist views and once more does not want to take responsibility for her death.
  92. 92Mr.Birling- " still I can't accept any responsibility "once more does not want to take responsibility for her death and is acting impersonal and unsympathetic.fails to learn Priestley's lesson on SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. contrasts with younger generation reaction. GENERATION DIVIDE.
  93. 93Mr.Birling- " if we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody...it would be very awkward"this shows his capitalist views and that he doesn't care about anyone else accept for himself and his family.
  94. 94Mr.Birling- " lively good looking girl"juxtaposes the image the audience got of someone whose insides were burnt wich would add to the sympathy the audience would feel.
  95. 95Mr.Birling- " a good worker too"here he admits that she was a good worker which would make the audience question wy she needed to get sacked.
  96. 96Mr.Birling- " twenty-two and six... twenty-five shilling... i refused of course"she only wanted a slight rise in payment yet he fired her which is an inexcusable reason to fire someone.By saying of course shows that he believes that was the most reasonable thing to do and that his opinion on the matter was right. CAPITALIST views
  97. 97Mr.Birling- " i don't like that tone"Mr. Birling doesn't like the way the inspector speaks for it doesn't conform to social norms where lower classes had limits and boundaries to the way they spoke and acted with upper class.
  98. 98Mr. Birling -" she'd had a lot too say- far too much - so she had to go"This shows that he believed that women didn’t have a right to speak for themselves and that Eva went against her gender role which was to agree to what the men say. GENDER ROLES. from his use of language it seems as though he sacked with her little thought and sacked her very casually.
  99. 99Inspector - "a nice little promising life there, I though and a nasty mess somebody’s made of it"inspector uses REPETITION to mock Mr. Birling- for him to make sense of what he just said & for him to see his selfishness for all he cares about is himself & his family( showing his capitalist views) & not that someone died & that he or his family, may be responsible for her death. shows the theme of RESPONSIBILITY.
  100. 100Mr.Birling- " staring at the inspector"angry at the inspector. inspector is of a lower class than him yet he spoke to him in a way that Mr.Birling finds disrespectful.
  101. 101Eva Smith- "burnt her insides out... was in great agony… she was very pretty – soft brown hair and big dark eyes”.juxtaposes her death with usual.use of emotive language when describing her death further emphasizes the contrast.repetition when mentioning how she “was in great agony” makes image stick into the mind of audience giving stronger affect in the reaction of the audience to her description.
  102. 102Eric- "squiffy"shows that he has a drinking problem. acting in a strange and comfortable way which foreshadows his involvement in the chain of events that unravels in the play.
  103. 103Eric- " that's when it happened"His lack of detail of exactly what happened suggests he could barely bring himself to admit what he's done. this phrase allows us to form our own conclusions about exactly went on that night
  104. 104Mr. Birling- "we we let them all come back"thinks he was generous and is proud of this generosity.
  105. 105Gerald- "you couldn't have done anything else" Eric- "he could"shares Mr. Birling's capitalist views.
    Whereas Eric doesn't agree with the older generations capitalist views. GENERATION DIVIDE.
  106. 106Mr. Birling- "he's an old friend of mine"again showing off connections but also threatening the Inspector with these connections. reminding the inspector of his class.
  107. 107Mr. Birling- "i didn't suppose you did"reminding the Inspector of his class.
  108. 108Eric- "why shouldn't they try for higher wages?" Eric- "I'd have let her stay"Generation divide. there is hope in the younger generation to move away from capitalist ideology. sticking up for the lower class.
    cares about the lower class. smarter than his father though isn't treated that way.
  109. 109Mr. Birling- "unless you brighten your ideas"He treats his son as though he isn't clever which ironic for his son seems to know more than his father.
  110. 110Mr. Birling- "nothing to do with you Sheila. run along" Mr. Birling- " why my daughter should be dragged into this unpleasant business"treats her like a child.
    he cares about his daughter who is upper class but doesn't care about the lower class girl who actually got killed. IRONY.
  111. 111Gerald- "don't look like that sheila"GENDER ROLES. He has higher authority than her so tells her what to do. difference between generations for she seems to feel ad but he doesn't.
  112. 112Sheila- "rather distressed"stage craft. different reaction from her fathers reaction. she actually cares whereas he doesn't seem to feel guilty in any way or form.
  113. 113Sheila- "quite young?.. pretty?"cares about appearance. shows that she judges people by their appearance.
  114. 114Inspector- " twenty four"similar age to Sheila so comparisons could be made between the way they are both treated and between their different lifestyles.
  115. 115Mr. Birling- "I'm trying to settle it sensibly for you"doesn't think she can handle it and is protecting his daughter. this shows a difference between the treatments of Sheila and Eva and also GENDER ROLES
  116. 116Eva smith - "Eva Smith"Eva- Eva first women. biblical reference. she was blamed for sinning. Smith is a very generalised surname to represent all women going through the similar experiences.
  117. 117Sheila- "I think it was a mean thing to do" Sheila- " girls aren't cheap labour they're people"Feels sympathetic. disagrees with what her father done. GENERATION DIVIDE.
    speaks with common sense. cares about others. different opinion to her father. socialist views of priestly.
  118. 118Sheila- "stares at him agitated"stage direction. she starts to worry about her involvement in the incident.
  119. 119Sheila- "gives a half-stifled sob, and the runs out" Mr. Birling "why the devil do you want to go upsetting the child like that"stage directions. she feels guilty , upset and for what she done. she finally realised the consequences for her actions.
    he sees her a child even though shes in her twenties. juxtaposes his views on Eva. hypocritical.
  120. 120Gerald - " we are respectable citizens and not criminals" Inspector- "sometimes there isn't as much difference as you think"thinks that the upper class can never do wrong.
    it doesn't matter what class you are everyone could do wrong and good. They shouldn't be above the law.
  121. 121Inspector- " sometimes there isn't as much difference as you think"this shows that the inspector thinks that it doesn't matter what class you're from, it doesn't necessarily mean you cannot cause harm nor do bad and that even the lower class could be just as good citizens as the upper class say they are.
  122. 122Inspector- " well miss Birling"Again this shows the audience that the inspector seems to know everything somehow.
  123. 123Sheila- "it was my own fault"takes responsibility to what she done. GENERATION DIVIDE.
  124. 124Sheila- "she was very pretty and looked as if she took care of herself"GENDER ROLES. because she was pretty she could of easily married someone and so Sheila didn't expect her to be alone.
  125. 125Gerald- "startled..pulling himself together"stage craft. hints that something is wrong and he is trying to hide it however his first reaction made it obvious.
  126. 126Sheila- "how did you come to know this girl?.. oh don't be stupid"taking the role of the inspector and is interrogating him. goes against gender roles and acts very confident even calling a man stupid.
  127. 127Sheila- "no that's no use... you hardly came near me"she goes against gender roles as she cuts through her fiances speech. she cleverly links the situations together.
  128. 128Gerald- " miss Birling ought to be excused... we are celebrating our engagement"He is hiding something from her and doesn't want her to know. he distances himself from her showing that he is guilty my calling her miss Birling instead of Sheila. he then says that they are getting engaged which hints that what he is about to admit may ruin the engagement and that is why he wants to hide it from her.
  129. 129Sheila- "you see?"moving on from childish to more mature and is now standing up for herself making her own decisions and and is siding up with the inspectors.direct and confrontational language.
  130. 130Gerald- "I'm sorry" Gerald- "if i may?"swapped gender roles. he's apologising to Sheila.
    asking for her permission to return back.
  131. 131Inspector- "we'll have to share our guilt" Sheila- "yes. that's true"socialist views. Priestley shows his views through the inspector. social responsibility.
    shes understands and is now taking social responsibility. moving on from capitalism to socialism.
  132. 132Mrs. Birling- "will take offence-" Inspector- " i never take offence"word play. they mean it differently.
  133. 133Mrs. Birling- "I'm talking to the inspector now... (Rather grandly)"she thinks shes more important than the others. stage craft used to show how she wants to remind him that she is socially superior to him and for him to remember her social status.
  134. 134Sheila- "must stop these silly pretences..pretend"REPETITION of pretend highlights how everything they believed in was all false.. al made up and that they just put it up for appearance.
  135. 135Mrs. Birling- "but its you..not the inspector"accusing her daughter of betraying her for siding up with the inspector and betraying the family.
  136. 136Inspector- "cutting in with authority" Mr. Birling- "I don't like your tone"taking the lead and reminding them who's in charge. the Birlings however find him offensive and they seem his as rude for they don't like how he speaks to those who are socially superior to him.
  137. 137Mr. Birling " give you much rope" Sheila- "no he's giving us rope - so that we'll hang ourselves"extended metaphor. he says that he doesn't want to give him any more information(rope) but she then refers to it as though this information will get them in trouble.
  138. 138Sheila- "well we didn't think you meant Buckingham palace... I'm supposed to be engaged of the hero of it"sarcastic retorts. doesn't care tat sh's talking to a man and so is going against gender roles.
  139. 139Gerald- "she was very pretty"he only remembers her looks which shows that that was what was important to him; her appearance. objectified women.
  140. 140Mrs. Birling- "staggered"doesn't expect upper class people to behave in such a way.
  141. 141Gerald- "i didn't ask for anything in return... I suppose it was inevitable. she was young and pretty and warm-hearted"ironic for he he says that he doesn't want her to be treated as a prostitute yet at the end used her a s a prostitute. he even blames her looks for him haveing a relationship with her.
  142. 142Inspector- "your daughter isn't living on the moon"she's treated as though she's above everyone else even though she really isn't and should be treated the same as everyone else and so she also needs to know the reality of her relationship.
  143. 143Sheila- "she hands him the ring" Sheila- "you and i aren't the same people who sat down to dinner her"stage direction shows that shes being independent and making choices for herself not what her parents want. she realised that now she has changed and learnt things that she hasn't known before such as the how unimportant materialistic things truly are.
  144. 144Mr. Birling- "I'm not defending him but..." Sheila- "dont interfere pleases father"defending the male and not his daughter even though he know he needs to defend his daughter and side with her and that why he tries to tell her that he's not siding with Gerald. she doesn't care about what he says though as she cuts in, and decides for herself. changed from saying daddy to father.
  145. 145Inspector- "(massively) public men have responsibilities as well as privileges"message from Priestley about socialism message sent through the inspector.
  146. 146Mr. Birling- "astounded" Mrs. Birling "damned impudence"she's accusing Eva of using her name and the older generation are disgusted by this not even knowing the story behind why she used the surname. judgemental.
  147. 147Mrs. Birling" I'm sorry but i think she only had only herself to blame" Mrs. Birling- "I done nothing i'm ashamed of"doesn't accept any social responsibility. GENERATION DIVIDE.
  148. 148Mrs. Birling- "you have no power to make me change my mind"no hope of change in the older generation. very stubborn
  149. 149Mrs. Birling- "father of the child. it's his responsibility"DRAMATIC IRONY is used. the audience are hinted before that it might have something to do with her family.
  150. 150Mr. Birling- "the press might easily take it up"only cares about his appearance and what his public image and not about why it may be ruined which is because of the harm his family had on the girl.
  151. 151Inspector- "friendless, almost penniless, desperate"list of three.
  152. 152Mrs. Birling- "the girl.. girl in her position"unsympathetic doesn't even consider her as important. shes just one of many "girls". repetition
  153. 153Mrs. Birling- " as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!"she looks down on the lower class and has a stereotypical view on them.
  154. 154Mrs. Birling- "to confess in public is his responsibility"DRAMATIC IRONY to cause tension.
  155. 155stage directions- "curtain falls quickly"increases tension.
  156. 156Mrs. Birling- "you're not the type- you don't get drunk" Mrs. Birling- "(shocked) you stole money?"just because he's upper class and her son she wouldn't expect him to do such a thing.
    she knows nothing about her son because even audience would know by now that he has drinking problems. this shows how stubborn she is so she sees only what she wants to see.
  157. 157Inspector- "adjust your family relationships."they are not who they thought they were and many have now changed do to the lessons that they learnt whereas some never
  158. 158Eric- "I was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty.. threatened"he forced her and blames to alcohol for what he done to her.
  159. 159Eric- "she was pretty and a good sport"objectifies her and remembers her as pretty not her personality. he only used her for the physical relationship (like Gerald). gender roles. men abusing their power over women
  160. 160Mr. Birling- "you damned fool... why didn't you come to me" Eric- "you're not the kind of father a chap can turn to"only worried about his business. isn't in a close relationship with his son

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