Sheila Birling Essay

Priestley presents the Birling family as the marionettes and Eva Smith as a puppet. This metaphor explains to us how the higher classes of society have complete control over the lower classes of society, women in particular. The phrase used by Mrs. Birling “Girls of that class” clearly gives us a general perspective of what the Birling family thought about anyone who isn’t equal to them. These exact words show us that Mrs. Birling thought that she was socially and morally superior

given are revealed slowly throughout the play. Examples of the hints would be when Sheila comments about Gerald never coming near her the previous

How are Priestley’s Views on Inequalities in society shown in the Presentation on Sheila before, during and after the Inspectors Visit? Throughout the play An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley, it is clear that Priestley strongly believes in the importance of a caring society and the consequences of our actions. He presents these views on inequalities through the presentation of Sheila Birling. This is done in various different ways using numerous techniques. A major inequality that has been highlighted

Priestley is set in an industrial city, Brymley in 1912, just before the First World War. The Inspector's dealings with the Birling family cause some of the characters in the play to re-evaluate their position in society, whilst others remain unaffected. J.B.Priestley criticises middle class oppression of the working class by showing how the Birlings and Gerald Croft are involved in making a young working class girl's life a misery. Act one begins by introducing the characters

Inspector’s visit affect Sheila Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’? ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J.B. Priestley is an allusive, morality play set in 1912 England, and first performed in 1945. The play is a critique of the presiding capitalist, and unjust society from the perspective of a socialist author. In this indictment of the classist system, Sheila Birling is used to symbolise the privileged, and stable lifestyle of the wealthy, and influential upper class. Priestly uses Sheila as a device to present

in her demise. Mr Birling fired her from his own business, Sheila got her fired from Milwards, Gerald had an affair with her, Eric raped her making her pregnant and Mrs Birling rejected her from her charity when she was desperate. At the end of the play Eva is shown to be desperate because she is in the Palace Bar, J.B Priestley reflects society in each and every character. In this play its shown that the lower class have to obey and be in awe of the upper class. Mr Birling From the beginning

Midlands, in the year of 1912. Act one begins in the family home of the Birling's, at the celebration of the engagement of Mr Birling's daughter. The Birling family at first impression are seen to the audience as a wonderful, prosperous family who live in luxury life style in a big lavish home with a high social status. Arthur Birling is the father of the family; he is a heavy looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties, with fairly easy manners. He is shown to be self-centred

Drama at the End of Act Two in An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley What do you think is particularly dramatic about the section at the end of Act Two when Mrs Birling is questioned? In directing the drama how would you bring out the drama? The play of Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley is made dramatic because it is all about an investigation of a suicide and how each family member

uses Sybil Birling as an archetype of the upper class snobs of society who are disdainful of the lower and middle classes and the fact that she doesn’t change at all throughout the play just shows how ingrained these attitudes were in the upper classes and how difficult it was to change them. Whilst celebrating the engagement of Sheila and Gerald, we get the impression that Sybil Birling is observant but only when it suits her because she expresses what the moment that Gerald gives Sheila the ring

mainly uses the characters in the play to present his views, especially Mr and Mrs Birling, to present his ideas about class and society. In the Birling family, Mrs Birling is the most upper class, and is always referring to the lower class female factory workers such as Eva Smith as ‘girls of that class’. She seems to think that working class people are not humans at all. In the beginning, Priestley describes the Birlings’ house as ‘a fairly large suburban house’ with ‘good solid furniture of the period’