The only time David can play with a person on his own age is by playing with his sister, and her dolls. David has a mother, father and a sister. David’s father is a stereotypical man; with treating his son that feminine behavior is unacceptable and insulting against him and the family. If behaving in a wrong way, it hurts the family honor. Mr. Murray wants his son to be a strong, manly man, with the ability to provide and look after his family.
The inspector believes a lot in change and shows the view that if you do goo behavior then you can find forgiveness in previous behaviors. The inspector also has a few outbursts but all in all he stays speaking “calmly” and “coolly”. The inspector creates the impression that he is omniscient and is seen as very mysterious and powerful so he is seen like a social conscience. The inspector makes things happen and controls and affects everybody despite the social importance of Birling and Croft. The main function of Inspector Goole is drives the narrative and shows the theme of responsibility throughout the play however his personality is completely based on his
Mattie I believe was very spoiled by her father and sheltered as well. She did have a sense of the outside world as many young girls explore at a young age, she was not given that option. I think the reason for her doing what she did was because she was so sheltered and thought that she could make her own decisions but her own decisions got her mixed up in a situation leaving her basically alone to take care of her son. I believe that her father abandoned her because she went against him and made her own decisions. Etta was a character who did not settle down with a man, she was very free spirited.
However, there are parts of the play that shows that Eric can be mature for example, he is the only one in his family that fully takes responsibility for his part in the death of Eva Smith, with the exception of Sheila, and he makes his feelings clear when Priestley writes ’It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters’. He also shows some maturity when he disagrees with his dad’s work ethic and says ‘I don’t see why she should have been sacked just because she’d bit more spirit than the others’ but he then contradicts this maturity by acting ‘sulkily’ when his father put him in his place. The
This quote is a perfect example of this. Sybil is also unaware of her son’s problems. Throughout the play she keeps getting surprises about her son -and not good ones. At the beginning of the play she finds out from Gerald that Eric has a drinking problem, when he says“ I have gathered that he does drink pretty hard.” This leaves Mrs Birling astonished, baffled and quite angry. She reacts the same when she finds out about Eric being the father of the baby.
He demonstrates a shallow understanding of the seriousness of some events and frequent immaturity. “I don’t know – really. Suddenly I felt I had to laugh.” Another example, after just hearing that Sheila is partly to blame for the death of the girl “My God, it’s a bit thick, when you come to think of it” 7. Inspector Goole Described as being a man of authority and creating an aura of intimidation and purposefulness. Goole appears to be a knowledgeable man and clearly knows how to interrogate people.
The judge wanted everyone to think he was so innocent, but in fact, he was overwhelmingly selfish. Judge Pyncheon is similar to Cap, from The Pathfinder. Although he is not the most visible antagonist in the novel, his attitude of greed, superiority, and ignorance, cause him to be intellectually blinded. He is unable to judge the people around him, and puts his trust in the worst villains, such as the Tuscarora Arrowhead, and Corporal Muir, while being suspicious of the faithful Jasper. Cap and Judge Pyncheon are similar because they both have their outrageous moments.
He holds off at first what he is actually there to say and the, when Mr Birling starts getting agitated, he announces what has happened in a very firm and straightforward way. He says
She seems like the doting wife, who loves taking care of her children and her husband. We also see she has a childish air about her, that most things do not concern her. The pattern between the three women is they all have been living off someone usually a father figure, and have never been independent for themselves. Every other conversation has her laughing off or shaking her hand like what ever trifle at the time does not mean anything. Because she has a carefree manner, she uses her feminism to attract things that she wants or to get out of trouble.
For the majority of this reading I found myself getting more and more frustrated with his ability to talk in circles over and over until anyone listening would be much inclined to simply do away with him. He certainly didn’t make anything easy on himself or let anyone be easy on him. It’s almost as if he wanted to make it difficult for people to be on his side. I agree with Socrates because when it all boils down to the facts he was innocent. He made very intelligent arguments contradicting his accusers and stuck to his principles all the way to his sentencing of death.