Inspector Goole Flashcards
He targets everyone not just 1 person
Preiestley uses the inspector to show that they are ALL responsible for the death of Eva
“each of you helped to kill her”
“we are members of one body”
“we are responsible for each other”
priestley converts generic expectations of inspectors to show responsibility
sentence structure: anadiplosis
“because what happened to her then may have determined what happened to her afterwards and what happened to her afterwards may have driven her to suicide”
anadiplosis
the inspector uses anadiplosis to show the idea of connections
the structure emphasises how content of statements connects and leads on from one another
mysterious character
we know little about inspector
dialogue is more about what he’s not “i don’t play golf”
vageness of character creates a sense of mystery
GOOLE
sounds like ghoul meaning ghost or spirit
inspector haunts gerald and birling about their role in eva’s death
he knows too much
the girl only died 2 hours ago however he knows a lot about her even though he has read her “sort of diary” is the inspector a supernatural being??
why vague and ambiguous
helps us focus more on message inspector brings
GOOLES dialogue
mainly questions however sometimes socialist views which come straight from preiestely so the audience learn them
“public men… have responsibilities as well as privileges”
the mouth piece for Priestley
GOOLES LAST WORDS
“blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth”
biblical and moral about how good goes to heaven and bad goes to hell
biblical language adds to the supernatural idea of inspector
