Inspecto Calls Essay Plans(Character Presentations) Flashcards
Priestley’s presentation of Mr Birling?
P1: Unintelligent
P2: Unscrupulous
P3: eiptome of capitalism
Priestely presentint Mr Birling as untintelligent?
“Unsinkabel,Absolutely unsinkable”-epistrophe
“Germans don’t want war”
“Time of steadily increasing prosperity”
-dramatic irony-
(analysis 4-audience view his as unintelligent)
Priestley presenting Mr Birling as unscrupulous?
“A girl of that sort”-emotive languge(maybe euphemism)
“I accept no blame for it at all”
“Nothing to do with that wreched girl’s suicide”-emotive language
Priestely presenting Mr Birling as an eiptome of captialism
“For lower costs and higher prices”-maxim, -antitheis(talk about how it links to the capitalist system)
-“they wanted the rates raised, i refused of course”-doesn’t even consider helping(audience reaction)
“A man has to look after himself and his family”-link to capitalist ideologies
Presentation of Sheila points?
- childish
- maturing/enquiring
- wise
How does Priestley present Shiela as childish?
“I’m sorry daddy”-childish+common noun
“Or I’ll start wheeping-associated with weakness and childish behaviour
“Look mummy,isn’t she a beauty”-ring is described as a person-childish fantasy
Sf of of childish behaviour:”daddy, beauty,wheeping”
How does Priestely present Shiela as maturing?
“Did you”-desperate to know all details
“What business?”-wishes to know about money-linked to going against Patriarchal society
“Whats this about the streets”
Sf of intrest in knowledge
How does Priestely present Shiela as wise”
-you fool-emotive language
“She has just had a horrible death don’t forget”-pathos-leads to sympathy for Eva(Priestely’s mouthpiece)
“Don’t you see he hasn’t started”-symbolic for revolution to socialism that Priestely would support
How is Mrs Birling presented in An inspector calls?
- controlling
- stubborn
- eiptome for uncaring nature of capitalism
How does Priestely present Mrs Birling as controlling?
-stage dorection: “hustbands social superior”-arrogance-entitlement
“Arthur your not supposed to say such things”-emotive language
“I don’t think you ought to talk buisiness on a night like this”-selfish-must talk about what she wants
How does Priestely present Mrs Birling as stubborn?
“A trifle impertinent”–euphemism
“No why should I”-emotive language-arrogance
How does Priestely present Mrs Birling as an eiptome of the uncaring nature of capitalism?
“I accept no responsibility for it at all”-emotive language
“Girls of that class”-dismissive and euphemism
Eric
Secrative
Lacking responsibility
Accepting responsibility
Eric as secrative
“Half shy half assertive”-stage direction
Squifft
Eric Lacking responsibility
In that state where a chap easily turns nasty
Not the type of Father a chap can go to when he’s in trouble
