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An Inspector Calls All Characters Characteristics
An Inspector Calls All Characters Characteristics
CHARACTERS CHARACTERISTICS
1)MR BIRLING (HUSBAND)
*MR BIRLING IS PRESENTED AS AN ARRAGANT, NARROW
MINDED PERSON IN OTHER WORDS CALLED A SNOB
*HIS ACTIONS ARE EVIDENCE OF HIS UPWORD SOCIAL
MOBILITY
* HE DOES NOT EVEN CARE ABOUT THE WORKING CLASS
FOR EXAMPLE WHEN EVA SMITH REQUESTED MR
BIRLING TO INCREASE THEIR SALERY B 3 SHILINGS BUT
HE IGNORED IT AND FIRED HER
*HE IS A PERSON WHO HAS NO GOOD VIEW OF THE
WORLD AND WHO GIVE INACCURATE ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS ASKED SOMETIMES LIKE THE TIME WHERE
HE TOLD OF THE TITANIC IS GOING TO REVOLUTIONIZE
THE WORLD BUT THAT SUGGESTION WAS WRONG
*MR BIRLING IS SHOWN IN THE PLAY AS AN
UNSYMPATHIC CHARACTER
*AND WHEN THE INSPECTOR ARRIVES TELLS HIM TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PART IN EVA SMITH’S DEATH
SHOWING THAT HE IS A CHARACTER WHO DOES NOT
CHANGES HIS ATTITUDE STATIC CHARACTER
2)MRS BIRLING (WIFE)
*MRS BIRLINGS CHARACTER IS VERY COMPAREABLE TO
MR BIRLINGS CHARACTER
*SHE HAS A WEAK POINT WEAR SHE IS LACKING
IMOTIONS SO SHE IS EVEN A VICTIM OF VICTORIAN
STOICISM-THIS IS WHERE THEY PRACTICE SELF
DISIPLINE , RESTRAINT AND RESPONSIBILITY
*SHE IS ONE OF THOSE NOBLE’S WHO DOES NOT LIKE TO
LET GO OF THE HIERACHY LEVEL OF THE UPPER CLASS
AND THE LOWER CLASS FOR EXAMPLE WHEN EVA SMITH
CAME TO GET AID IN TAKE CAREING HER AND ERIC’S
SON BY CALLING HER SELF MRS BIRLING AND HEARING
WHAT EVA SMITH CALLED HER SELF MRS BIRLING GOT
SO ANGRY WHERE HE REFUSES TO HELP HER FROM HER
CHARITY LETTING HER TO DIE WITH MRS BIRLINGS
UNKNOWN GRANDCHILD
*AND SPEAKING OF CHARITY SHE MADE A CHARITY TO
HELP ALL WEMEN IN NEED AND IT IS MOTIVATED BY HER
CONTROLLING NATURE
*SHE IS AS YOU GUESSED A SNOB LIKE MR BIRLING
*AND AS WELL WHEN THE INSPECTOR ARRIVES AND TOLD
HER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVA SMITHS DEATH
AND AS THE ARRAGANT CHARACTER WE KNOW SHE
REFUSES SHOWING THAT SHE IS A CHARACTER HOW
DOES NOT LIKE TO CHANGE HER ATTITUDE STATIC
CHARACTER
3)SHEELA BIRLING (DAUGHTER)
*SHEELA BIRLING IS SHOWN AS A YOUNG TEENAGER GIRL
WHO SPEND MONEY FOR BEAUTIFUL DRESSES AND
EXPENSIVE JEWELS
*SHE HAS EMOTIONS NOT LIKE HER PARENTS WHO LACK
IT LIKE SHOWN EVEN BEFORE SHE GOT TO KNOW THAT
EVA SMITH HOW DIED SHE WAS SAD ABOUT THE
SITUATION
*AND EVEN WHEN SHE GOT TO KNOW THAT GIRL WAS
EVA SMITH SHE FELT MUCH SADDER AND RESPONSIBLE
FOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE NOT LIKE A PARENTS AT ALL
*SHE BECOMES ANGRY BECAUSE SHE IS FUSTAITED OF
HER PARENTS LACK OF GUILT (MAINLY TO EVA SMITH)
*AND WHEN THE INSPECTOR TOLD HER TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY OF EVA SMITHS DEATH NOT LIKE HER
PARENTS SHE TOOK RESPONDIBILITY AND CHANGES HER
ATTITUDE THROW THE PLAY DINAMIC CHARACTER
*AND FURTHER SHOWING THAT SHE HAS THE COURAGE
TO CONFESS HER DEEDS TOWARDS WHAT SHE HAS DONE
TO EVA SMITH AND HER GOOD HONEST ACTS DOES NOT
EVEN COME CLOSE TO HER PARENTS CRUVEL ATTITUDE
4)ERIC BIRLING (YOUNGER SON)
*ERIC BIRLING IS YOUNG TEENAGER WHO IS DRUNK WHO
IS NOT INTRODUCED PROPERLY IN THE BEGINNING OF
THE PLAY
*BETWEEN ERIC AND HIS FATHER THEIR SEEMS TO BE A
HUGE TENTION SPECIALY WHEN MR BIRLING GOT TO
KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN STEELING MONEY
(50POUNDS) FROM OFFICE TO GIVE MONEY TO EVA
SMITH TO TAKE OF HERSELF AND THE FUTHER BABY
*ERIC IS A DRUNK BECAUSE HE IS PRESUREIZED AND
FORCED TO STAY AS A NOBLE AND BEHAVE AS TO THEIR
STATUS
*AND ERIC IS COMPATABLE TO SHEELA’S SENSE OF
EMPATHY
*WHEN ERIC DISCOVERS EVA’S PREGNANCY HE BECAME A
MORE RESPONSIBLE MAN THAN HIS FATHER WILL EVER
BE
*WHEN HE DISCOVERS THE DEATH OF EVA SMITH HE FELT
GUILTY AND SAD IN HIS INVOLVEMENT IN MAKING HER
LIFE A LIVING HELL
*AND LIKE SHEELA WHENTHE INSPECTOR TOLD HIM TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ON WHAT HE HAS DONE TO EVA
SMITH NOT LIKE HIS PARENTS HE AGREED AND SHOWS
THAT HIS ATTITUDE HAS CHANGED IN THROW OUT THE
PLAY DIANAMIC CHARACTER
5)GERALD CROFT (SON OF MR CROFT)
*GERALD CROFT IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE CHARACTERS
WHO ACTS A PLAY BOY CHARACTER IN THE PLAY
*AND LIKE MR & MRS BIRLING HE DOES NOT ADMIT HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH EVA SMITH /DAISY RENTON IN A
INTENTION TO PROTECT HIS STATUS
*WE CAN CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHEN HE GOT SAD
UPON HEARING EVA SMITHS DEATH HE HAD A GENUIN
FEELING TOWARDS HER
*GERALD IS THE PERSON WHO GOT UP THE TOPIC THAT
THE INSPECTOR IS NOT A REAL INSPECTOR
*AND WITHOUT CHANGING HIS ATTITUDE HE RATHER
CHOOSES TO PROTECT HIS REPUTATION THEREFORE HE
HAS A MYSTRY ROLE IN THE DRAMA
*AND WE TELL HE HAD ALL THE POWER TO GIVE A JOB IN
THE FARE EDGE’S OF HIS FACTORY AND GIVE HER A
HOUSE BUT REFUSES TO DO SO BECAUSES OF HIS PRIDE
AS A NOBLE AND THE HIERACHICAL SYSTEM (UPPER
CLASS AND LOWER CLASS)
6)INSPECTOR GOOLE
*HE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMANDING AND FORCEFUL
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY DOMINATING THE
CONVERSATION WITH MR BIRLING
*HE IS THE ONE WHO RUNS THE ENTIRE PLAY FROM THE
MIDDLE OR THE CENTRAL CONFLICT OF EVA SMITH’S
DEATH AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF EVERY PERSON IN
THE PLAY (MR BIRLING , MRS BIRLING , SHEELA BIRLING ,
ERIC BIRLING , GERALD CROFT)
*HE IS THE INTELIGENT AND THE ONE WHO ATTACKS THE
WEAK POINTS OF THE VICTIM TO GET THE ANSWERS HE
NEED LIKE WHERE WHEN THE INSPECTOR ASKED MRS
BIRLING ABOUT THE CHARITY INSIDENT AND WHEN SHE
DID NOT REPLIY HE GOT FURRIOUS AND IN A
COMMANDING TONE ASKED MRS BIRLING TO SPIT OUT
THE INFORMATION AND SHE DID OUT OF CHANCES
*THE GIVES THE MESSAGE INTENDED BY MR PRISLEY OF
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
*AT THE END OF THE PLAY IT TELLS THAT THE INSPECTOR
IS NOT A REAL PERSON INFACT A GOTHIC ELEMENT
SHOWING THAT HE CHANGED HIS ATTITUDE EVERY TIME
HE DEALS WITH A CHARACTER LIKE WITH MR AND MRS
BIRLING IT IS HASH AND WITH ERIC AND SHEELA IT IS
CAREFULNESS NOT TO UPSET THEM STATIC CHARACTER