"An Inspector Calls": Issues And Priestly's Viewpoint

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hard to make his money, and when he finally reaches the top his
wealth and popularity is threatened by a suicide scandal.

The characters are a mixture of Capitalist's and Socialist's, Mr Birling being a
self made upper-class Capitalist, his wife also has great belief in the family
name, and works hard to keep a good reputation for herself and her family. The
secretive but most sympathetic of the Birling's is Eric their son, who has a
great deal to do with the Suicide of Eva Smith. Eric's sister is Sheila who gets
on well with Eric but seems rather spoilt. Another key member in the play is
Sheila's fiancée Gerald Croft who is another wealthy industrialist, although
Gerald has inherited his wealth unlike Birling.

Each of these people in turn is implicated in Eva Smith's death. Priestley puts
his hope and his beliefs in Sheila and Eric, whose consciences have not yet
been destroyed by their rich mother and father.

Priestly's modern equal class-consciousness is in evidence too, and a ...

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