Who is responsible for Eva Smith's death and what role does the inspector play?

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Who is responsible for Eva Smith’s death and what role does the inspector play?

Mr Birling was the up bringer of Eva's Smiths untimely death. Eva smith worked for Mr Birling in his factory. When Eva Smith came to Mr Birling asking for a pay rise of a few shillings (226 to 25 shillings), he refused this as he wanted to keep labour costs down, after being deprived of a few shillings; she was then called a trouble maker and was fired just because of asking a few shillings more so she could live.

Sheila was the second person to be blamed of Eva's unfortunate death, just when Eva got a job at milwards after a while of unemployment, she had got fired due to jealousy and power, this was because Sheila thought that the hat her mother picked out for her to try on, looked better on Eva when she tried it on than on Sheila. This made Sheila furious, so she said “I’d never go near this place again… if they didn’t get rid of the girl”. She new she had the power to get her fired so inevitably Eva got fired, but in the end she resented it and wished she could take it back.

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Mr Croft was the third person to hurt Eva Smith or Daisy Renton as he knew her. They first met in bar, Gerald saw her from a far where she stood out from everyone else she had soft brown big grey eyes and was extremely pretty, he went and talked to here and invited her back to a hotel, were they chatted a bit and had few drinks. Mr croft managed to get a bit out her and her life, she explains about her parent’s death and also unfortunate job less. She was very ambiguous and she didn’t want ...

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