... the guilt felt by most of the family by making them feel worse about it. This is unlike a standard detective thriller because a normal detective would ask straightforward questions, expecting straightforward answers. Inspector Goole however, opens up the character's personalities with his questioning. He leads them to confront their own weaknesses, ... he wouldn't give her a rise in pay - Why?' Did you say why?' Birling also becomes agitated at the involvement of his family and in the middle of act one he says angrily We were having a nice little family celebration tonight. And a nasty me...

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... the guilt felt by most of the family by making them feel worse about it. This is unlike a standard detective thriller because a normal detective would ask straightforward questions, expecting straightforward answers. Inspector Goole however, opens up the character's personalities with his questioning. He leads them to confront their own weaknesses, ... he wouldn't give her a rise in pay - Why?' Did you say why?' Birling also becomes agitated at the involvement of his family and in the middle of act one he says angrily We were having a nice little family celebration tonight. And a nasty me...

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... in power frowned upon moving from one section of the class system to another.In the play itself the main family, the 'Birlings' are wealthy middle class landowners and proprietors of a large factory that was established by the father of Mr. Birling. Mr Birling has hopes of gaining a knighthood, ... of the man. As such, a woman had no legal control over her person, her own land and money, or her children. Mrs Birling is a middle class woman of considerable influence, involved in charity work, considered a suitable occupation for a lady in society. Women of higher classes did not work, bu...

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... manufacturing company. As well as being rather pompous he is described by Priestley as "portentous" due to his views of the future. He is in his middle fifties and is also described as having "unpolished" speech. Arthur's wife is Sybil Birling who is said to be of a similar age to her husband ... his wife, at this time it is unlikely a women would have talked to his wife in such a way. Shelia Birling is their daughter in her middle twenties and is obviously pleased with life, as she has just got engaged to Gerald Croft who is near 30 years old and is very confident about himself ... cl...

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... further mention of that topic. From this reaction, it is possible to conclude that Birling might also go to prostitutes, as that sort of behaviour was fairly common amongst upper middle-class men at that time. There is a suggestion that Gerald had an affair because Sheila says to him 'all last summer.... you never came near me'. There is also a hint ... to the Inspector's abruptness. She describes him as 'a trifle impertinent'. She, like Arthur Birling, seems to be used to receiving nothing but respect. This is because she is of a high-middle class. The Inspector treats the characters w...

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... Inspector leaves, with the unexpected phone call and the loop beginning again. Arthur Birling is described at the beginning of the play as "A heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties, with fairly easy manners but rather provincial in his speech." Arthur Birling is the head of the family, the head of his own firm and represents the views and ... knows the truth and is only carrying out the investigation for confirmation and to show the family the error of their ways. The Inspector's speech is graphic and not polite, middle-class language that the Birlings would have bee...

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... it self is set in 1912. The play starts in the Birling household. The Birlings are celebrating the engagement of their daughter, Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft. The Birlings are a middle-classed but a high profiled family who run their own family business. Mr Gerald Croft belongs to the Croft family who are very similar to the Birlings. They also have their ... character that is very proud of her husband's achievements. Well, Mrs Birling was an important member of the Brumley's Women's Charity. Eva Smith had gone there as a pregnant women to ask for some help. When Eva Smith met Mrs Bir...

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AN INSPECTOR CALLS THE PLOT. The plot of "an inspector calls- involves the Birling family who are an upper middle class family of the 20th centaury. It involves a girl who is sucked form a job by Mr. Birling for organising a strike, who is later sucked from a job by Mr. Birling's daughter ... affair with Eric Birling, Mr. Birling's son, and she becomes pregnant. But she wouldn't get any more money from him after knowing that he stole it. So she decided to ask for help at one of the Charity Organisations where Mrs. Birling turns her down, because she first introduces herself as Mrs. Birling a...

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