Mr Birling is involved in this because he used to employ Eva smith until he sacked her for being the ring leader in a strike and for asking for more money.” Decided to ask for more money,” “She had to go.”
Next to get involved was Sheila, Sheila felt very guilty for what she had done, but at first could not think what for until the inspector mentioned Milwards department store, then she realised she was as much to blame as her father and soon confessed all to the inspector even though Mr Birling tried to persuade her not to. She confessed to the inspector that she had her sacked “… told her that she would have to go” for looking more attractive than her in a certain dress when Sheila was in an-upset mood and if she didn’t she would have her mother close there account with them.
Then there was Gerald, Sheila’s fiancé. Gerald did not know a girl called Eva Smith, but somebody called Daisy Renton and assumed by what the inspector was saying that she had changed her name to Daisy Renton. The inspector did not really have a problem with him because he managed to get all the answers, which he wanted, from him.
He managed to find out that he was having an affair with her whilst going out with Sheila “ I did keep a girl last summer” and when this was mentioned there was a little tiff between them and Sheila was very keen to find out more, but Mr Birling just let it pass, because he wanted his daughter to be married to Sir George’s son. Gerald knew Daisy and did love her genuinely but left for some reason or other.
Then there was Mrs Birling probably the most spiteful of them all; Mrs Birling is the chairperson of the Brumley woman’s organisation. She turned Eva away for gross impertinence “ had it refused” but did not know her as Eva Smith or as Daisy Renton but as Mrs Birling “she called her self Mrs Burling” and admitted that she was prejudice against her case and because of this she told her that she would have to go and find the father not knowing that it was Eric.
Last in the picture was Eric, Eric was also seeing Eva, and was having a sexual relationship with her, and first meet her in the palace bar “… we meet at the palace bar” and then from there they went back to her lodgings an made passionate love “went with her to her lodgings”. They later meet again at the palace bar, and went off together, where Eva told Eric that she was pregnant, “told me she was going to have a baby”, and after hearing that Eric started giving her money “…. insisted on giving her money”. However, Eva soon realised that the money was stolen “stole the money” and after she realised that Eva finished their relationship.
After all this passed the inspectors lips he lays on a guilt trip and tells them how much suffering they have caused, and that they can not do anything about it and then leaves storming out the door and leaves them to think about what they have done. Mr Birling starts to blame Eric”… the one I blame for this” and then he starts to moan about the knighthood he has missed out on due to this affair “I was almost certain for a knighthood” and then they realise by Gerald’s investigating that they were tricked and answered questions and let a hoax police inspector know everything he wanted.
They later ring the infirmary to ask if anybody has died or came in with a suicide attempt by drinking disinfectant and to their surprise know body has, and then they start to relax and have a little joke about what has happened until the phone rings, and it’s the infirmary ringing to tell them that somebody has just came in and died by drinking disinfectant “a girl has just died” and then it all goes quiet as they are told a police inspector will be around to speak to them about what has happened and from there, there ordeal will have to start all over again.
I believe that Mrs Cybil Birling was the main cause of Eva Smiths/Daisy Renton/Mrs Birling’s death because she was the one who finally sent her over the top and turned her away from the one organization, which could help her to regain her life and state hood.