... play were all over the place. The ones that most caught my eyes were Man vs. Man (Mr. Goole vs. everyone in the family), Man vs. Man (Eric Birling vs. his parents), and another Man vs. Man (Sheila Birling vs. Gerald.) In this play, the theme was basically stated towards the end. As Goole, ... the father, Arthur Birling. Following with Sheila Birling, Gerald (Sheila's recent fiancé), Sybil Birling and lastly Eric Birling. The second conflict is another Man vs. Man, with Eric versus his parents. In the play, Eric has a drinking problem and no one seems to notice except his sister Shelia a...

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... her the most responsible because she turned downed Eva when she most needed help. Eric Birling a young man and known as being sometimes being a bit squiffy, also Eric is known to sleep with prostitutes, Eric played a big responsibility into to Eva's death. Eric got drunk one night & met Eva; Eric took Eva back to his house and made love to her. Couple month's later Eva ... the inspector that he is the father of Eva's baby and that he needed to manage with money. Eric had no idea that Eva committed suicide, until the inspector told him Eric was shocked and couldn't believe it he blamed h...

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... the other characters. During the play you can see that Sheila sees her farther a hardworking business man who is very impressive in his work, her brother Eric, is a troubled and uncomfortable person who depends on alcohol to get himself through life. Then there is her mother Syble who is very vain and spiteful. ... firing her and Mrs. Birling turning her away at the Women's Charity Organization. Then with Sheila and the shop incident they had, also there was Eric who gets her pregnant and to top it all, Gerald having an affair with her while being married to Sheila. All this can clear a...

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... owner of Birling and Co. which is a factory that employs several hundred young women. He is also the husband of Sybil Birling and the father of Sheila and Eric Birling. He was an alderman for years and Lord Mayor two years ago, as of now he is a Magistrate. This shows that he is quite a powerful and ... easily take it up.' We can tell that Mr Birling is a social climber and he strives to become better. In act three after knowing Eric stealing the money from the accounts, Mr Birling told Eric 'You must give me a list of those accounts. I've got to cover this up as soon as I can.' The ...

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... best. She is very much a housewife and without the roll of being Mr. B's wife I don't honestly think that she would be anywhere at all. Eric Eric is a very like minded individual and he is Mr. B's little toy, Eric is supposed to be marrying Sheila, but this is probably just because of the family's well known name and he also being a factory owner likes ... and respects Mr. Birling a lot. Plus there is the fact of the money that is enlived within the family and this just might come in useful in the future to Eric. Status Their status in the play is one of a well-known high class and very...

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... , and does not feel guilty in any way but Mrs Birling is shocked by Eric's relationship with Eva, "I don't believe it. I won't believe it "p49 Mrs Birling is in total disbelief; Eric's behaviour shocks her because she has the belief that her family wouldn't act like that. And Eric's drinking, "But I didn't know it was you - I never dreamt. Besides, you"re not the ... real, Mr and Mrs Birling and Gerald go back to acting like life is the same and that everything is normal, no one will notice anything is wrong. Shelia and Eric believe that even though the inspector was not real they have s...

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... many ways. All detective stories and 'whodunits' always contain stock characters. The stock characters in An Inspector Calls are Mrs. Birling, the stubborn type who never accepts the truth. There Eric, the quiet shy type who lacks confidence and is easily intimidated. There's also Mr. Birling who is a hard headed business man who only thinks about money and his self. A 'whodunit ... device is when something happens in the play which is unexpected and happens when a character is vunerable. For example on page 9 Eric says 'yes i remember(checks himself)'. This is a dramatic device because...

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... going to ask them some questions about the suicide of a young girl. List of the characters: - Arthur Birling. - Sybil Birling. (his wife) - Sheila Birling (his daughter) - Eric Birling (his son) - Edna (the maid) - Gerald Croft (engaged to Sheila) - Inspector Goole. - Eva Smith (the one who have made suicide) An essay about "An ... not change a lot during the story, and he stays a capitalist. He agree with Mr. Birling and seems to have the same attitude of life as him. Eric is Mr. and Mrs. .Birling's son. In the start he is half assertive and behaves silly . He listens to his father, but...

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... house in Brumley, Yorkshire. They had sat down to dinner to celebrate their daughter, Sheila and Gerald's engagement. Arthur is the father and hard headed business man, Sybil the mother, Eric their son, Sheila their daughter and Gerald, who's dad is a friendly rival in business with Arthur are the characters. After the meal they get an unexpected visit from a police inspector ... lives of others. He sees the world as a community where everyone should help each other, Socialism. The timing of his entry is very important, just after Arthur had been telling Eric its every man for himself. ...

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... has something to do with Eva Smiths death, and he is worried about his family. Arthur should also be surprised and angry when he finds out Eric has taken money from his office and when Eric tells everyone he drinks and used to sleep with Eva and they were a couple. Towards the end of the play when the inspector leaves, Arthur should ... ...

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... , at this point, comes forward to the audience, asking for forgiveness "don't you understand? And if I could help her now, I would". At this point When the truth comes out about Eric getting Eva pregnant and stealing money, Birling is more worried what people will say when it gets out, "you've confessed to theft, and now he knows all about it ... , and he can bring it out at the inquest". The Birling's are a respectable family; it should be kept that way. He doesn't think that Eric's problems could be partly his fault and that his drinking problem is a cry for help. When it turns out that...

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... changes then things will always stay the same, in the play this is shown by the inspector getting everyone to confess that they had done bad, and only Sheila and Eric had changed, so basically it just happened again, and the point of this is to show that if not everybody changes, things will stay the way they are, it needs ... ...

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... pennies in their dingy little back bedrooms." The audience were given the power of retrospection by setting the play before World War 1. Which made Arthur Birling's predictions seem foolish when Eric was talking war, Birling said, "Just because the Kaiser makes a speech or two, or a few German officers have too much to drink and begin talking nonsense, you"ll hear some ... ...

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... there might not even be a girl called Eva Smith or if there is, not all o the Berling family have met her or seen her, for this the family have no photos or pictures of this so-called Eva Smith. The inspector just leaves them to believe that all their bad deeds have lead to a suicide. Even though "an inspector calls" is ... ...

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