The play revolves around the death of Eva Smith who is said to have committed suicide after her unfortunate meetings with each of the Birling's and Gerald. At the start of the play the Birling's are celebrating Sheila's engagement with Gerald, when unexpectedly inspector Goole arrives to question the Birling's and Gerald. The inspector tries to show and convince the characters how and what parts they played in Eva's death. All the characters succumb to the inspector's unconventional way of questioning and tell him how they each were in relation to Eva's death. Each character played a part towards the eventual demise of Eva and they were all responsible for her death in one way or another. I believe that it was not one particular incident that led to her suicide, but that it was the chain of events that the characters participated in.
After the inspector departs Gerald finds out that the inspector was not in fact an inspector and the whole thing was a hoax. Sheila and Eric are still......
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