J. B. Priestley (1945 - Soviet Union, 1946 - UK) An Inspector Calls: Key Quotations Flashcards
Define Capitalism
An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Define Socialism
A political and economic theory of social organisation which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Define the ‘Welfare State’
The welfare state is a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the social and economic well-being of its citizens. It is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for those unable to avail themselves through the implementation of free education, health care, and employment for all.
When did the first successful National Coal strike occur?
1912 - this led to the implementation of the first minimum wage.
When did WW1 take place?
1914-1918
When did WW2 take place?
1939-1945
When did the Titanic sink?
1912
When did women ‘win the vote’?
1918
Good solid furniture, not homely or comfortable, pink soft lighting until the Inspector arrives and it turns bright white.
Act One: Stage directions
[with mock aggressiveness] ‘Go on, Gerald - just you object!’
Act One: Sheila
‘It isn’t [a free country] if you can’t go and work somewhere else’
Act One: Eric
‘We are members of one body. We are responsible for one another’
Act Three: The Inspector
[very distressed now] ‘No - Eric - please - I didn’t know - I didn’t understand’
Act Three: Mrs Birling
‘I consider it your duty’
Act Three: Mrs Birling to the Inspector
‘Now look at the pair of them – the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke-‘
Act Three: Mr Birling
‘I feel now I can never go there again. Oh – why had this to happen?’
Act One: Sheila
‘We’ll have to share our guilt’
Act Two: Inspector
‘A man has to mind his own business and look after his own – ‘
Act One: Mr Birling - he is then interrupted by the Inspector
‘The Germans don’t want war’
Act One: Mr Birling
Who let in Inspector Goole?
Edna
‘Public men, Mr. Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges’
Act Two: The Inspector
‘I’ll tell you what I told her. Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility’
Act Two: Mrs Birling
‘She was pretty and a good sport’
Act Three: Eric
‘You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble’
Act Three: Eric
‘I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you hadn’t told me’
Act One: Sheila
‘If there weren’t (women living in poverty) the factories and warehouses wouldn’t know where to look for cheap labour. Ask your father.’
Act One: The Inspector
What is ‘Marxist Feminism’?
A feminism specifically focused on investigating and explaining the ways in which women are oppressed through systems of capitalism and private property.
