Inspector Goole Flashcards
1
Q
“I don’t
A
Play golf”
He is showing straight away that he is not here to mess around and wants to get straight to the point
2
Q
Two quotes about time
A
“ all in good time”
“But you can’t it’s too late. She’s dead”
This reoccurrence of the theme time suggests that the inspector knows that she isn’t dead yet and wants to see if they will do something before it’s too late
3
Q
“We have to sh…
A
Are our guilt”
All about taking responsibility for your action which isn’t something the billing family is very good at
4
Q
“But there are millions…
A
And millions of Eva smiths and john smiths left” Lots of other working class people who the birlings can respect a bit better than they did to daisy renton
5
Q
In fir…
A
E blood and anguish”
Here he could be refusing to the war
JB Priestley wanted the inspector to look smart so he made him imply that he knows of the future
