An Inspector Calls: Characters

An Inspector Calls: Characters

1. Mr Birling

   • Family man
   • Successful Businessman
   • Shallow man
   • likes to be in control
   • Money and Power

2. Sheila Birling

   • Wise
   • jealous and Vain in Milwards
   • Is different from the other Birlings
   • Inspectors Revelations changed her for the Good
   • Becomes like the Inspector

3. Eric Birling

   • Clues that Eric isn't quite right
   • Has Guilty Secrets
   • Not loved much by the others
   • Alcholoic
   • Villain and Victim

4. Sybil Birling

   • Obsessed with rules of behavior
   • Successful Wife but a Lousy Mother
   • Stubborn and Hard-Hearted
   • Snob
   • Uncooperative
   • Trapped by the Inspector

5. Gerald Croft

   • Has lots going for him
   • Mini-Arthur
   • Has secrets
   • Victim
   • reckons he feel in love (for a bit)
   • Isn't bad or good

6. Eva Smith/Daisy Renton

   • Pretty
   • All her jobs are taken away from her
   • She had feelings too
   • Are they the same person
   • Never sought revenge

7. Inspector Goole

   • Manner is Deceptive
   • His authority strengthens his moral tone
   • uses emotive language
   • has new information throughout the play
   • Has an ally in Sheila