So he feels he's unworthy of showing her, his remorse because he never tried to help her in the first place. So basically you can't feel sorry in a situation when you didn't try to help in the first place. "No wants the coat they were shot in, even if it were possible to wash out the blood and mend the holes. It was a nice coat when she wore it. Now it doesn't look like much to him.
The older generation can be exemplified through Mrs. Birling, Mr. Birling and Gerald, their attitudes revolve around protecting their own social status whereby do not seem to care for anyone but themselves and their family. This can be recognized when the Inspector reveals all about Eva Smith, and their reaction to this awful death, even though they are involved, seems to be non-existent. Through evidence from the inspector, they still persist that they haven't participated to this death. They are completely unsympathetic towards the girl and take no responsibility for their actions as their domineering behavior makes them feel as if they have done nothing wrong, this can be shown when Mrs. Birling states ‘I think she had only herself to blame.’ By stating this she reiterates to the Inspector that she feels she has no involvement in the death, by stating 'only herself to blame' in relevance to Eva’s death is very self-centered, as she is clearly trying to revert back to it being Eva's fault therefore diminishing herself and her family out of the equation even though she can be considered to play a large part in her death. As they are higher class than this girl they also feel as though the death is less important, as Mrs. Birling states 'Girls of that class.’ This demonstrates that she was prejudice towards the girl whereby due to her class and her position
The lawyer’s problem stems from the fact that he doesn’t know how to deal with and eventually get rid of Bartleby. The issue is not ignorance but confrontation between the lawyer and Bartleby. Delano on the other hand, succumbed to his well-natured obliviousness and overlooks clues of a mutiny right under his nose. However, because of his social conditioning leading him to believe that these events could not possibly occur, even though they crossed his mind, he nearly leads himself and his entire crew to their demise. Captain Delano can be shortly described as “a person of a singularly undistrustful good nature” (2695).
Priestley shows that they don’t care about what they have done when Mrs Birling says “And in spite of what has happened to the girl since, I consider I did my duty.” This shows that she doesn’t think she needs to responsibility for the part she played in Eva Smith’s death. However, when they fear there will be a public scandal they say “But surely…I mean…it’s ridiculous.” Mrs Birling thinks about what she has said and when she works out that it was Eric that got Eva Smith pregnant she tries to take back what she has said and convince the Inspector she was wrong. This conveys a dislike towards the Birling family because even when it is about a girl who has killed herself Mr and Mrs Birling are more concerned in looking out for themselves instead of helping in the
In both Wingfield and Lear families, there was a lack of respect from children to parent. Goneril and Regan feigned their compassion for dear daddy up until the point where he relinquished his power and wealth to them. Then he had become obsolete and was no longer worth paying lip service to. On the Wingfield side, Tom was chained to the household by his sense of duty to the family. He neither had respect for his mother nor did he attempt to mask it up.
Eric admits that he was responsible for getting her pregnant and had offered £50.00 from his dad’s office but that she had refused and told Eric that she did not want to see him again. Eventually when it becomes known that the inspector is a fraud, the Birlings are forced to look at their actions and treatment of Eva Smith/Daisy Renton. The younger Birlings are able to accept that their actions may have had bad consequences with Shiela acknowledging that there are more Eva Smiths/Daisy Rentons out there whereas the older Birlings are in denial of any responsibility or wrongdoing with Mr Birling excusing his behaviour on the grounds that there was no real inspector therefore no real harm had been done which leads Sheila to say to her father and mother that “it’s you two who are being childish, trying not to face the facts”. “An Inspector Calls” by J.B.Priestley is a great play with a very strong moral message running through it. The play conveys the notion of responsibility within society to the reader very clearly through demonstrating actions and
He feels anger towards the white community for radiating such a negative attiude towards the black community for being uneducated yet does not feel that he will be able to help them. As a result he does nothing to help his community, feeling he is not doing any type of harm. Later in the novel, his aunt, Tante Lou persuades him to
He wouldn't take the blame for her. Torvald issues decrees and condescends to Nora, and Nora must hide her loan from him because she knows Torvald could never accept the idea that his wife (or any other woman) had helped save his life. Only when he finds out that Nora won't be charged, he forgives her, and tries to keep her. But it is not going to help him because Nora realized that Torvald doesn't love
The Outsider: Theme When one does not follow society’s expectations, he or she can be judged negatively by others is a theme in The Outsider. In the novel, Meursault is judged by society because of his response to circumstances around him. Meursault is sentenced to death because society cannot accept his behaviour and his actions. His detachment from the outside world and his actions were what caused Meursault’s execution. Meursault’s detached personality is first shown when he showed no emotion at his mother’s funeral and how he did not know his mother’s age: “I [Meursault] hadn’t wanted to see mother, hadn’t cried once and I’d left straight after the funeral without paying my respects at her grave.” (86).
The protagonist of The Outsider, Meursault, is estranged because he does not fit into the social norm. At the news of his mother’s demise, Meursault does not feel the agony that normal people do when hearing their parents’ deaths. His lack of emotion is further evinced by his sending his mother to the Senior’s House. In Meursault’s psyche, he feels that his mother is a burden to him. He thinks that the Senior House is a better choice for the both of them as his mother would be happier there.