room creates more tension and it also makes everything tight and tense. It is also really good that everyone comes and goes out at really tense points. Before the inspector arrives the family are celebrating the engagement of Shelia Birling to Gerald Croft. There is a happy and jolly mood in the house. Mr.Birling’s Speeches have a lot of irony in them. Dramatic Irony is when the audience know what is going on but the actors on stage don’t know. For example when Mr.Birling talks about the Titanic
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Birlings had been celebrating‚ rather decadently‚ a celebration of Gerald and Sheila’s engagement and Mr. Birling had also been talking about there being a good chance that he will be in the next honours list. There is also an interesting point when Mr. Birling talks openly of Gerald and Sheila’s social divide‚ “Your mother…feels you might have done better for yourself socially [than Sheila]”. This shows that the Birlings and the Crofts‚ both rich families‚ opinion that social class is everything and
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AN INSPECTOR CALLS MR JOHNSON’S EXAM REVISION BOOKLET HOW SHOULD I REVISE? 1. Firstly‚ you need to look at some past exam questions so you know what to expect – see pages 3 and 4. Do this now. Once completed put a tick next to this first step. 2. OK‚ now that you’ve done that you need to understand what to write and how to write it. You’ll find all of this information on page 4 and 5. Read and digest this information now. Once completed put a tick next to this second step.
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Sheila was brought up in a family who had continuously given her money and spoiled her with expensive presents and possessions. During her time growing up in such an environment and being introduced so abruptly to the inspector‚ Sheila is sheltered by her parents from the outside world of society. Priestly uses a mouthpiece‚ Inspector Goole‚ to expose Sheila resulting in a change in her character as well as to let her realise the treatment and discrimination between classes of different social standing
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Which members of the Birling family change as a result? of the inspectors visit and which do not? An inspector calls was first written in 1945 by JB priestly. Although the play was written in 1945 it was set in 1912‚ just after the Second World War. When priestly felt little had changed since the turn of the century‚ where people were still poverty stricken‚ and treated harshly due to their status in society. Priestly wrote the play hoping for people to leave the values of the twentieth century
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aware of the people who are his social superiors‚ which is why he shows off about the port to Gerald‚ “it is exactly the same port your father gets.” He is proud that he is likely to be knighted‚ as this would move him even higher in the social circles. He claims that the party “is one of the happiest nights of my life.” This is not only because Sheila will be happy‚ but also because a merger with Crofts Limited will be good for his business. Through this Priestley presents Mr. Birling as selfish
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At the beginning of the play‚ Sheila Birling is Naïve and Vain‚ because shes young‚ carefree‚ happy and about to engaged to be married to Gerald Croft. However at the end of the play she is a totally different character because she is much wiser and mature. Firstly Sheila Birling is shown as naïve ‘very pleased with life and rather excited’ She doesn’t have a care in the world and has grown up in a wealthy family where she has had little troubles and probably doesn’t have a lot of knowledge
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be in fact a ghost or an angel sent from God to transmit a message to this family. He represents the conscience of all those he questions and makes them realise their wrong doings. When Inspector Goole first steps into the room‚ the Birlings and Gerald are unsettled at his level of imposing upon them: “The Inspector need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness‚ solidity and purposefulness.” He dresses in plain clothes but has a manner and certain way of “disconcerting”
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who also calls herself Daisy Renton. During the play‚ the Inspector helps the Birlings to realise that they were all partially responsible for her tragic death. The first scene in the play has a happy and exciting tone as Shelia Birling and Gerald Croft have just announced their engagement: “At this moment they have all had a good dinner‚ are celebrating a special occasion‚ and are pleased with themselves.” This shows that they are very content to overlook the underlying tension in the household
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Brumley Woman’s Charity Organization and his father has his own business. The Birling family have a maid‚ Edna and are also able to enjoy a life of great comfort and leisure. An example of this is when Mr Birling says ‘You ought to like this port‚ Gerald. As a matter of fact‚ Finchley told me it’s exactly the same port your father gets from him.’ This shows that the family were upper class because they are talking about port‚ which not all of the lower class people would know much about. One of the
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