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Who in Your Opinion is most Responsible for the Death of Eva Smith?
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Who in Your Opinion is most Responsible for the Death of Eva Smith? 'An Inspector Calls' is a 1940s detective mystery play written by J.B. Priestley based around the suicide of the character Eva Smith, a working class woman who has a direct link to every member of the Birling family. Priestley's main anxiety was the idea of capitalism and it's 'every man is an island' ideas as he was a famous socialist. The Inspector in the play wants to show the Birlings that their actions have consequences and affect the lives of other people, irrespective of their class. Eva Smith's death was the result of a chain of events that began with the head of the Birling family, Mr Birling, sacking her from her job at his factory when she asked for higher wages than the meager amount he was paying her. Mr Birling does not think that he...
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