Birlings - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This essay explores Responsibility in the play, or the lack of it in certain characters. This essay provides detailed analysis and varied quotes, ticking off everything in the markscheme needed for a Grade 9 (as it was awarded). This was written for the Eduqas exam board but can be adapted for any! Introduction: An Inspector Calls was written by J.B Priestley, and the theme of responsibility is central to the play, and in particular social responsibility. The play was based in 1912, at a time ...

This essay focuses on the character of Gerald Croft throughout the play and his interactions with other characters. This essay provides detailed analysis of various quotations and was marked as a grade 9. Written for the eduqas exam board but can be adapted for any. Introduction: An Inspector Calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1945, set in the industrial city of Brumley. Priestley presents Gerald Croft as a sycophantic, narcissistic character, representative of the patriarchal upper class,...

This essay explores the theme of relationships in An Inspector Calls - the strain and change of them as the play progresses, between all the character and in particular, the Birlings. Providing deep analysis, quotes and much more, this essay was marked as Grade 9 and written for the eduqas exam board but can be adapted for any! Introduction: An Inspector Calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1945, based in the Industrial city of Brumley in 1912. Priestley uses various relationships between cha...

This essay explores the dichotomy of the younger and older generation, and the contrast in character change between the young Birlings and old Birlings as the play progresses. This essay was marked as grade 9, and was written for the Eduqas exam baord but can be adapted for any. Introduction: An Inspector Calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1945, based in the Industrial city of Brumley in 1912. Priestley presents the stark contrast between the older and younger generation, conveying his bel...

This essay explores the theme of Social Class in the play, and the difference between the two distinct classes clearly symbolised in Priestley's writing with his characters. Providing detailed analysis, varied quotes and much more, this essay was marked as a Grade 9 and was written for the Eduqas exam board but can be adapted to any! Introduction: An Inspector Calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1945, based in the Industrial city of Brumley in 1912. Social class is an integral theme to the ...

This Essay focuses on the character of Inspector Goole and his influence on others throughout the play. This essay provides detailed analysis with no in depth context as it was not needed for my exam board; it was marked as a Grade 9. Written for the Eduqas exam board but can be adapted to any! e.g AQA, Edexcel Introduction: An Inspector Calls was written by J.B Priestley in 1945, based in the Industrial city of Brumley in 1912. Priestley presents Inspector Goole as the moral centre of the pl...

An Inspector Calls Quotes and Analysis. Exam Questions With Correct Answers BIRLING: unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable. (Referring to the Titanic) Act One - answerPriestley's love of dramatic irony is biting here, and his irony is never more satirical than in these comments of Birling's, which, to his original audience in 1946, must have seemed more controversial than they do today because the sinking of the ship was within people's memory. Symbolically, just as the Titanic is de...

A I C Complete Solutions "(miserably) So I'm really responsible" 'It was my own fault' 'Id been in a bad temper anyhow SHEILA - Sheila feels guilty about how she may have affected Eva. - Different to Mr Birling, who just tries to defend himself and say that he was justified in what he did. - Character development - taking responsibility - Difference between generations 'ERIC suddenly guffaws' STAGE DIRECTIONS Eric is immature and represents youth 'As you were saying, Dad,...

1 AIC EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ "(miserably) So I'm really responsible" 'It was my own fault' 'Id been in a bad temper anyhow SHEILA Correct Answer: - Sheila feels guilty about how she may have affected Eva. - Different to Mr Birling, who just tries to defend himself and say that he was justified in what he did. - Character development - taking responsibility - Difference between generations 'ERIC suddenly guffaws' STAGE DIRECTIO...

Grade 9 AIC Context All Answers Correct who does mr birlings name allude to king arthur, who was compassionate unlike him what does mrs birlings name allude to in greek mythology, sybils had the gift of prophecy, which is ironic because she has no idea about things like erics alcoholism why is sybil left till last she represents the last resort that people like eva smith should have, showing priestley is campaigning for the welfare state rather than biased charities geralds deception...