'An Inspector Calls' (Quotes) Flashcards
Sheila change in vocabulary
From “mummy” to “mother”
Dramatic irony
“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
“The Germans don’t want war”
Immaturity in Eric and Sheila
“you’re squiffy”
“mummy”
Hypocrite = Gerald
“We are respectable citizens not criminals”
Theme of appearance and reality
“Heavily comfortable but not cosy and homelike “
Capitalist society
“A man has to make his own way - has to look after himself - and his family too.”
War reference
religious hell reference
“If men will not learn that, lesson they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish”
Christian imagery for Christian audience
“We are members of one body”
zoomorphism - Gerald’s lust
“Young and fresh”
sexualising woman/patriarchal society
“Clothes mean something quite different to a woman”
Patriarchal link to marriage
“When you will marry you’ll realise”
