Inspector Flashcards
Public men, mr birling have
Responsibilities as well as privilege
I’m losing
My patience with you people
One Eva smith had gone - but
There are millions and millions of Eva smiths and john smiths left with us
if men will not
Learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish
Metaphor referring to the two world wars
Ruling class docent learn ( Conservative government WW1 and conservative government ww2 haven’t learnt there lesson)
(Parallels the two deaths of Eva Smith at the start of the play and at the end dies at the end as well as the beginning)
Referring to hell-religious-eternal punishment Priestly message on capitalism (should they be punished)
Power
Be quiet for a moment and listen to me - imperative language
Remember what you did
This girl killed her self - a wake up call
Remember that never forget it - imperative
Sometimes there
Isn’t as much difference as you think
Each of
Each of you helped to kill her
Remember wh
Remember what you did
We are members
We are members of one body we are responsible for each other
Your
Your mother refused to help
Anadiplosis:
Because what happened to her then may have determined what happened to her afterwards, and what happened to her afterwards may have driven her to suicide. A chain of events.
This is stating that one of the incidents had lead to the other and they are all to blame
then the concrete noun chain of events structural devices linking everyone together
Its better to
Its better to ask for the earth than take it
said to Mr birling idea symbolically here is that capitalism is ruining the earth but also shows the idea that the Birlings are incredibly greedy
If the Birlings have ruined her than what has capitalism done to society
“I haven’t
” i haven’t much time”
This reference to looking at his watch
We can say that he has to prevent the death of Eva through a phone call at the end of the play
Is it about society changing quickly for the betterment of the poor and everyone?
Is he acting quickly because we need a new Government ( 1945-1946 replaced conservative with labour)