🔵 An Inspector calls: Characters Flashcards
1
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Name all the characters in the ‘Inspector calls’ novel
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- Arthur Birling
- Sybil Birling
- Sheila Birling
- Eric Birling
- Gerald Croft
- Inspector Goole
- Eva Smith
2
Q
What is another name of *Eva Smith’?
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Daisy Renton
3
Q
How is Inspector Goole presented throughout the play?
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- Omniscient, moral force for good
- Socialist views and Ideology are channelled through the Inspector
- Priestly uses the inspector to catalyse change in perceptions of responsibility
4
Q
Describe how Priestly uses the Inspector to ‘catalyse change in perceptions of responsibility’
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By encouraging the younger generation to break away from the older, more traditional & individualistic generation
- Uses the final speech to warn audience of consequences of being capitalist & individualistic
5
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Describe how the Inspector uses the ‘final speech to warn audience of consequences of being capitalist & individualistic’?
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- Incorporates biblical references - establish an atmosphere similar to that of Catholic mass
- Symbolises the role of a pastor
—> ‘if men will not learn that lesson’
—> message extends to the rest of the audience ‘men’ = plural noun instructed by the inspector to ‘learn that lesson’ of capitalism & detrimental effects of commercialism
6
Q
Describe how the Inspector is presented as a ‘Omniscient, moral force for good’
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- ‘Goole’ sounds like ghoul - word for ghost
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7
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How is Gerald Croft presented throughout the play?
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- Priestly uses the character of Gerald to represent the individualism of the upper class
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