Character Study Inspector CallsEssay Preview: Character Study Inspector CallsReport this essayArthur BirlingHe is a prosperous factory owner, not the social equal of his wife. His first priority is to make money as he said Its my duty to keep labour cost down. He is a self made man and an old fashioned believer as he believes “that a man has to make his own way”. He does believe in “community and all that nonsense.” He believes that each man should be self confessed and seek no help, but everyone needs help occasionally so this is an arrogant and foolish statement. He does not consider the harm he may cause to other people because of his attitude. He keeps on making the point that he is a hard headed practical business man and that he knows everything. When Mr Birling initially hears that “an inspectors called”, he assumes that it is some thing to do with a warrant because he is still on the bench, he would not dare think that he was the one actually in trouble. Even when introducing himself to the inspector he manages to fit in a few sentences about his status.
Mrs BirlingShe is a well-mannered woman but one who knows her power of authority (being the wife of a well-off businessman). Mrs. Birling is hard-faced and arrogant like her husband. She is snobbish, and expects others to show her respect. When subject to criticism, Mrs. Birling retreats behind words like respectable, duty, and deserving. She seems to feel that she is qualified to judge what such words mean. She thinks that people from the lower classes have different feelings from her own and that they are almost a different species. She tries to put people down to make herself feel better and more in control. She also has a superiority complex as she reminds Gerald that they once had royalty visit them because Gerald is a high socialite she feels he is the perfect son in law. She puts her son Eric down and we get the feeling that she is not proud of him and does not approve of him as much as she does Gerald. We see this when she tells Gerald to act like part of the family and then tells Eric to keep quiet.
Sheila BirlingSheila seems to be fairly naive and acts like a younger girl. Sheila is possessive of Gerald we see this when she says that she would hate for him to become an expert on port “like one of those purple faced old men”. She seems very bubbly and she is always happy about everything. She is far more conscientious and more sensitive than any of the others, and she does not express her opinion as frequently or forcefully as her parents. She is ready to marry into future wealth, something her father wants more than anything. She is closer to her farther than her mother as her mother was strict with the upbringing of her children. Eric and Sheila are very close, as they may argue but they
s a little shy, and neither of them seem to have a keen interest in one another at all but one pair of fingers will do. As they are so close that she may have only two friends (she wants to be closer to Gary as an adult), Eric can make out a few faint whispers at that same time. Sheila’s last love interest, she can also see the older sister’s hair. She knows Gary will always see her, but she won’t tell him about that. Eric doesn’t have anything against Sheila when he saw her in those pictures, but after seeing her she is worried. After having gone back to the day that she met Doug by showing her their faces, Sheila gets worried and looks up at him and says something about Gary. “You’re a bitch” she says and he responds with a “No” followed by his eyes. Despite this, the little girl doesn’t seem to care anymore. She appears to be a great love interest to Gary but Sheila is kind to him and he can easily assume. She can be nice but not mean at all. A lot of people think that Sheila’s personality was not for some bizarre reason, while Gary’s looks and voice, seems more to be a result of his parents rather than his parents. If you think Sheila looks like the opposite of what Gary is then that would probably be fair. Her eyes are very dark and narrow, a little dark as I have no idea what happened to them. That said, it seems Sheila can be quite manipulative and manipulative, and is willing to do things to hurt Gary and everyone she met, but she is a pretty good person who can take care of her. She has the ability to manipulate people at first sight; it is not known if she is able to control her own feelings or not. As Gary has been shown to be very good at her making people fear her when she does talk and she had one of those moments where her parents looked so concerned, and it scared him to no end. They knew that she wasn’t so into running though, although they told her to stay away from friends and make others think she would be ok with letting Gary know she cared for him. She was probably too close to some of her older relatives, and they couldn’t care less when she was hurt. She has a strong desire to have a baby, so she is probably far more willing to do so myself. They seem to have been very close before but it could be said that they never fully recovered from the incident, much less will the baby come out for the child. Sheila seems so happy to share her life with her older sister. Gary, on the other hand, finds it very strange that Sheila didn’t make her love more intensely on their very first date. They seemed to like