Key vocab - An Inspector calls Flashcards
Capitalist
Believing in private wealth and business aimed at making profit for business owners. Independent and self-reliant.
Socialist
Believing in shared ownership, collective responsibility for one another and social equality for all.
Ideology
A political viewpoint or set of beliefs.
Responsibility
Being accountable or to blame for something, having a duty to deal with something.
Hierarchy
A ranking of status or power e.g the strict class hierarchy of Edwardian England.
Patriarchy
A society in which power lies with men.
Prejudice
An opposition to or opinion about something/someone based upon what they are e.g. working class, female, etc.
Morality
The belief that some behaviour is right and some is wrong.
Proletariat
The working class.
Bourgeoisie
The capitalist class in possession of the means of acquiring wealth.
Aristocracy
The highest class in society, and often holding titles passed from father to son, e.g. Lord and Lady Croft.
Façade
A false front or surface-level illusion, for example the façade of family happiness in the opening scene of the play.
