JEKYLL AND MACBETH DONE LETS SMASH INSPECTOR CALLS Flashcards
thesis statement
promoting socialism
recommending social responsibility
stop exploiting women
through an anti-war light
“a man ___ __ ____ after ______ ___ ___ ______”
“a man has to look after himself and his family” [MR. BIRLING]
- rejects wider society
- removes social responsibility
- interrupted by the “sharp” doorbell ring of socialism / inspector
- spell that summons the Goole
“these girls _____ ____ _____, ______ ______”
“these girls aren’t cheap labor, they’re people” [SHEILA]
- reinforces the message of social responsibility
- all victims in this play are female; feminist message of the play
- “these girls” underlying prejudice
“Jea____”
“Jealous” [SHEILA]
- points out Sheila’s flaw
- Sheila’s transformation calls for a more feminist society
- Gerald is an antithesis to Sheila who adopt socialist
“Pri___”
“Prince” [GERALD]
- Priestly unpicks this a a facade for Gerald
- Machiavellian figure
- Machiavelli wrote the book called “The Prince”
“_____ Renton”
“Daisy Renton”
- a daisy is a weed, they’re all trying to get rid of her
- weeds persist and never give up they keep coming back
“in that _____ _____ _ chap ______ _____ _____”
“in that state where a chap easily turns nasty” [ERIC]
- prejudice against women and the lower classes
- “a chap easily” colloquial language, suggests it happens often which softens his actions
- “that state” suggests its normal for men, patriarchal society women feminist play
“men” will be “______ __ __ _____ and _____ and _______”
“men” will be “taught it in fire and blood and anguish” [INSPECTOR]
- rule of 3
- a feminist text
- men are the ones that need to change
- all the victims are female
- men are the ones who fight in war
- way out of the next war is to adopt socialist ideas
“we are _______ __ ___ ____”
“we are members of one body” [INSPECTOR]
- said by Jesus in the last supper
- presents the Inspector’s ideas as the ones to follow as the audience would be majority Christian
- presents the inspector as “God-like”
“I _____ __ ____ ____ ___ or anything - but _ _____ ___ - she was _____ ___ _ ___ _____”
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything - but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport” [ERIC]
- sport you play a game there is a winner and a loser
- exploitation of women throughout the play
