An inspector calls Flashcards
Someone who believes money should be used to help everyone, especially those in need
Socialist
The inspector is a mouthpiece for Priestley’s socialist views, and Sheila and Eric begin to agree with him
Someone who automatically dislikes a whole group of people, without having met them
Prejudice Mr and Mrs Birling are prejudiced against working-class women like Eva
Birling: ‘For ____ ____ and ____ _____’
Gerald: ‘_____ hear’
Birling: ‘For lower costs and higher prices’
Gerald: ‘ Hear hear’
Sheila: ‘ ______ ____ aren’t cheap ____they’re _______’
Sheila: ‘These girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people’
Eric: ‘That girl’s _____ ____ ____ all ____ __ ____ ____’
Eric: ‘That girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her’
Sheila: ‘We’re not ____ ____ _____ who ____ ____ _____ ______’
Sheila: ‘We’re not the same people who sat down to dinner’
Mrs Birling: (Stage direction) ‘ A rather _____ _____ and her _____ _____ _______’
Mrs Birling:(Stage direction) ‘A rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior’
When someone is young and doesn’t know much about the world
Immature
Sheila is immature at the beginning of the play but grows up quickly’
Treating something as not even worth thinking about
Dismissive Mrs Birling is dismissive of working-class women like Eva Smith
What social class is Birling, who is wealthy but has made his own money?
Upper-middle class He does not come from an old family, have inherited money or a title like 'Lord' or 'Lady', as his w3ife does
What social class is Eva Smith/Daisy Renton, who works on the factory floor?
Working-class Eva/Daisy has no way to improve her life, and the other characters take advantage of her
Sheila: (Stage direction) ‘A _____ girl, rather _____ ____ ____’
Sheila: (Stage direction) ‘A pretty girl, rather pleased with life’
Mrs Birling: ‘As if _ __ __ _____ would ever ____ _____!’
Mrs Birling: ‘As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!’
Gerald: ‘I ___ those ____-_____, _____-____ women’
Gerald: ‘I hate those hard-eyed, dough-faced women’
What technique does Priestley use when Birling says that Titanic is ‘Unsinkable’, but the audience knows it sank?
Dramatic irony
Priestley uses how we should not listen to Birling
Which social class is Gerald Croft, whose mother is Lady Croft
Upper class Gerald is from a well-connected old family; his parents are a Lord and Lady
What is the technique Priestley uses when the Inspector says ‘we are all members of one body?’
Metaphor
This biological metaphor suggests that it’s natural for everyone to work together
Someone who believes that they should make money and keep it as personal profit
Capitalist
Mr Birling is a capitalist who believes that he should use his own money to ‘look after himself and his own’
How did the Second World War affect the class system?
It helped to break down class barriers; all the classes worked together in the army, and discovered they had a lot in common
The question is about the role of women.
What could you write about?
Role of women
The stereotypical roles for women in Edwardian Britain (obedient wife, pretty girl) The insulting, sexist treatment of women by Gerald
The ring as a symbol of male power - it will be difficult change to happen
The question is about social responsibility. What could you write about?
Social responsibility
