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Why does Mrs Birling initially deny that she recognized the girl in the photograph? Mrs. Birling denies recognizing the girl in the photograph because she recently denied her appeal for help. It was, in fact, Mrs. Birling's influence that left Eva without assistance.
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Why - you fool - he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to...
- Act Two
To the horror of Mr. and Mrs. Birling, Gerald confesses that...
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When Birling and Gerald chime in that there’s nothing more to be revealed, the Inspector asks if they’re sure they don’t know what happened to the girl afterward, suggesting that one of the remaining Birlings does. The Inspector reveals that he hasn’t come to the house to see Mr. Birling alone.
A summary of Act One, continued in J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of An Inspector Calls and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
The structure of the play lets Priestley show the characters and audience events in ways that build tension and drama throughout the story. Role of the narrator. Priestley uses Inspector Goole as a narrator who controls the release of information to the audience and characters in the play, and the order that the audience hear key details.
Use of structure in An Inspector Calls. Structure is how the writer chooses to order the events of the story. Does it follow a traditional structure with a beginning, middle...
The Inspector forces the Birlings and Gerald to see the harsh realities of the consequences of their actions – he symbolically shines the bright, hard light on them and removes their ignorance (unawareness or stupidity). Dramatic Irony in An Inspector Calls.
Act One, part 3: An Inspector interrupts (pp. 11–16) Summary; Why is this section important? Key characters: Mr Birling and the Inspector; Key quotation: Asking for the earth; Key structure: The chain begins; Exam focus: Writing about Eva Smith; Act One, part 4: Sheila’s link in the chain (pp. 16–21) Act One, part 5: Sheila’s confession ...
