Gender roles
Social classes
Mr Birling
Birling Family
Political views
100
What were men and women expected to do?
Men were supposed to work and provide for the family. Women were supposed to take care of the house and family.
100
List the main social classes.
Working Middle Upper
100
How was Mr. Birling portrayed in the novel?
As a capitalist; greedy, selfish and inconsiderate.
100
What role do Sheila and Eric play in the novel?
They are challenging the older traditions and their parents.
100
What were Mr Birling's political views?
He was a capitalist and thought that everyone should look out for them selfs.
200
What were rich and poor women seen as?
All a rich woman could do was get married and all a poor woman wa seen as cheap labour.
200
What were the differences between the middle and working class?
The middle class are depicted as being comfortable and wealthy with few worries. The working class was characterised as hard working and poor with many troubles.
200
In his speech early in the novel, how is Mr. Birling characterised as a fool?
He claims there will be no World War, that the Titanic will not sink and the Russians will never revolutionise.
200
What did Eric do to his father, that his father found awful?
He stole money from his company to pay for Eva Smith.
200
What did Mr Birling plan on doing to his business in his speech.
He plant to merge his company with Croft limited, the company of his daughters fiancé.
300
What was Eva Smith seen as?
She was seen as cheap labour.
300
What were the typical results of workers going on strike?
They were typically fired and new workers were hired in their place, as jobs were difficult for the working class people to find.
300
How does he react to Eva Smith's death?
He impatiently hurries the inspector along telling him that is not his problem.
300
How are the two generations of the Birling family shown to be at odds with each other?
The older generation refuse their responsibility for their actions towards Eva Smith, while the younger generation takes responsibility for their actions.
300
In the novel An Inspector Calls, how were capitalism and socialism portrayed?
Capitalism was portrayed as evil and almost dictatorial. Socialism was depicted as caring, free and equal.
400
How were women typically viewed by men?
Women were used as possessions or sexual objects by men. (Notably, women were expected to remain chaste before marriage but men had more freedom)
400
What were ways one could move to another class?
In Mr Birling's case being knighted or marrying up.
400
How does Mr Birling treat his family?
He only thinks about being knighted and his reputation, however in the end it seems like he learned his lesson.
400
What effect did the evening have on the Birling family?
Each member of the family were connected to Eva Smith's death and all lying and trying to blame each other, however some members accepted what they had done.
400
What group does Mr. Birling’s views represent and how are they portrayed?
Mr. Birling is shown to be a capitalist; greedy, dishonest and inconsiderate.
500
What normally happened to an employed woman after she was married?
In almost every case she was expected to leave her job to spend all her time at home.
500
What did Mr. Birling do to contribute to Eva Smith's death?
He fired her when she asked for a raise, this lead to chain of events that ended in her suicide.
500
What does Sheila’s engagement to Gerald mean to Mr. Birling?
Birling has ambitions for Crofts Limited and Birling and Company to work together at some point in the future as a result of Sheila and Gerald's marriage
500
How does Sheila change throughout the novel?
Sheila is shown to be immature and appears obsessive over material wealth and goods rather than other qualities such as honesty. By the end of the play she begins to take responsibility for her actions, she becomes more independent and refuses to go along with her parent’s charades any longer
500
What group does Inspector Goole’s views represent and how are they portrayed?
Inspector Goole is shown to be a socialist; generous, honest and caring of others.
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