AIC - Inspector Goole Flashcards
1
Q
invertive detective structure
A
“each of you helped to kill her”
2
Q
- anadiplosis
- The inspector’s investigation focuses of the surprising links between different events and people
- the content of these statements is INEXTRICABLY connected and leads on from one another
A
“Because what happened to her then may
have determined what happened to her
afterwards, and what happened to her
afterwards may have driven her to suicide”
3
Q
- Mesterious character: Enigmatic
- We learn about what the inspector is not rather than what he is
A
“I don’t play golf”
“I never take offence”
4
Q
Supernatural
A
Goole = Goul (Ghost / Spirit)
IG haunts the Birlings about their roles in Eva’s death
5
Q
knows too much - Prescient
imposter?
A
Eva only died two hours ago but he knows so much
The inspector reads her letter and a “sort of diary”
6
Q
God-like / moralistic / other-worldly
A
“Fire and blood and anguish”
- allusion to the biblical description of hell (A blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth)
7
Q
what did Sewell Stoke say in his 1947 ‘Theatre Arts’ Article? (Panache and Port Wine)
A
“Then the bell rings and in comes Inspector Goole (Inspector Priestley to be more exact) “
