Author: Keith Martin

An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley
Do you think that Mrs. Birling is more to blame for the death of Eva Smith than the other characters? Give reasons for your answer.
Mrs. Birling was the ____________ member of the family to see Eva Smith _______________. Eva went in desperation to her _______________ committee, having nowhere else to turn.
Mrs. Birling admits that she prejudiced [influenced] the committee to turn Eva’s _______________ for help down, leaving Eva no option but to _______________ _______________.
Mrs. Birling feels no _______________ for what she did, telling the Inspector “In the circumstances I think I was _______________.”
However, she can’t be held solely ________________ for Eva’ death, because there was a chain of _______________ before she met Eva.
As the Inspector forcefully tells the family just before he leaves, “each of you _______________ to kill her”.
Mrs. Birling herself reminds Mr. Birling of his ______________ in the tragedy:
“Please _______________ before you start accusing me of anything again that it wasn’t I who had her turned out of her ________________ - which probably began it all.”
She is correct because Mr. Birling’s _______________of Eva was the first step on the road to her death. When he fired her for being one of the ____________ in a strike, Eva “was feeling _______________” [the Inspector].
She had little ______________, no work and few friends. If she had kept her job, everything would have been fine.
Mr. Birling, like his wife, feels no _____________ and states “I was quite _______________”.
Sheila comes to _______________ that she is involved when the Inspector mentions what happened at _______________. Eva was lucky to get work there, but Sheila’s _______________ cost her the last regular job she had.
Sheila tries to explain that “it didn’t seem anything very _____________at the time”.
However, she is aware of her ________________ She is even prepared to take all the _______________: “So I’m really responsible?”
The Inspector reassures Sheila that she is not entirely responsible and goes on to explain that Eva changed her name to Daisy Renton.
Gerald goes on to admit that Daisy had been his _______________ the previous summer and that he was “the most _______________ person in her life” at that time.
However, he ended the affair when it ________________ him. Although he gave her some money, she had no regular income.
She became very _______________ The Inspector says her diary revealed: “She felt there’d never be anything as good again for her.”
Perhaps it was at this point that Eva gave up? She believed that there was no hope of ever being as _______________ again.
Mrs. Birling states that the “drunken young idler” who is the father of Eva’s child should bear ________________, without realising that it is her son, Eric.
It is true that Eric got Eric got Eva ________________ so her does share some responsibility. However, he did try to help her out ______________.
It was Eva’s sense of right and wrong that made her refuse the money because she knew it was stolen.. She went to Mrs. Birling’s committee because she _______________ to rely on charity than on _______________ money.
Eric _______________ his mother, saying savagely, “Then you _______________ her . . . Damn you, damn you.”
However, all she did was to _______________ Eva over the edge - Eric and the others had _______________ to lead her there.
In conclusion, Mrs. Birling did play an _______________ part in Eva’s death, but no more so than the rest of the family and Gerald.
Had they not _______________ as they did, Eva would not have _______________the point where she had to beg for help from Mrs. Birling.
Mr. Birling and ________________ caused Eva to lose jobs and security.
Gerald made her _______________for a time, but she became desperate when he ended the relationship.
Eric made her ______________ and therefore she became more desperate still.
Mrs. Birling refused her “a ____________ little bit of organised _______________.
At the end of the play, the only comfort for the audience is that _____________ and _____________, at least, have ______________ from the Inspector and realise that all of us “are ________________ for each other”.
In conclusion, I believe that Inspector Goole’s comment “You all ________________ to kill her” tells as that J. B. Priestley _______________ us to realise that each character was to ________________ for the death of Eva Smith/Daisy Renton, not just _______________.