AIC Flashcards

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“Unsinkable,absolutely unsinkable”

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Forshadowing: defeat of capitalism
Symbolism: arrogance of mr birling, capitalism hits the inspector and he drowns it
Inspector: came to defeat capitalism
Sheila and mrs Birling: defeatest mentality, patriarchal system cant be sunk
Freud id: characters were slave to their desires, they cant be touched

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“We are members of one body”

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Metaphor: inspector believed we are all one, no divide
Adjective “one”: All characters struggled to be one body, threat to ideology, everyone is responsible

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“A man has to make his own way, look after himself and his family”

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Rule of three: what makes a man a man is ability to be capitalist and powerful, they have no feelings, only towards people who have money,engraved in brain
Patriarchy: All character believe in this
Imperative: “has to” all characters are victims of what they follow

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“Fire,blood and anguish”

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Semantic field punishment: highlights importance of change, society,gender has to change
Foreshadowing: no change = punishment
Shows morality and moral crimes

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