Inspector Calls Moment 3 - Inspectors Final Speech Flashcards
“Yntkofaccgtwhit”
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble” - Eric
This statement highlights the emotional distance between Eric and his father. It suggests that Mr b’s focus on money and business has left little room for a meaningful relationship with his son.
“Aiswaa,at,nap”
“As if she was an animal , a thing , not a person.” - inspector
The imagery conveys how priestly uses Eric’s actions to symbolise how capitalists exploit their power onto the working class. Eric’s rape of Eva smith represents how capitalists figuratively ‘rape’ the poor.
“Tamamoesajs”
“There are millions and millions of Eva smiths and John smiths” - inspector
The use of the repetition of the hyperbolic word ‘millions’ exaggerates the suffering of the poor similar to the image of the ‘chain of events’ , society is seen as connected with all peoples lives influencing each other.
“Wamoob”
“We are members of one body” - inspector
The metaphor ‘one body’ cleverly suggests like limbs of a body we cannot survive without each other. It warns to both the characters and audience that our actions have consequences and that we should be mindful of the impact they may have on others.
“Fabaa”
“Fire and blood and anguish” - Inspector
The inspector acts as Priestley’s Mouthpiece here as the use of a triplet of nouns act as metaphors to foreshadow the two world wars. It also refers to the fires of pains of hell where the Birling’s will be punished in after-life for their sins.
