inspector calls key themes Flashcards
How does the billing family adhere to family life
The burlinga want everyone to be,I’ve they are the perfect family. The geneder roles are clearly defined. The ladies withdraw to let the men talk about male stuff. Mrs Burlington jeeps correct the family’s social mistakes. Eric laughs out of turn and acts oddly. Sheila teases Gerlad half playfully but “half serious” about last summer.
What is unusual about the billings family life
The clear hierarchy at the beginning is destroyed baby the inspector’s arrival. Without their parents influence , Sheila and Eric think for themselves. Sheila doesn’t know whether she’ll marry Gerald any more, she needs time to decide for herself. Eric says his mother doesn’t “understand anything” and that birling’a “not the kind of father a chap could go to” for he,o. The family is in a mess, and Sheila and eri. Refuse to “ go on behaving just as we did”. They din’t want to pretend anymore. The parents no longer have authority over their children.
What does the quote “ you seem to be. Nice well behaved family suggests about the billing current family life
The burning family is held together by lies and when the truth is revealed they fall apart. There is hatred,envy,theft, prostitutes and even being responsible for the death of your own grandchild. Gerlad bc the audience are yet to find out bout the secrets behind the birding’s.
What is the importance of social class in an inspector calls
Class influences the hurlings behavioural and causes them to treat people differently. The class system had existed for a long time and priestly didn’t agree with it.class drives the plot and shapes characters. Priestly designed the characters go put across his message that all people “are members of one Boyd” the message is about social responsibility so class plays a central part in the plot. The characters in the play represent classes and priestly challenges their views and behaviours un order to challenge the class hierarchy
What did the class system mean for lower classes
The class system could make life difficult for those lower down. It would have been hard for people like Eva smith/ daisy Renton to help themselves if they were in trouble. Priestly portrays the upper classes as having a limited sense of social responsibility for those less well off. They either didn’t know,didn’t want to know or didn’t care.Mrs hurling Kaunas big ti recognise Eva smith/ daisy Renton ‘s photo. For her either smith has no identity. Priestly suggested that the higher class didn’t question the class system as it worked from them. This is the same reason why they also over looked problems like alcoholism and womanising. It was easier to ignite unpleasant things than deal with them. The inspector tells the birlinga that they must accept that everyone should take responsibility for each other or it will end in “fire”, “blood” and “anguish”
What was priestly’s view in class
Priestly thought that class didn’t matter. Priestly uses the okay to reveal the unfairness of the class system. He uses the birding’s as hyperbolic caricatures if all the bad qualities he though the ruling classes had. The okay isn’t just about one family’s scandal. It shows how priestly saw society.priestly presents the girdling arrogant behaviour and selfish attitudes as common to the middle classes. Priestly presents the working class as victims of the class system. Although Eva smith/ daisy Renton ‘ story was unique the miseries she suffered were common to “millions and millions “ of peop,e. Eva smith could have been anyone
What was the structure of the class system
May things contributed to what class you were in but it mostly came down to money. Those who had it and those who didn’t. The working CLass had the hardest jobs ans little money. For example daisy Renton/ Eva smith was part of the working class. She struggled throughout life,doing tough jobs only just earning enough to service. The middle class owned factories or were professionals like lauwyers and had plenty money and control. For instance the birding’s, they were wealth, owned a business Nd are able to live a very comfortable life. Upper. Las inherited loads of money and were often lord and ladies. An example of this is Gerald’s mother ‘ family are “landed people” so Gerlad family is socialky Better than mr birding’s inherited money had a high status trade.
How does priestly show that the way people act isn’t just dependent on clas
Eva / dAISY is expected to have low morals- Mrs billing describes her as “ not a good case” despite this, Eva/daisy refuses to accept stole. I’m he even when she’s desperate. The birding’s think that class is all that matters but priestly is trying to present the opposite view. He suggest that class inky clouds peop,es judge,ends and people should be judge by their actions and not by what class or money that they have.by presenting Sheila and Eric as having changed at the end of play turning aga it’s the views of their own class. Priestly is saying that class isn’t all that matters, individuals can break out and choose to act differently
What kind of people would have watched preiatly’s play in the 1940s
Mostly people who were middle class would go to the theatre.. the attitudes that the burning have may have been similar to those I. The audience, preistly’s depiction of Eva as more honourable than the upper class and middle class may have caused the audience to question their own beliefs
Why does the inspector not have a clqsss
The inspector doesn’t fit into the class structure and thinks everyone should be treated equally. He changes people attitudes bout class and makes Eric and Sheila want to change his attitudes about class.
How does priestly present the older generation as old fashioned
Priestly lees steps ethic and Sybil billing as having a very traditional views. They think they know best threat children should been seen not heard and they don’t like the authority to be challenged. They reperezdnf the views of the ruling clas this means they feel superior to people like Eva who is written off by Mrs birling as a girl” of that class”. By questioning their old fashioned personal b Jews. Priestly also questions their obsession with social class. He is suggesting that the whole class system is out of touch and needs to be reformed
How does priestly present the younger generation as diffent
Some re ambitious,determined and motaviated, Eva “had a lot to say - far too much”. Her course ua re min reason birling sacked her. The younger generation are shon a choke bing the authorit if their elders. This threatens birling who tells them they’d “better keep quiet” because the younger generation learn their lesson there is. Chance for a fairer society in the future. Eric and Sheila learnt that they are responsible for their actions and that their decisions effect other people. Eric at the end is standing around a if he wants nothing to do with his parents and Sheila stands by him.by the end of the play they are no longer controlled by their parents
How does Gerald act older than he is
Gerlad closer to Sheila’s age and Eric’s than he is to mr and Mrs birling but he is. Young man who is ALREADY OLD IN HIS ATTUTUDES. He is a younger version of mr birling - shallow and stud born. His marriage to Shiela is for business reason. He agrees with birling that Eva had to be fired.he doesn’t learn anything. When everyone found out about the part he played in Eva smiths death he doesn’t feel guilty. In the end he thinks his engagement is back on l everything’s all right now Sheila” the fact that Gerlad is of the younger generation but remains unchanged suggest that a more caring future is it inevitable. People can choose whether to change or not, priestly is also making a criticism to upper classes that they are set in there ways and therefore unlikely to change
What does the quote “ the famous younger generation who know if all suggests
Although birling is being sarcastic when saying this quote. Priestly shows that only characters who really listen to the inspectors message was Sheila and Eric.mr and Mrs birling aren’t willing to change
How do you women challenge the stereotypes in an inspector calls
Eva and sheik try to rebel out of the roles that society has given them. Eva questioned the descuin of her boss and “had a lot to say” about wages at the factory. Instead of relying on a man to save her, Eva refused to accept Eric’s stolen money. Sheol interrupts and challenges everyone at different times apart from the inspector
