AIC characters Flashcards
[easy, well-bred young man about town] - g
Assimilates, paragon, resistant to change, social status
animalistic: persona, victim, unaware, indoctrinated
“we’re respectable citizen and not criminals”-g
pronoun: divide, mocking, ironic, bias + ignorance, lack morality
alliteration: blurs lines, no consequences, ridicules
“she looked young and fresh and charming”-g
fresh: prey, predator, innocence -primal + lustful desires, not prostitute-sympathy , Gerald didn’t want a Micheton
Polysyndeton: amplifies, relentlessness, physical fantasy- refuge constraints
“everything’s alright now Sheila [holds up the ring] what about this ring?”-g
metonym: devoid of love, power + possession, comfort ingrained societal beliefs
cyclical structure: regress- not changed, disappointed, absolve guilt
“its better to ask for the world than to take it”-i
take: religion, 7 deadly sins, moral foundation, no guilt
syntax: importance-collective responsibility, cycle
Inspector + Mr B
“we are members of one body”-i
singular imagery: interconnectedness, duty, lesson
biblical illusion: baptism, like Jesus, salvation
intentions- socialism
“as if she were an animal, a thing, not a person”-i
asyndetic: relentless rep- marginalisation + exploitation
beastly imagery: microcosm, dehumanising, systematic
audience-emphasising socialism
Priestley
“if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish”-i
polysyndeton: perpetuating cycle- responsibility + remorse
biblical illusion: like God, importance- fundamental
context-ww2
inspectors omniscient
“why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices”-e
rhetorical-turning point, morality - socialism, dismantles capitalist, questions ethics
realisation-upper class exploitation + detrimental impacts
alliteration-sound, outdated - older gen, social bias, government-laissez-faire
Priestley-questions
“but don’t forget im ashamed of you as well- yes both of you”-e
connotations: embarrassment, challenging disillusionment
hyphen- simplifies sentences, alike inspector- growing post-liberation, obdurate parents
condescending, fearless, catalyse change
“she was pretty and a good sport”-e
syntax: power, appearance, object
connotations: games, objectification-1912, callousness, gratification, microcosm, toxic dynamic -upper class
emblematic- disposable treatment
“I did what I did. And mother did what she did. And the rest of you did what you did to her”-e
recurrent personal pronoun: accountability-socialism
parallelism “did”: interconnectedness
growth
exploitation- guilt
“look mummy- isn’t it a beauty”-s
short speech: inferior, disenfranchised, infantile, oppressed-social class, society
objectification: ironic-women, e + s- “pretty”, although class- oppressive
“but these girls aren’t cheap labour their people”
connotations: weak, upper prey on disadvantaged- exposes father- sees human cost of capitalism, fuels disgust- lack remorse
humanistic perspective- I frees from shackles, proxy, guilt- responsibility- change, infantile façade crumbles, symbol- women right in 1945
“[rather wildly, with laugh] no, he’s giving us the rope- so that we’ll hang ourselves”
stage-directions: disillusionment, liberates constraints- embracing, absurd, parents delusion, mocking, shirk responsibilities
symbolism: fibres intertwined, responsibility, woven into fabric, moral duty
slowly poison themselves
“what he made me feel. Fire+ blood+ anguish”-s
personal pronoun: genuine remorse, opposite parents, develop consequences
consequences
proxy- lesson, emulation-I rep polysyndeton, relentless consequences, indoctrinated
“Sheila, what an expression! Really the things you girls pick up these days”- mrs
condescending noun: patronising, infantile, vulnerable, exploitive
symbolise emancipation- make her docile- fears change (women supressing others)
exclamative: marionette of class- hold up conventions, frantic, faux-pas, expectations, threat
disease, etiquette, p- ridiculing for being stubborn
“I consider I did my duty”- mrs
personal pronoun: capitalist, immortality, audience- anticipation, wait remorse-none,
duty: disparity of perspectives, duty to refuse eva as upper class- her role is philanthropic, intro to audience- social vs moral duty dichotomy, P- critiques welfare- hollow, corrupt, performative
“I don’t suppose for a moment we can understand why the girl committed suicide. Girls of that class…”
that: dismissal, aggregate, inferior+ homogenous - no individuality, dehumanising, objectifying
No mention of class: repulses her, arrogant
repetition: vunerable, happy to exploit + rationalise it-capitalist advancement, prejuidice
Shes sheilded from consequences by class
“he certainly didn’t make me confess” - mrs
subtle suggest- admits responsibility threat to status
imperatives: actively rejecting responsibly + try to have power
confess: crime, lack remorse + guilt
Short sentence: effortless capitalist ideologies, moral/legal condemnation
“as if we were all mixed up like bees in a hive- community and all that nonsense”- mr
dismisses idea-intertwining responsibility, ending negligence- trivial
collective responsibility: hive equal
zoomorphism: mocking lower, degradation, animalistic
hyphen- theatrical pause, can’t say it- repulses him– vilifies him to audience
bees: insignificant
“Public men, Mr B, have responsibilities and privileges”- mr
fragmentation: fragmented perception of responsibility + accountability- exploitation, social class allows him to dehumanise
syntax: inspectors view is most important, Mr B- materialistic over responsibility - immoral
“there’ll be a public scandal”- mr
stagnant character: self-serving outlook persists, ignores moral + civic obligations
Euphemistic lang- he is committing crime, would dismantle crafted façade he maintain a public perception, no remorse just cares about social status
