An Inspector Calls: Birling - Key Quotations, Visuals and Essay

These resources are designed to support GCSE, English Literature teachers in delivering engaging and comprehensive lessons on An Inspector Calls. Focused on Mr. Birling’s character, they include detailed guidance, structured activities, and critical prompts to help students analyze key aspects of the play while developing their analytical writing skills.

Includes:

-Mr. Birling’s portrayal as a symbol of capitalist values, authority, and social irresponsibility.

• Activities unpack his overconfidence, limited understanding of world events, and generational conflicts.
• Dramatic Irony and Priestley’s Intention
• Questions linking Mr. Birling’s actions to Priestley’s critique of societal inequalities.
• Essay Writing Support
• Step-by-step guidance for crafting PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explanation-Link) paragraphs.
• Example responses model high-quality analytical writing.
• Prompts encourage the use of subject-specific terminology, such as “dramatic irony” and “patronizing tone.”
• Key Quotations: A curated list of significant quotes with analysis to support memorization and interpretation.
• Interactive Activities: Picture prompts for creative engagement, allowing students to visualize and annotate scenes.
• Reflective questions for exploring Mr. Birling’s role within the play and its broader moral lessons.