Inspector Goole Flashcards
Stage direction
“Need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”
His name-foreshadows that he is a ghost/he is only there to make the family aware to what he has done
‘Goole’
Socialism
We are members of one body.
Opposes to Mr Birlings character- he does not need to look big to create an impression of greatness
“He is a man in his fifties, dressed in a plain darkish suit of the period. He speaks carefully, weightily and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addresses before actually speaking”
it is socially irresponsible to be greedy and ‘take’ things without permission.
“It’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it”
Criticising the behaviour of older generations
“More impressionable” “young ones”
end message- Eva is a representation
‘Millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us’
End message- criticising humanity
They will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish
