inspector calls Flashcards
Mr Birling caricature of capitalism
reference to the Titanic is unsinkable absolutely unsinkable
mr Birling exploitation
hardheaded practical man of business
mr Birling‘s nouveau riche background
– feels like you may have done better for yourself socially
mr birling emblem of older generation
(triumphantly) there you are!
eric birling socialist views from very start
why shouldn’t they try for higher wages
eric birling displaying capitalism as theft
i got the money from the office
eric birling reflects changing attitudes
that’s the hellish thing oh my god!
eric birling partial acceptance of responsibility
that state when a chap easily turns nasty
sybil birling wilful blindness in patriarchal system
i don’t believe it i won’t believe it
sybil birling symbolic of maintaining traditional class system
did not belong to her class
sybil birling as morally corrupt
‘girls of that class’
sybil birling static character
(triumphantly) didn’t i tell you?
inspector foil to the birling
‘lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrives and then it should be brighter and harder’
inspector agent of god
we are members of one body
inspector mouthpiece for priestley
burnt her insides out
inspector omnipotent being
taught in fire blood and anguish
gerald shallow
i hate those hard eyed dough faced women
gerald capitalist
i don’t come into this suicide business
gerald epitome of lust
young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there
gerald upper class changes in attitudes as superficial
in a low troubled voice
sheila shallow and spoiled
oh it’s wonderful! look -mummy
sheila ideal recipient of inspectors message
these girls aren’t cheap labour they’re people
sheila parallel to eva’s upbringing
pretty girl in early twenties
eva ‘ twenty four’ and very pretty
sheila aligned with socialism
no not yet it’s too soon
