Inspector Calls

Question 1

“Belonging to a prosperous manufacturer” (Act one)

Answer 1

shows how he’s wealthy and he owns the house

Question 2

But not cosy and homelike

Answer 2

The use juxtaposition shows how the Billing family is trading comfortability for wealth.

Question 3

Port

Answer 3

Port is a expensive Portuguese wine that shows his wealth

Question 4

“Rather Portentous man in his middle fifties”

Answer 4

Indicating something bad for thet future, overly self important, and a pompous nature.

Question 5

“Husband social superior”

Answer 5

Mr Birling is a social climber.

Question 6

“Lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrivises then it should be brighter and harder”

Answer 6

The change in light depicts the seriousness in the inspector and shows that is presence is ominous.

Question 7

“Very pleased with life”

Answer 7

She’s presented as innocent and oblivious to society’s problems.

Question 8

“We’ll bred young men about town”

Answer 8

He’s attractive to other women, not just Shiela.

Question 9

“Half shy, half assertive”

Answer 9

Eric lacks confidence and the adjective “shy” connotes apprehension and nervousness whistle he’s also “assertive” so the audience is not able to comprehend who or what Eric is at first

Question 10

“Giving us the port Edna”

Answer 10

Here we see that Edna works for them and does as she is told.

Question 11

“I’d hate you know all about port”

Answer 11

Here Shiela has her own opinions and here we see that she separates from society.

Question 12

“Mummy”

Answer 12

We see she is innocent and has childish qualities.

Question 13

“Of course she does”

Answer 13

We see that mrs Birling answers for Shiela and we see that she doesn’t trust Shiela as she believes that she will say something wrong.

Question 14

“I’ve told you I was awfully busy at the works all that time”

Answer 14

We see that Gerald is being vague in his answers and could indicate that he’s is trying to hide something.

Question 15

“You’ll have to get used to that just as I had “

Answer 15

Mrs Birling is following societal norms and shows that she trusts her husband and does not question his actions we see the difference between the ideologies of the older and younger generation.

Question 16

“Oh- I will…”

Answer 16

When Shiela tells Gerald to be “careful” Gerald responds with “I will”. The use of the dash connotes that Gerald is aware that Shiela is suspicious of him and realises that he must be careful.

Question 17

“Eric suddenly guffaws “

Answer 17

The use of stage directions connotes that Eric has childish like qualities and is unable to take things seriously.

Question 18

“The thing you girls pick up these days “

Answer 18

Here we see more of that difference between the older and younger generations.

Question 19

“Arthur what about this famous toast of yours”

Answer 19

Here Mrs Birling diverts the conversation back to Mr Birling showing that she is following societal norms.

Question 20

“Engagement… means a tremendous lot to me”

Answer 20

We see that Mr Birling is looking forward to this engagement as it allows the both the buisnees to partner and thus allows Mr Birling to not only profit from this but to climb within the ranks of society.

Question 21

“For lower costs and higher prices”

Answer 21

I see that Mr Birling takes on a buisnees like tone to reveal his capitalistic behaviour and his true intentions of this marriage so that he may benefit from it.

Question 22

“And I think my father would agree to that”

Answer 22

Here we see that Gerald’s father is also a capitalist like Mr Birling.

Question 23

“This once anyhow”

Answer 23

Here when Mr Birling says that Gerald is a “fortunate young man” Gerald replied with “this once anyhow”. Maybe Priestly does this to foreshadow that maybe Gerald was not lucky in the past with relationships.

Question 24

“When do I drink”

Answer 24

Here Shiela seems to be following the expectations of society by asking permission to drink and so has similar qualities in which Mrs Birling has.

Question 25

“Look mummy”

Answer 25

Here we see yet again her childish qualities when she was presented with a ring.