One important theme for ‘An Inspector Calls’ is generations. Priestley use generations to separate the characters thoughts and attitudes. The older generations are Mr. Birling and Mrs. Birling and the younger generation are Sheila and Eric.Gerald is another important character that is in the half of older and younger generations. The play is divided into three sections.
The first section of the play is before the inspector arrives which is the first half of the act one. In this part of the play it focus mainly about Mr.Birling in the older generation. Mr.Birling is present at the head of the dinner table, symbolising his position as the head of the family and showing the dominance of the older generations toward the younger generations. …show more content…
It is when the family argue on there own and find that the inspector isn’t real. After the older generations which is Mr and Mrs Birling and Gerald discover that the inspector isn’t real they are celebrating in their response.They believe that they have got away from it. However, the younger generations refuse to believe this they think that it isn’t matter if the inspector is or isn’t real. They realise that they have done a terrible thing to a poor defensive women who have lost her life. The only thing that the older generations worried about is whether they have to be punished for it but the younger generations believe that the punishment should be on their own consciousness. The older generations only concerned with their own public image. They have no remorse for Eva. They still don’t believe that they have done anything wrong with Eva. They only concerned about what other people will look at them. The younger generations continue to feel guilty and they get angry at the older birlings for thinking that nothing bad has happen. The clash here shows the big difference in generations.
This is what Priestley trying to show overall. Priestley has use the keyword “hope” to put across in an inspector calls that perhaps the younger generations will be more conscious of the idea of community and they will help each other. The younger generation tend to feel sorry about Eva Smith’s death. Priestley ends the play in this way to make the audience think that the younger generation still have hope to change the world because in the play Sheila and Eric change their mind from no guilt at the start of the play to have a lot of guilt for what they did
The first section of the play is before the inspector arrives which is the first half of the act one. In this part of the play it focus mainly about Mr.Birling in the older generation. Mr.Birling is present at the head of the dinner table, symbolising his position as the head of the family and showing the dominance of the older generations toward the younger generations. …show more content…
It is when the family argue on there own and find that the inspector isn’t real. After the older generations which is Mr and Mrs Birling and Gerald discover that the inspector isn’t real they are celebrating in their response.They believe that they have got away from it. However, the younger generations refuse to believe this they think that it isn’t matter if the inspector is or isn’t real. They realise that they have done a terrible thing to a poor defensive women who have lost her life. The only thing that the older generations worried about is whether they have to be punished for it but the younger generations believe that the punishment should be on their own consciousness. The older generations only concerned with their own public image. They have no remorse for Eva. They still don’t believe that they have done anything wrong with Eva. They only concerned about what other people will look at them. The younger generations continue to feel guilty and they get angry at the older birlings for thinking that nothing bad has happen. The clash here shows the big difference in generations.
This is what Priestley trying to show overall. Priestley has use the keyword “hope” to put across in an inspector calls that perhaps the younger generations will be more conscious of the idea of community and they will help each other. The younger generation tend to feel sorry about Eva Smith’s death. Priestley ends the play in this way to make the audience think that the younger generation still have hope to change the world because in the play Sheila and Eric change their mind from no guilt at the start of the play to have a lot of guilt for what they did