Mrs. Birling essay (AIC)

Priestley

Priestley

________ uses Mrs. Birling to deliver his Socialist message, that of social responsibility and gender equality.

Priestley

________ uses Mrs. Birling as a vehicle for him to highlight the problematic class and gender roles prevalent within Edwardian society, and to explore the dangerous implications of an outdated mindset on the next generation.

Priestley presents Mrs. Birling as shallow and judgmental, when she refuses her help to Eva Smith because she used her last name, "quite deliberate

and naturally … that prejudiced me "

Priestley does this to deliver his Socialist message

in the Inspectors words, "we are all responsible for each other"