The inspector

Question 1

‘Cutting through ________’ - stage direction

Answer 1

‘Massively’ - shows his superior POWER in the room and how he is completely unintimidated by Mr Birling’s various threats towards him. He easily handles the room

Question 2

‘Your daughter isn’t living ____________’

Answer 2

‘On the moon’ - metaphor - shows how the inspector goes against all norms and wants more GENDER equality. Also, he represents SOCIALISM here by trying to implement equality into the Birling’s home

Question 3

‘Taking charge _____________’ - stage direction

Answer 3

‘Masterfully’ - he effortlessly regains POWER in the room and steady control. Shows how powerful Priestley believes SOCIALISM is

Question 4

‘Better to ask for the ______ than take it’

Answer 4

‘Earth’ - links to both morality and how much the inspectors differing SOCIALIST views contrast with the Birling’s CAPITALIST views

Question 5

‘Young women ought to be protected against _________ and ___________ things?’

Answer 5

‘Unpleasant’ and ‘disturbing’ - shows again how the inspector wants GENDER equality and how young girls should see the harsher things in life. Shows his SOCIALIST views again on how everybody should be equal

Question 6

‘We are all members of ______________’

Answer 6

‘One body’ - in the fire, blood and anguish speech, the inspector is acting as Priestley’s mouthpiece to get his SOCIALIST views out to the public and to give everybody a sense of RESPONSIBILITY for helping one another

Question 7

‘We often do on the ____________’ ………. ‘They’re more ___________’

Answer 7

‘Young ones’ and ‘impressionable’ - Priestley thinks that the younger generation are the hope for SOCIALISM to become a reality and how they can easily be influenced because of their AGE

Question 8

‘They will be taught it in _______________________’

Answer 8

‘Fire, blood and anguish’ - capitalists will not learn from there mistakes. Play set in 1912 - ironic because there are 2 world wars to come. Final call from the inspector for the Birling’s to learn. The younger generation learn but the older, arrogant generation do not - AGE

Question 9

‘Friendless, almost _________, __________’

Answer 9

‘Penniless’ and ‘desperate’ - the inspector is making the Birling’s feel guilty and trying to make them admit some form of RESPONSIBILITY. The inspector does this at multiple point during the play

Question 10

‘All in good ______’

Answer 10

‘Time’ - the inspector withholding information helps to build suspense in the audience. Creates even more mystery and shows his clear POWER in the room because nobody objects