inspector goole Flashcards

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stage directions

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‘impression of massiveness, solidarity, and purposefulness…he speaks carefully, weightily’

triplet: ‘massiveness, solidarity….’
↳ prompts a great atmospheric shift in the play,

‘carefully’
↳ inspector is thoughtful and caring
↳ every move he makes is well judged and fair

‘weightily’
↳ refers to a theme of size, goole’s words have deep meaning and evoke thought, weigh on your mind and burden the listener (presented by eric & sheila)

‘massiveness’
↳ he emits great power from his presence

‘solidarity’
↳ reflects how the inspector is the embodiment of socialism

‘purposefulness’
↳ there is intent within all of the inspectors actions

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‘disinfectant’ [ACT 1]

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‘disinfectant’
↳ symbolises how the poor were seen as a germ or plague to the high classes in society, and as though they had to be eradicated

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‘there are millions and millions and millions of eva smiths and john smiths…intertwined with our lives’ [ACT 3]

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repetition: ‘millions’
↳ emphasises the huge scale of poverty and suffering in the country

allegory: ‘eva smiths’
↳ shows that she is representative of all vulnerable, exploited working-class
women
↳ use of common names highlights how universal their struggle is

verb: ‘intertwined’
↳ connotates to a link between all in society

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‘we are members of one body. we are responsible for each other’ [ACT 3]

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collective pronoun: ‘we’
↳ shows how the inspector/priestley wants people to think of themselves collectively and care for one another
↳ if one part of a body gets hurt then the whole body is affected
↳ this is the complete opposite of capitalism

religious reference: ‘one body’
↳ could be priestley trying to advocate to christians as they were a majority (eucharist & last supper)

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‘if men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire, blood and anguish. good night’ [ACT 3]

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semantic field of war: ‘fire’, ‘blood’, ‘anguish’
↳ refers to WW2, WW2 is what led to the UK becoming more socialist in its views, it led to the establishment of the NHS and the labour party
↳ this shows how society has to suffer greatly to finally understand how society functions best

semantic field of hell: ‘fire’, ‘blood’, ‘anguish’
↳ the inspector could be the human representation of God, telling them if they didn’t fix their errors, they would be put towards the fire
↳ priestley wanted to advocate to christian’s so that they would understand his message

(clearly an important message as it is the inspectors last speech)

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‘i haven’t much time’ [ACT 3]

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wants to show how actions against capitalism must be taken quickly

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inspector goole’s key traits:

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-supernatural nature
-homophone of goole is ghoul
-omniscient (all-knowing), moral force for good
-encourages the younger generation to break away from the older, traditional and individualistic generation
-priestley demonstrates the inspector’s conviction that everyone is equally important within society
-the inspector’s morality is due to his awareness of social responsibility and the impact of an individuals’ actions upon all of society
-because he rejects capitalism, he rejects immorality as priestley presents the two as synonymous
-the Inspector dresses modestly in a ‘plain darkish suit’
-perhaps, priestley is suggesting that the inspector has no interest in attracting interest to himself
-his purpose is to promote socialist values and denounce the commercialism and superficiality of capitalism

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words to describe inspector goole with:

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omniscient, assertive, raisonneur, prophetic, dramatic catalyst

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