An Inspector Calls Essay What does Priestley show the audience about responsibility?

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An Inspector Calls Essay

What does Priestley show the audience about responsibility?

        Eva was a young pretty girl residing in Brumley. She was unfortunate to meet the Birling family. The circumstances around Eva were so bad that they led to her death. She was a working class woman in her mid twenties. However she had no family to support her when she most needed help.

        Mr Birling was involved with Eva's death when Mr Birling claimed that Eva was a ring leader so he sacked her. However she was a `good worker` and he just sacked her because she wanted a pay rise, Birling states in act 1, ` they wanted the rates raised so that they could average about twenty-five shillings a week. I refused, of course.` She needed the raise because before the strike occurred here was a holiday season where she couldnt provide for herself which led her to being in poverty. When Mr Birling found out that Eva had died from drinking disinfectent he didn't feel at all responsible. When he says of course it shows that he doesnt understand that workers can get a pay rise(stage directions).

        After two months with no work, Eva was granted a job at Millwards. Eva was enjoying working at Millwards until Sheila came in and used her power of her family name to get Eva sacked. Just because she smiled however Sheila got the wrong point of view thinking that Eva was laughing at her but she was just jealous of Eva. She had remorse for what she had done unlike her father Mr Birling. When Sheila states `Yes, but it didnt seem anything very terrible at the time. Dont you understand? And if I could help her now, I would-`. She knows how she is partly responsible. She shows how she has remorse from her errors in addition she says 'Ill never do it again to anybody' which reiterates the difference between her and her father.

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        Gerald was partly responsible for Eva's death. He first saw her when she was being sexually harrased by Joe Meggarty. Gerald was there to rescue her as one thing let to another. He let her stay at his friends house to make love to her then later on he abandoned her when he went back to Sheila because he was bored of her. Shortly before he's allowed to leave Gerald states 'Im rather nore-upset-by this business than I probably appear to be'. The pattern of his speech changes through the hyphens showing us his grief.

        Eric met Eva at the ...

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