Mr. Birling in a state of distress is angered when the doorbell rings and is extremely annoyed that he may have to answer the door himself. But Mrs. Birling had told Edna to wait until the inspector had left, just so that she could make them a pot of tea. .
Mrs. Birling-"No don't go, I told Edna to wait up to make us some tea" .
When Edna returned with Gerald, she was not thanked. Throughout the play, they show no respect for her.
But just as you think the drama will end, it changes for a further surprise, as the characters become drawn into manipulative control of the inspector and are forced out of their upper-class shells. .
As the story continues, Priestley shows how capitalists can use their wealth over the working-class people like Eva Smith. An example of this is when Sheila can get her fired from her job as her mother is a good customer of the shop she works in. All of these incidents lead to Eva's suicide. All of these incidents being due to greed, jealousy or pride. .
Mr. Birling is first involved in it when he fires Eva for being one of the leaders in a strike for fair pay. This leads in her getting a job in Milwards. There, too, she was a good worker. This involved Sheila when she went in to buy an attractive dress but it did not suit her, but suited Eva. Jealousy over took her as she got her sacked after threatening to end her account with the shop unless she was fired. This was her last steady job. Eva (or as she had changed her name to Daisy Renton) Daisy started an affair with Gerald Croft. Although he had strong feelings for her, he had to leave her, which broke her heart. A few months later, she was made pregnant by Eric. But, as they were not in love, she did not want them to be together. When the only money he could supply her with was stolen, she left. As she had no financial support, she went to Mrs. Birling's charity for money, food or at least sympathy. But as she lied about her situation (to protect Eric), Mrs.
