________ uses Mrs. Birling to deliver his Socialist message, that of social responsibility and gender equality.
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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problematic class and gender roles prevalent within Edwardian society, and to explore the dangerous implications of an outdated mindset on the next generation.
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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 "
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Priestley does this to deliver his Socialist message
in the Inspectors words, "we are all responsible for each other"