EXTREMELY IMPORTANT - Finding your way around the text.

The first thing that you will need to do is to know your way around the play pretty well. You are going to be asked a question about the whole of the play. I think most of you will do well just talking about it based on what you know, but remember you need to write in PEE.

In order to write in PEE, you need quotes. And, for this, you need to be able to find the parts of the play that you need.

So, below is a brief summary of what happens in each Act:


Act 1:

*The celebration happens.
*Birling gives his speech about how great Britain is.
*The Inspector arrives at the house.
*The Inspector questions Arthur Birling about the sacking of Eva Smith.
*The Inspector speaks to Sheila about getting Eva Smith sacked from Milwards
*The Inspector starts to talk to Gerald Croft.


Act 2:

*The Inspector starts to question Gerald about his affair with Eva Smith/Daisy Renton.
*Gerald admits he had some feelings for her and is in shock.
*Gerald goes out for a walk.
*Sybil comes in and is very rude to the Inspector and tells him she has done nothing wrong.
*He questions Sybil about turning her Eva Smith/Daisy Renton away from the charity.
*She explains that she did it because the girl 'had the audacity to use the name 'Birling'.
*Sybil claims that it is Eva Smith's own responsibility AND the father of the baby.

Act 3:

*We learn that Eric is the baby's father.
*The Inspector questions Eric about meeting Eva, getting her pregnant
*We find out he has been stealing money from the family business to support her
*We find out that Eva Smith turned down the money once she knew it was stolen.
*The Inspector gives them one final lecture about treating people well, then he leaves.
*They all panic for a bit (particularly the older ones)
*The younger characters feel bad for their actions
*Gerald comes back and says he has discovered that the Inspector was a fake.
*The older characters celebrate and believe that they are now all 'off the hook'
*The phone rings. It is the REAL police wanting to speak to the Birlings about a REAL suicide (they didn't learn their lesson)


If nothing else, you should be memorising this so that you can find your way around the play!

NW