an inspector calls

Question 1

mr birling

Answer 1

• a business man whose main concern is making money
• capitalist, he sees his daughter’s engagement as a chance to push for ‘lower costs and higher prices’ shows just how greedy he is.
• has old fashioned views about women, also possessive
• he just wants more money
• by the end of the play he hasn’t learnt any lessons, and doesn’t own up to his actions

Question 2

mrs birling

Answer 2

• a cold-hearted and snobbish women
• her cold, uncaring nature leads to her downfall as the Inspector forces her to unknowingly disapproval her own son.
• criticises her own family members actions
• by the end of the play, she doesn’t learn any lessons or own up to her actions

Question 3

sheila

Answer 3

• giddy, naive and childish
• she shows an assertive(confident) side, also intelligent and insightful
• she does what her parents tell her to do, then begins to stand up for herself, and can see things that others cannot; where the investigation is going
• by the end of the play she matures and realises that her actions have grave consequences

Question 4

eric

Answer 4

• lacks confidence and is a drunk
• often talked down to by his father
• he can be assertive (confident) when he tries to stand up to his father
• by the end of the play he owns up to all of his mistakes and actions to do with eva smith, he becomes mature

Question 5

gerald croft

Answer 5

• confident and charming
• initially evasive(avoid talking) and tries not to talk much
• he is honest about his affair
• he lets himself down in the final act by trying to get the family out of trouble, he doesn’t seem to have learned from his mistakes.

Question 6

inspector goole

Answer 6

• emotionless and purposeful
• seems to know what the birlings are going to say before they even do
• he prophesises a terrible future

Question 7

eva smith / daisy renton

Answer 7

• we never meet her in the play but we can tell that she is strong willed
• eva was also desperate for help
• organised a strike for higher wages
• ## sense of humour as she smiles when sheila tries on a dress that doesn’t suit her

Question 8

mr birling quotes

Answer 8

‘still i cannot accept any responsibility’
- won’t own up to his actions and doesn’t come to realise that he is in the wrong
‘unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’
- how he was wrong about the titanic, thinking he is always right and being overconfident
‘I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can’
- shows mr b knows he has done wrong and will lose his chance at knighthood

Question 9

mrs birling quotes

Answer 9

‘I didn’t like her manner’
- shows mrs b being stubborn and rude, also not showing any remorse for being involved in eva’s death
‘You’re quite wrong to suppose I shall regret what i did’
- this shows that she is stubbornly refusing to change her opinion, she also won’t own up to her mistakes
‘But I accept no blame for it at all’
- showing that she is immature and is refusing to take responsibility for her actions

Question 10

eric

Answer 10

‘Could I have a drink first?’
- starts off by proving his drinking problem and how he needs a drink to talk to the family and inspector
‘I’m ashamed of you as well. Yes both of you’
- this shows his level of maturity being a part of the younger generation compared to the older generation, and how he is disappointed in his parents for not owning up like him and sheila did
‘I wasn’t in love with her or anything’
- this proves that eric only slept with eva because of her good looks, suggesting he was just using her

Question 11

sheila

Answer 11

‘The point is you don’t seem to have learnt anything’
- this is sheila being also disappointed in her parents’ behaviour as well as eric after they own up but the older generation do not
‘I know I’m to blame – and I’m desperately sorry’
- Sheila owns up to her mistakes and now becoming mature and serious about the situation, she shows extreme remorse
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