Eric Flashcards
‘ why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest price as possible‘
L = question.
D=later I. Makes him question his father is political and economic ideology.
contrast Comparative adjective and superlatives adjective-makes the workers requested seem reasonable and capitalist business seem exploitive of their workers
‘ she didn’t want me to go in… I was in that state where chat easily turns nasty‘
C = Eric affectively rapes Daisy. Illustrates power men over woman and rich over poor and vulnerable.
R = shocking the MC audience; makes them consider their own behaviour and attitudes to WC.
‘ she treated me as if I were a kid though I was nearly as old as she was’
L = noun ‘kid’. Eric is less mature than Daisy.
C = Daisy has had to grow up faster-less less privileged , working-class life and no parents; has to fend for self
‘ you’re not the kind of father chap could go to when he’s in trouble’
The streets divide between father and son personally as well as ideologically.
are = feel sympathy for Eric. He has no one to turn to emotion despite his privilege life. May explain his alcoholism.
‘ you killed her-and your own grandchild’
L = emotive, accusatory language. Emphasises impact of Mr Birling‘s actions-by making a personal to the Birling is Priestley illustrates how an action by Mrs Birling that she dismisses as unimportant can have huge, tragic consequences and others. We are responsible for each other.
‘ you don’t understand anything, you never did’
Mrs B does not understand her son but also refuses to understand the inspectors message that she is responsible for others.
R =create sympathy for Eric. His own mother has never tried to understand him ,he feels isolated and alone
‘ he was a police inspector all right’
L/I- He interrogated them and made them confess. He was then moral inspector rather than a police inspector. They have all committed crimes against another innocent individual
‘ The girls Dead and we all helped kill her’
Eric understand whether or not the inspector was a hoax is a relevant. He does not seek to pass the blame for the girls death but except we share responsibility.
R=Audience feels that he has a tone his terrible treatment of daisy by accepting it and trying to change and become a better socially responsible person
