Eric: quotation Flashcards
Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices
L: question
D: later I. Makes him questions his father’s political and economic ideology. Contrast comp. agj and superlative adj - makes workers requests seem reasonable and capitalist businesses seem exploitive of workers
You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble
Illustrates divide between father and son personally as well as ideologically
R: feel sympathy for Eric. He has no one to turn to emotionally despite his privileged life. May explain his alcoholism
She didn’t want me to go in… I was in the state where a chap easily turns nasty
C: Eric effectively rapes Daisy. Illustrates power of men over women and rich over poor and vulnerable
R: shocking to 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 less mature than Daisy has had to grow up faster- less privileged WC life and no parents; had to fend for herself
You killed her- and… you own grandchild
L: emotive, accusatory language. Emphasises impact of Mr.B’s actions- by making it personal to the Birlings Priestley illustrates how an actio by Mrs.B that she dismisses an unimportant can have huge, tragic consequences on others. We are responsible for each other.
You don’t understand anything. You never did
Mrs.B doesn’t understand her son but she also refuses to understand the Inspector’s message that she is responsible for others.
R: creates sympathy for Eric. His own mother has never tried to understand him. He feels isolated and alone.
He was our police inspector all right
L/I: he ‘interrogated’ them and made them confess. He was their MORAL inspector rather than a police inspector. They have all committed moral crimes against another innocent individual
The girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her
Eric understand whether or not the Inspector was a hoax is irrelevant. He does not seek to pass the blame for the girl’s death but accepts we share responsibility
R: audience feels he has atoned for his terrible treatment of Daisy by accepting it and trying to change and become a better, socially responsible person
