Important quotes

Question 1

‘I did nothing I’m ashamed of’ - Mrs Birling

Answer 1

L= nothing pronoun
Shows how Mrs Birling refuses to take responsibility for her actions and refuses to believe that she is part of the chain of events.

Question 2

‘girls of that class’ - Mrs Birling

Answer 2

Stereotypical views of the WC

Question 3

‘gross impertinence’ - Mrs Birling

Answer 3

L= noun
should show humility, shows how the WC are misinterpreted. creates sympathy.

Question 4

‘well’ - inspector

Answer 4

cliffhanger, coincides with Aristotles dramatic unities.

Question 5

The end of the play being Naturalistic

Answer 5

imitates reality, Aristotles dramatic unities, repeats which subverts the reality making the audience feel uneasy providing no neat resolution. Shows that Priestley’s message needs to be acted on to solve the dissonance.

Question 6

‘Its better to ask for the earth than to take it’ - inspector

Answer 6

hyperbolic metaphor, emphasises unreasonable nature of Mr Birlings exploitation of the WC.

Question 7

‘lonely, half starved , desperate’ - inspector

Answer 7

emotive language, makes the birlings feel guilty, audience fells sympathy for Eva.

Question 8

‘young ones.. more impressionable’ - inspector

Answer 8

adverb=more, reflects Priestleys hope for social reform lay with the younger generation. Targeted at the younger middle class audience post ww2.

Question 9

‘your daughter isn’t living on the moon’ - inspector

Answer 9

hyperbolic imagery, should be able to know what’s happening so she can change it for the better.

Question 10

‘we are members of one body’ - inspector

Answer 10

metaphor, health of the body represents society and depends on its parts to survive=how society treats each other.

Question 11

‘fire and blood and anguish’ - inspector

Answer 11

violent tricolon, emphasises Priestlys hope for change, audience in 1946 lived through 2 ww’s. realise need for change.

Question 12

‘you slammed the door in her face’ - inspector

Answer 12

metaphor/ idiom, refusal from Mrs Birling emphasises terrible consequences. Audience feels disgust. shows abuse of power

Question 13

‘used her as if she was an animal, a thing, not a person’ - inspector ∆∆∆∆

Answer 13

noun thing reduces her to an object, audience feels pathos to Eva smith and feels horrified at how Eric dehumanises her. this also coincides with a Marxist perspective as she is reduced to a object brought for sex in a capitalist society. reflects on the lack of power that women had in Edwardian society. Ties in with priestleys critical views of capitalist economy that reduces people to possessions completely dehumanising them.

Question 14

‘public men… have responsibilities as well as privileges’ - inspector

Answer 14

nouns responsibilities and privileges. emphasises that people in power have a duty to other members in society to treat them equally an don’t abuse their power.

Question 15

‘chain of events’ - inspector. + ‘share’

Answer 15

verb=share, COE= metaphor all responsible and their actions have consequences. No person more responsible for another.

Question 16

‘pink and intimate’ ‘brighter and harder’

Answer 16

shows how the Birlings see the world through rose tinted glasses due to their privileges but how the inspector is about to cause tension and shatter their expectations of reality by shining a spotlight on their actions to others.

Question 17

‘The Titanic.. unsinkable’ - Mr Birling

Answer 17

symbolism and dramatic irony. shows how the inspector will be the metaphorical iceberg that will destroy Mr Birlings self confidence. shows the downfall of capitalism as all the things that capitalism has put trust in has failed and will continue to fail. audience knows that the titanic sank.

Question 18

‘you musnt try to build up a kind of wall between us and the girl’ - sheila

Answer 18

metaphor, mrs Birling refuses to accept responsibility.

Question 19

‘like bees in a hive’ - Mr Birling

Answer 19

simile, mocks socialism.

Question 20

‘I dont play golf’ - inspector

Answer 20

inspector determined to teach them a lesson and will not be intimidated.

Question 21

‘fairy prince’ - Sheila

Answer 21

metaphor and simile, try to act as a saviour and abuses his power and status.

Question 22

‘Pitiable little bit of..charity’ - Inspector

Answer 22

emotive adj pitiable, 1912 no welfare state, sympathy for daisy.

Question 23

‘Eva Smith’

Answer 23

related to Eve from the bible + smith is a common British name.

Question 24

‘our police inspector all right’ - Eric

Answer 24

plural possessive pronoun, emphasises collective responsibly, inspected them morally.

Question 25

‘its a hoax’ - Gerald

Answer 25

creates mystery and makes audiences question if it is the same girl.