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I have decided to take two characters from the play describing them all the way through, showing any differences, influences and how successful the inspector is. Also, showing any change in the way they act and what they say to others around them. The two people I have chosen are; Mr Birling and Sheila Birling. These two, apart from being from the same family, are very different and in some cases the complete opposite.
At the beginning of the play Mr Birling acts very self-confident and smug. He believes, strongly, in a capitalist world. You can tell this from his speech on pages nine and ten; ¡§¡K a man has to make his own way¡K¡¨ Birling doesn¡¦t know how his actions affect others. ¡§ ¡KWe were paying the usual rates and if they didn¡¦t like those rates, they could go and work somewhere else. It¡¦s a free country, I told them.¡¨ Eric replies ¡§It isn¡¦t if you can¡¦t go and work somewhere else.¡¨ He is almost self-obsessed and believes that everyone has to look after themselves and no one el
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At this point I think that the Inspector is partially successful. She is horrified when she hears about the girls death; ¡§Sorry! It¡¦s just I can¡¦t help thinking about this girl ¡V destroying herself so horribly ¡V and I¡¦ve been so happy tonight. When he detects that Eric¡¦s mother objects to Eric marrying Sheila he replies with this speech. ¡¨ She wants everyone to face up to their fears and their guilt and not try to dodge and forget about what they have done. Oh I wish you hadn¡¦t told me¡K¡¨
Sheila is the only one who actually understands what the Inspector was trying to do. I think that Birling understands what the Inspector sets out to do. I think she had been chaperoned and accompanied all her life. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. I think that her life has completely changed from this one experience ¡V I think she will act a lot less spoilt and she will be more cautious about everything; Gerald says, ¡§Everything¡¦s all right now, Sheila. ¡§¡K But don¡¦t you see, if all that¡¦s come out tonight is true, then it doesn¡¦t much matter who it was who made us confess. When the others are ready to go back to normal she is about to embark on a new life. ¡K Well when she comes back, you might drop a hint to her. Sheila says, ¡§¡KYou began to learn something. And a police inspector is on his way here ¡V to ask some ¡V questions.
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