Inspector Flashcards
‘ it’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it’
L = hyperbolic metaphor emphasises unreasonable nature of Mr B’s exploitation of his workers; they have asked for a pay rise; he exploits them for low wages with out asking
‘ lonely, half starved, desperate’
L = emotive language. Inspector uses emotive language to try to provoke a sense of guilt in the Birling so they feel responsible for what happened to her.
R = makes audience sympathise with Eva and realise how vulnerable she is.
‘ We’ll have to share our girl…‘a chain of events’
L=verb ‘share’- we are all responsible for each other and society; our actions have impact on others.
L =metaphor ‘chain of events’ -one action leads to another, and all actions have consequences; no one person is responsible for what happened to eva
‘your daughter isn’t living on the moon’
L = hyperbolic imagery. Sheila should know what is happening in the world and not be protected from it. Only by understanding her world, she can begin to change it for the better
‘ public men… Have responsibility as well as privileges’
L = noun emphasises that any person in public office e.g. Mr B as magistrate have a responsibility to protect other members of society and treat them with equality not abuse their position of power for personal privilege.
‘you slamed the door in her face’
= metaphor/idiom = violence of image emphasises terrible consequences of Mrs Bs refusal to help daisy.
R= audience feels disgust at her behaviour
‘Use her as if she was a animal,a thing, not a person’
L = noun choice emphasises how Eric dehumanised her.
R = audience feel horror at his treatment of her.
‘ we are members of one body. We are responsible for each other’
= metaphor. Health of body
D= society depends on its component parts.
or how individuals in society treat each other.
