One day Sheila went Milwards to buy a dress for herself, Eva Smith brought she dress up held the dress as if she was wearing it .Eva was a pretty girl and the dress just suited her. But when Sheila tried the dress on and looked herself in the mirror. She knew that all was wrong and while looking herself in the mirror, she caught a sight of Eva smiling at Miss Francis, because Sheila looked awful in that dress. Sheila was at furious temper. She went to the manager at milwards and complained about Eva that she had been very impertinent to her ,and if they did not get rid of her (Eva ) she would never go to Milwards again and she would persuade her mother to close their account with Milwards . Eva was happy with the job at Milwards but suddenly she was told to leave the job . She didn’t know what was wrong, all she knew was that a customer complained about her and so she had to go . This would be such a blow to Eva , because she knew that she would have no income . She was hopeless and courage less, because she had no one to support her ,to help her or even just to encourage her .
Eva was quite desperate when she met Gerald , because she was sacked from the Milwards shop , which she was hopeless . Gerald treated her kindly . Gerald saw Eva first in the Palace music hall in Brumley ,and helped her to get rid of old Joe Meggarty and asked here if she wants to join him .Eva agreed, Gerald took her to the County hotel , where he offered to buy a drink for her .She was hungry and Gerald made the people at the County find some food for her . In fact Eva didn’t have any money with her and she had to leave the miserable black room she had . A friend of Gerald , Charlie Brunswick , was gone off to Canada for six months and he had been given the keys of a nice set of rooms in Morgan Terrace to use if he wanted . So Gerald insisted on Eva moving to those rooms . He also gave her some money to fulfill; b her requirements . Gerald didn’t gave those two rooms to Eva so that he could make love to her . However , it was inevitable she would fall in love with him because he was so kind . They could not be official partners because they were from different social classes . He made go to Morgan Terrace and gave her money because he was sorry for what had happened her and didn’t like the idea of her going back to the palace bar , and he didn’t asked for any thin g in return . Gerald was the kindest person to her . Eva was a young , pretty , warm-hearted and intensely grateful and Gerald became at once the most important person in her life . Gerald was in love with her ., this affair came to end when Gerald had to go away on business for several weeks , so he broke it before going on business Eva lived happier with Gerald the she had ever been , and he helped her even more by giving her a gift of enough money .
After some time of ending affair with Gerald , Eva was once again back on the street .she was back to her old situation when she did not had any income , she was feeling lonely and desperate . So she started again going to Palace bar , the only way she had and meets Eric in the Palace bar . Eric was a bit stuffy and Eva too because she had not much to eat . Eric wanted to go with her to her lodgings but Eva did not want him to go in there , but as Eric was drunk he insisted to go with her and he threatened her to make a row . So she let him in. Eric treated her so badly. He just used her for the end of a stupid drunken evening , as if he was an animal or a thing not a person . Afterwards a fortnight he saw her again in the palace bar and he took her home again . next time when they met she told him that she was b going to have a baby . Both Eric and Eva were worried about it . Eric did not like her , he just want to use her , so she did not want to marry him . As she was sacked from the milwards , so she had no job and she had no money left with her . Eric insisted on giving her money to keep her going by sealing it from his father’s office, and when Eva came to know about it she refused to take any more and did not want to see him again . Eric treated her worst of them all .
Mrs.Birling is an irresponsible woman ,because she did not admit her share of responsibility for Eva’s suicide . she is extremely snobbish and expects others to show her respect because of her position when she says to inspector “My husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago and that he is still a magistrate ” . She blamed the father of Eva’s child for death , and she dramatically changes her attitude when she learns that Eric is father of Eva’s child . Mrs. Birling was a prominent member of the Brumely Women’s Organization , to which Sheila appealed by calling herself Mrs. Birling . This prejudiced Mrs. birling against her (Eva) and she did not like her manner .Mrs. Birling did not treat Eva kindly , she appealed for the charity organization .Eva said to Mrs. Birling that she has been deserted by her husband and that she is going through a difficult situation but Mrs. Birling refused her appeal. Mrs. Birling pressurized Eva , so she told her the real story what had happened with her . Eva told them that she was going to have a child but Mrs. Birling told her to go and search for the father of the child .Eva knew that the child’s father was only a youngster , silly , wild and alcoholic ,so she could not marry him , it would be wrong for both of them . Eric had given her money , but she refused to take any more when she came to know that it was not his money .Mrs. Birling was too cruel , she thought that Eva was too proud considering how poor and desperate she was . Mrs. Birling advised her committee not to accept her claim . Eva came to Mrs Birling for help at a time when no woman could have needed it more . She was alone , friendless and penniless , but Mrs Birling did not help her and slammed the door in her face when she not only needed money but advice , sympathy , friendliness as well .
Among all the characters I think Eric is responsible more than all the others . Eric and Sheila considered themselves responsible, Gerald shared his responsibility at the beginning but he did not considered him responsible after knowing that Goole was not a real inspector. Mr. and Mrs. Birling did not admit their share of the responsibility.
The message of the play is that we all are responsible for each other and we should look after each other. Preistly felt that it was essential if the world was ever going to learn from its mistakes and become a better place for living where everyone has the right to be treated fairly. This was a very important message in 1945 when the world was recovering from the Second World War.
