Inspector Calls Flashcards
Context play
War
War
2 years after play ww1 began
Play attempts to show how selfishness led to war
Serves as warning to people
Context
Capitalism
Industry seeeking to make profit
Minimisig workers welfare and wage
Rich richer
Ideology criticised through Burlingame action to Eva death
Socialism
Industry controlled by the state
Aim distribute wealth fairly
Ideology championed through inspector
Context
Women
Shiela interest in Margie and submissiveness to men reflect traditional views about woman’s
As domestic servants
End of play she represents modern woman
Inspectors
Mouthpiece for priestly socialist views
Helps guide ginger gen to a new understanding
Presenting older gen as ignorant selfish
Quote for inspector
Each one of you helped to kill her
We are responsible for each other
Me burping
Mouth pice for capitalist and upper class
Values money over anything else
His unchanging views represent how un-touch he is with reality
Mrs birling
Snob
Socially superior to her husband
Rude and dismissive to Eva
Quotes for mr birling
A man has to mind his own businesse
Unsinkable absolutely unsinkable
Quote for mrs birling
Girls of that class
Children
Sheila
Represent reasonable younger gen willing to change
End of play challenge capitalist views
Mouthpiece for inspector once he leaves
Breaks gender norms by rejecting Gerald
Shilea quotes
Is it the one you wanted me to have
It frighten me the way you talk
These girls aren’t cheap labour
