inspector calls

inspector calls revision resource

• inspector calls is not really hard compared to other texts but if you find it difficult this PowerPoint can help!

themes

• family relationships are shown through the birling family and the opposite views of the family that separate them from each other for example Sheila and Eric feel guilty about their involvement in Eva's death whilst the parents were celebrating when they found out the inspector was not real.
• "he is not that type-he doesn't get drunk"(mrs Birling). this quote portrays how eric does not dicuss his problems to his family
• "little sneak" (eric to sheila)
• "you're not tha father a chap can go to" (eric to Mr Birling)- portrays how Mr birling is not a good fatherly figure for Eric and he does not show the normal fatherhood someone has

love and marriage

• "just the kind of son-in-law I always wanted"-Mr Birling sees the marriage as a away of climbing the social ladder, so he is delighted when Sheila is engaged to Gerald who is from the higher class
• parental love is lacking in Eric's life "you're not the type of father a chap can go to"
• physical attraction was one motive behind eric and Gerald's relationship with daisy renton