Abuse of Authority
Some individuals possess greater authority than others. The possession of authority is beneficial and makes life more pleasant but although it brings so much ease to life, it can easily be abused to bring harm to others. In the play, °An Inspector Call± by JB Priestley, there are three characters that abuse their authority on a weaker character. Eric abuses his physical power, Arthur abuses his economic power, and Sybil abuses her power of social connections on Eva Smith. Firstly, it is apparent that Eric abuses his physical power on Eva Smith. Eric do not love Eva but he gets with Eva just to fulfill his desire: °' I wasn¯t in love with her or anything'she was a good sport.± (Priestley, 49) He sees Eva as a sexual object and not as another human being. He forces himself on her, and takes advantage of her while he is drunk: °' I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty- and I threatened to make a row.± (Priestley, 49) Eric¯s wrongful act is carried out by the excessive consume of alcohol, which takes away his control over himself, thus making him to create a big mistake. Eric abuses his physical power on
Lastly, Sybil abuses her power of social connection over Eva. Sybil is the character that leads Eva to commit suicide by rejecting Eva¯s last cry for help: °'I didn¯t like her manner. She¯d impertinently made use of our name, though she pretended afterwards it just happened to be the first she though of'± (Priestley, 42) Sybil is from a high class and she is even more pompous and arrogant than any other characters in the play. She has social connections, which provide her with great authority that can annihilate and torture someone as weak as Eva. Eva¯s request for help in the Brumley Woman¯s Charity Organization is the last help she asks for as a poor lady in the streets who is about to go through her labour. Eva¯s explanation to Sybil about her desperate situation does not convince Sybil at all and Sybil rejects to help her just because she dose not like Eva¯s manner, the fact that Eva introduces herself as °Mrs. Birling.± As a lady working in the charity organization, Sybil is suppose to help anyone who asks for help, but she rejects Eva with no apparent reason. It is not reasonable excuse for Sybil to reject a poor person¯s request f
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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