the inspector

Question 1

proxy

Answer 1

mouthpiece

Question 2

anti war message quote 5 points

Answer 2

fire blood and anguish

• war is an economic consequence of capitalism
• leads to devastating consequences for the eric’s and the upper class lost more
• own parents sold sons for profit
• describing war=capitalism audience hates capitalism
• hell appeals to catholic audience

Question 3

“if men”

Answer 3

-subordinating conjunction creates a threat
-men directly appeals to men therefore appealing to priestly feminist message
to keep women in jobs

Question 4

“lesson”

Answer 4

like a teacher

priestleys lesson

Question 5

“good night”

Answer 5

• oxymoronic
• final words most important
• eric is brooding and sheila is crying he had an impact

Question 6

“we are members of one body”

Answer 6

• deliberate echo to communion
• 80% of a 1945 audience would have -meant to church making it instantly recognisable
• christian=socialist=moral

Question 7

what type of figure is the inspector

Answer 7

omniscient

Question 8

equivocal

Answer 8

ambiguous

Question 9

“the girl is dead enough”

Answer 9

• authority strengthens his strong moral tone

- blunt to get his point across

Question 10

“it is better to ask for the world than to take it”

Answer 10

• links his “fire blood and anguish” monologue
• mr birling shows greed a lot in the play it’s his deadly sin- direct dig at him
• birlings are socially irresponsible

Question 11

stage directions

Answer 11

-there is a sense of circularity
-he arrives with a “sharp ring of a doorbell”
the call to announce the new inspector is accompanied by a sharp ring
- this repetition creates an auditory sense of repetition

gerald hold up a ring before the phone rings representing the circularity that is about to unfold
~>infinite hell cycle

Question 12

give 5 quotes for the inspector

Answer 12

fire blood and anguish 
if men 
lesson
good night
we are members of one body