Inspector Flashcards
What is the inspector described as when he gets on stage ?
The Inspector is physically imposing, and he has no trouble articulating his frustration with the Birlings and with Gerald.
Who is the first Birling to question if the inspector was real?
Mrs Birling
what does the Inspector find out by doing his questionning ?
Over the course of his questioning, the Inspector reveals that each of characters has, in some sense, contributed to Eva Smith/Daisy Renton’s demise.
What does the inspector say about why they cared for Eva/Daisy ?
The Inspector implies that the other characters care primarily for themselves, that they are angry and impulsive, and that they cannot control their sexual appetites
What does he say will happern next after the questtioning ?
He also says that they cannot change what has happened to Eva/Daisy, because she is no longer alive and capable of accepting their apologies
is the Inspector a Capitalist or Socialist ?
socialist
what is left unexplained when the inspector leaves ?
but the Inspector’s desire to see justice through, in this case, is left unexplained
How are his Socialst views described ?
His apparent socialist sympathies at the end of the play might account in political terms for some of his anger,
what was the inspectors actual name
Inspector Goole
Who does the inspector question first?
Gerald
