Quotes & Analysis: Inspector Goole Flashcards
“Burnt her inside out”
TECHNIQUE: Shocking imagery ‘inside out’
Graphic language/Violent verb ‘burnt’
ANALYSIS: Language persuades audience to feel immense sympathy does not only Eva Smith but for all of the working class. Suicide is used as a metaphor to highlight the continuous struggle faced by the working class. Gory imagery may put the audience in a position where they feel guilty for the dismissal of the poor and may feel empathetic towards them.
“We have to share our guilt”
TECHNIQUE: Personal pronoun ‘we’
Imperative verb ‘have to’
Verb ‘share’
ANALYSIS: Implies everyone must do the same and follow the inspector. Persuades audience ti fake accountability for their actions towards other members of society in order for society to progress. ‘Share’ = reflects Preistley’s socialist ideologies that wealth should be more evenly distributed within the depths of society.
“Fire, blood and anguish”
TECHNIQUE: Rule of three in ‘fire, blood and anguish’
ANALYSIS: All three can be described as biblical hell, shows that it is eternal. The entire play is used as a motif for the wars, if society proceed to not improve the way in which members treat others, the world wars will repeat in an endless cycle until we learn. Inspector could be referring to the fire and pain of hell where the Birlings will be punished in the afterlife for their sins in this world.
‘We are all members of one body”
TECHNIQUE: Religious imagery (whole quote)
Semantic field of morality and religion (whole quote)
ANALYSIS: Many links between the inspector and god, which can show he is an omnipotent figure. He is echoing gods words and speaking on his behalf. Allusion ti the book of genesis recited during holy communion.
