Inspector Goole Flashcards
Character introduction: Inspector Goole (x3)
(SD) The lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder.
(SD) ‘cutting in, massively’ ‘harshly’ ‘sternly’
“Several hours of agony, no work, no money coming in and living in lodgings, with no relatives to help her, few friends, lonely, half starved, she was feeling desperate”
Quotes during interrogation: Inspector Goole (x4)
“It’s better to ask for the earth than to take it.”
“This girl killed herself - and died a horrible death. But each of you helped to kill her. remember that. Never forget it.”
(To Eric) “You just used her for the end of a stupid drunken evening, as if she were an animal, a thing, not a person.”
“No hushing up, eh? Make an example of the young man, eh? Public confession of responsibility - um?”
Quotes at the end of the play: Inspector Goole (x3)
“There are millions and millions and millions of Eva smiths and John smiths still left with us, with their lives, hopefully and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness. All interwined with our lives.”
“If men will not learn their lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.”
“There’s no inspector Goole on the police. That man definitely wasn’t a police inspector at all.”
