Inspector calls Flashcards
Priestley’s ideas on Mr Birling?
Uses Mr B as symbol of callous and heartlessness of capitalism
Uses Mr B to represent the older gen who were unwilling to change
Presents Mr B as blindly wrong and someone who isn’t as in control as he thinks
Presents Mr B as realistic capitalist character through use of colloquial language which then conveys when his authority breaks down when his language changes
Mr B sees younger gen as weak, pathetic, silly and wrong
What does the repetition of ‘I’ from Mr Birling at beginning of play mean?
Priestley trying to convey his selfish attitudes
As play goes on he switches to inclusive pronoun ‘we’ to diminish scale of prob with Eva’s death and to shift blame
Contrast to how inspector uses ‘we’
Why would audience NOT feel sympathy for Sheila?
As she becomes quite didactic, her changed happened too quickly so she seems unrealistic
