Inspector Flashcards
‘cutting in massively’ ‘taking change masterfully’ ‘coolly, looking hard at him’ (inspector)
note power, authority, shifting antagonist to protagonist
whats topic management?
who decides what gets talked about and how
whats turn-taking?
who speaks the most/least in the conversation
whats Back-channelling?
words used to show that you are listening and agree
who topic manages and who back channels?
Mr birling topic manages then shifts to Inspector
shelia, eric, gerald back channel
Shelia and eric back channel inspector at end.
‘dont stammer and yammer at me again.’
‘im losing all patience with you people’
command and control he has in room, declarative like hes talking to children, blunt and short, expresses his displeasure.
‘you people’ mode of address, lack of respect
‘stop!’ ‘be quiet for a moment’
demanding words
‘she died in misery and agony -hating life-‘
harsh, extremely unbritish, being so to the point was unheard of at this time, shows inspectors power by shock with honesty, we like how he is truthful.
what socialist values does the inspector talk about?
collectivism and social responsibility (everyone in society has a responsibility to look after everyone)
‘its better to ask for the earth than to take it’
‘ask’ respect, consideration
‘take’ selfishness
capitalists just take with no consideration, they are selfish
collectivism- okay to talk as a group and ask
‘if you dont come down sharply on some of these people’ ‘earth’
‘come down sharply’ superiority, awareness and belief in the hierarchy,
‘earth’ they want lots of things, too much,
‘no work, no money coming in and living in lodgings.’ ‘few friends, lonely, half-starved-‘
asyndetic list, steam roller effect (keeps going)
repetition of ‘no’ -lack of in her life
combination of how she is suffering, how much has been taken by her
juxtaposes the blunt language ‘a lot of young women living that sort of existence’
‘ask your father’
personal, list is an attack on harms of capitalism.
‘alone,friendless,almost penniless, desperate.’
her isolation, mental state, financial state, desperation.
juxtaposed with ‘advice, sympathy, friendliness’
what she needed was shorter than what she lacked showing it wasnt that much she was asking for.
‘you slammed the door in her face’
she was a good opportunity but she was blocked, lack of social responsibility, metaphor, refusing help,
‘just remember this’ (inspector)
maintained his power although he is leaving.
‘one eva smith has gone- but there are millions and millions and millions.’
syndetic list ( connecting with word and)
‘million’ stresses scale of the problem
‘intertwined with our lives’
collectivism, we cant not be held together in our lives, we need to help eachother, metaphor, natural thing and normal for us to work together
‘think and say and do’
trycolon, syndetic list.
we have control over everyone
mounting sense of responsibility
‘if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish’
dramatic irony , real readers have been through WW1 and WW2, alluding to the world wards, syndetic list, mountain pain being formed.
what is a foil?
to illustrate or reveal information, trait, values, motives of one character from the contrast of another character.
