Inspector

Question 1

‘cutting in massively’ ‘taking change masterfully’ ‘coolly, looking hard at him’ (inspector)

Answer 1

note power, authority, shifting antagonist to protagonist

Question 2

whats topic management?

Answer 2

who decides what gets talked about and how

Question 3

whats turn-taking?

Answer 3

who speaks the most/least in the conversation

Question 4

whats Back-channelling?

Answer 4

words used to show that you are listening and agree

Question 5

who topic manages and who back channels?

Answer 5

Mr birling topic manages then shifts to Inspector
shelia, eric, gerald back channel
Shelia and eric back channel inspector at end.

Question 6

‘dont stammer and yammer at me again.’

Question 7

‘im losing all patience with you people’

Answer 7

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

Question 8

‘stop!’ ‘be quiet for a moment’

Answer 8

demanding words

Question 9

‘she died in misery and agony -hating life-‘

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

what socialist values does the inspector talk about?

Answer 10

collectivism and social responsibility (everyone in society has a responsibility to look after everyone)

Question 11

‘its better to ask for the earth than to take it’

Answer 11

‘ask’ respect, consideration
‘take’ selfishness
capitalists just take with no consideration, they are selfish
collectivism- okay to talk as a group and ask

Question 12

‘if you dont come down sharply on some of these people’ ‘earth’

Answer 12

‘come down sharply’ superiority, awareness and belief in the hierarchy,
‘earth’ they want lots of things, too much,

Question 13

‘no work, no money coming in and living in lodgings.’ ‘few friends, lonely, half-starved-‘

Answer 13

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’

Question 14

‘ask your father’

Answer 14

personal, list is an attack on harms of capitalism.

Question 15

‘alone,friendless,almost penniless, desperate.’

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

‘you slammed the door in her face’

Answer 16

she was a good opportunity but she was blocked, lack of social responsibility, metaphor, refusing help,

Question 17

‘just remember this’ (inspector)

Answer 17

maintained his power although he is leaving.

Question 18

‘one eva smith has gone- but there are millions and millions and millions.’

Answer 18

syndetic list ( connecting with word and)
‘million’ stresses scale of the problem

Question 19

‘intertwined with our lives’

Answer 19

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

Question 20

‘think and say and do’

Answer 20

trycolon, syndetic list.
we have control over everyone
mounting sense of responsibility

Question 21

‘if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish’

Answer 21

dramatic irony , real readers have been through WW1 and WW2, alluding to the world wards, syndetic list, mountain pain being formed.

Question 22

what is a foil?

Answer 22

to illustrate or reveal information, trait, values, motives of one character from the contrast of another character.