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there are many, but the main ones would be:

- Mr.Birling's mention of the 'unsinkable titanic' which is ironic because it is the exact opposite to his prediction

- also birling's view on the world's development and lack of time for war, this is ironic because straight after this is the 1st world war followed by the second.

- when the inspector rings the doorbell of the house, birling is explaining to Eric and Gerald about responsibility ; the inspector explains the moral meaning of responsibility and shows Mr.Birling he is wrong .

this is all i can i think of now, hope it helped ;)

there is also a lot of dramatic irony used in this play, for example the second world war and the "unsinkable titanic" alongside the ending where the inspector leaves, they discover hes a fake, go back to normal the get a call explaining that a girl had just died, this is irony as it brings out their true colours, and show their reaction/releif when the inspector is found to be a fake, then theyre back to where they started. it's ironic because they discover no girl had died, they celebrate, then the real Eva Smith does die.

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One example of irony in "An Inspector Calls" is when Mr. Birling confidently dismisses the possibility of a scandal, only for the arrival of the Inspector to reveal the family's involvement in Eva Smith's death. This highlights the hypocrisy and self-righteousness of the upper class characters.

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