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21 Cards in this Set
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mr birling
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a large man
hard headed man of buisness farther to sheila and eric husband to sibil |
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sybil birling
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her husband, arthurs social superior
doesn't accept any responsibility mother to eric and sheila wife to mr birling (arthur birling) |
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sheila birling
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more reasonable and modern in her ways of thinking
most grown up in the whole house engaged to gerald croft sister of eric daughter of sybil and arthur birling |
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eric birling
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more reasonable
alcoholic more modern than his parents not so grown up brother of sheila son of sybil and arthur |
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Gerald Croft
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man of business
suck up has rich parents parents own crofts.Ltd engaged to sheila birling |
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The inspector
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strange mysterious man
known as goole (ghoul) a police inspector interviewing the birlings and gerald for the murder of eva smith (aka daisy renton) |
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Daisy Renton/Eva Smith
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dead before play starts
suicide (drank bleach) connected to everyone in the play mysterious character don't learn much about her |
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who does the inspector talk to first?
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mr birling
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what does he talk to him about?
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the death of eva smith.
eva worked for mr Birling and he ended up firing her. |
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why did he fire her?
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because she asked for more money than they were being paid.
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who did he talk to next ?
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sheila Birling
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what did he talk to her about ?
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a trip she made to a hat shop where eva worked.
she got eva fired. |
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why did she get her fired?
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she thought eva was laughing at her so she complained to the manager and threatened to never shop there again.
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who was spoken to next?
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Gerald Croft
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how was he involved?
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he knew eva as daisy a name she took up after she was fired.
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why did she take up this name?
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because after she got fired she wanted to start over. she ended up getting a jod at a gentleman's club as a prostitute. thats how gerald met her.
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what happened after that?
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her helped her with money and a place to stay they were together for a summer (he was already with Sheila) he later broke it off and she left.
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who did the inspector talk to next?
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mrs Birling
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how was she involved?
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she declined to her daisy/eva when she went to the womens charity committee where mrs birling worked.
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why did she refuse to give help to her
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because eva saud her name was mrs Birling to hide her real identity mrs Birling was annoyed.
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why did eva go there in the first place?
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because she became pregant and was not married. mrs birling blamed the farther and told her to ask him fr help.
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