Character Profiles for an Inspector Calls

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He is married to Sybil Birling and is the father of Sheila and Eric. J.B Priestley describes him as a heavy-looking man in his mid-fifties, with easy manners but rather provincial in his speech. He is the owner of Birling and Company, which is likely some sort of factory business which employs many work class girls to work on the machines. He is a Magistrate and cardinal years ago he was Lord Mayor of Brumley. So he is definitely a man of a tall social status in the town. He describes himself as a hard-headed practical man of business, and he is a very unattackable capitalist in his political views. He is aware of battalion who are superior to him (socially), which is why he shows off close to the port to Gerald, its exactly the same port your father gets. He is proud that he is likely to be knighted, as that would shanghai him even higher in terms of social class. He is optimistic for the future and confident that there ordain not be a war. As the audience knows there will be a war, we begin to doubt Mr Birlings judgement instantly. (So if he is molest about the war, what else will he be wrong about?) He claims the party is one of the happiest nights of my life. This is not only because Sheila will be happy, but mainly because a union with Crofts Limited will be good for his business.



This implies that he is too a very selfish man, he wants to harbor himself and his family only. He believes that socialist ideas that say that there is a big richness in a community are nonsense and that a man has to make his own way. He wants to protect Birling and Co (his business). He also did not think that he did anything wrong when he fired Eva Smith - he was retributory merely looking after his business interests and in his eye was completely innocent. His reputation is very important to him and he wants to protect it. As the Inspectors investigations continue, his selfishness and strong capitalist views get the better of him. In Act 2 it says that he is mostly...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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