Inspector: Quotation Flashcards
It’s better to ask for the earth than to take it
L: hyperbolic metaphor emphasises unreasonable nature of Mr.B’s exploitation of his workers; they have asked for a pay rise; he exploits them for low wages without asking
Lonely, half starved, desperate
L: emotive language. inspector uses emotive language to Ty to provoke a sense of guilt in the Birlings so they fell responsible for what happened to her
R: makes audience sympathetic with Eva and realise how vulnerable she is
Young ones… more impressionable
C: reflects Priestley’s hope that social change lay with the younger generation.
R: targeted at younger generation MC audience members post WW2 to change society for the better
- NHS in 1948 etc.
We’ll have to share our guilt…’a chain of events’
L: verb ‘share’- we are all responsible for each other in society; our actions have an impact on others
L: metaphor ‘chain of events’ - one action leads to another, and all actions have consequences; no one person is responsible for what happened to Eva
Your daughter isn’t living on the moon
L: hyperbolic imagery. Sheila should know what is happening in her would and not be protected from it. Only by understanding her world can she begin to change it for the better
Public men… have responsibility as well as privileges
L: noun emphasize that any person in public office eg. Mr.B as magistrate have a responsibility to protect other members of society and treat them with equality not abuse their position of power for personal privilege
You slammed the door in her face
L: metaphor/idiom- violence of image emphasizes terrible consequences of Mrs.B’s refusal to hell Daisy.
R: audience feel disgust at her behaviour
Used her as if she was an animal, a thing, not a person
L: noun choices emphasize how Eric dehumanised her
R: audience feel horror at his treatment of her
We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other…
L: metaphor. Health of body (D: society) depends on its component parts (D: how individuals in society treat each other)
