which horrifies Birling, who can only think of production costs and ignores the human side of the issue. The old will The are do anything honest and to protect admit their themselves: faults. Eric Mrs Birling refuses to try lies to the to cover his Inspector part up, when he saying, "the first shows fact remains her the that I did photograph; what I did." Mr Birling wants to cover up a potential scandal. They have Sheila and been Eric see the forced to human side examine of Eva's their story and consciences are very before and troubled by find they their part in cannot do it it. They do now - as the examine saying their goes, 'you consciences. can't teach an old dog new tricks.' Mr and Mrs Sheila and Birling have Eric have much to nothing to fear from fear from the the visit of visit of the the 'real' 'real' inspector inspector because because they know they have they will already lose admitted everything. what they have done wrong, and will change. Gerald Croft is caught in the middle, being neither very young nor old. In the end he sides with the older generation, perhaps because his aristocratic roots influence him to want to keep the status quo and protect his own interests.
which horrifies Birling, who can only think of production costs and ignores the human side of the issue. The old will do anything to protect themselves: Mrs Birling lies to the Inspector when he first shows her the photograph; Mr Birling wants to cover up a potential scandal. The are honest and admit their faults. Eric refuses to try to cover his part up, saying, "the fact remains that I did what I did." They have been forced to examine their consciences before and find they cannot do it now - as the saying goes, 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks.' Sheila and Eric see the human side of Eva's story and are very troubled by their part in it. They do examine their consciences. Mr and Mrs Birling have much to fear from the visit of the 'real' inspector because they know they will lose everything. Sheila and Eric have nothing to fear from the visit of the 'real' inspector because they have already admitted what they have done wrong, and will change. Gerald Croft is caught in the middle, being neither very young nor old. In the end he sides with the older generation, perhaps because his aristocratic roots influence him to want to keep the status quo and protect his own interests.