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Mr Birling Key Quotes
0  cards
Mr Birling Key Language & Structural Techniques
Dramatic irony,
Exclamatory sentence,
Titanic symbolizes his own family
7  cards
Mr Birling Priestley's Ideas
What does priestley use mr birlin...,
What is mr birling a representati...,
Audience invited to feel sympathy
3  cards
Mrs Birling Key Quotes
0  cards
Mrs Birling Key Language & Structural Features
Stage directions,
Her language,
Collapsing of confidence
6  cards
Mrs Birling Priestley's Ideas
How does preistley use mrs birling,
How does priestley present mrs bi...,
From mrs birling what does priest...
3  cards
Sheila Birling quotes
0  cards
Sheila Birling Key Language & Structural Features
Imagery,
Personal pronouns,
Sarcasm
10  cards
Sheila Priestley's ideas
What does priestley use the chara...,
Hope,
The inspector
3  cards
Eric Birling quotes
0  cards
Eric Birling Key Language & structural Features
Differences with him and his father,
Euphemism,
Fragmented language
6  cards
Eric Birling Priestley's Ideas
Eric s conscience,
Eric accepting responsibility,
Eric as a weak character
4  cards
Gerald Croft Quotes
0  cards
Gerald Croft Key Language & Structural Techniques
Mrs birling s admiration on gerald,
Euphemism,
Irony
4  cards
Gerald Croft Priestley's Ideas
How does priestley use the charac...,
Gerald and his contrast to eric,
Gerald and his attitude to the lo...
3  cards
Inspector Goole Quotes
0  cards
Inspector Goole Key Language * Structural features
Control,
Semnatic field,
Language
9  cards
Inspector Goole Priestle's Ideas
How is the inspector used by prie...,
His name,
His functions
3  cards
Eva Smith quotes
0  cards
Eva Smith Key Language & Structural Features
Introduction,
Emotive language,
Imagery of insides
6  cards
Eva Smith Priestley;s IDeas
Her and the insepctor,
Her and ordinary people,
The next generation
3  cards
Edna quotes
0  cards
Edna Key Language & structural Features
Pronouns,
Imperatives
2  cards
Edna Priestley's ideas
Working class,
Power
2  cards
Themes (BBC Bitesize)
Sheila feels socially responsible...,
Mr birling does not feel socially...,
Eric feels socially responsibleer...
18  cards
Mr birling
Arrogant he makes long speeches a...,
Patronizing views about womenmr b...,
Capitalist mr birling is a busine...
4  cards
Mrs Birling
Cold mrs birling is very unsympat...,
Ignorant when the inspector sugge...,
Snobbishsybil shows that she is s...
3  cards
Sheila
Naive at the opening of the play ...,
Assertive as the play progresses ...,
Insightful at a number of points ...
3  cards
Eric
Lacking confidenceat the start of...,
Assertivelike sheila he can be as...,
Emotional eric s experience with ...
3  cards
Gerakd
Confidentat the start of the play...,
Evasive at first when the truth c...,
Honest eventually gerald gains so...
3  cards
Inspector Goole
Imposingthe stage directions that...,
Emotivewhen he tells the others a...,
Propheticas the inspector deliver...
3  cards
Eva Smith
Strong willedeva smith shows that...,
Sense of humoureva shows that she...,
Sensitivethe diary eva kept after...
3  cards
Social Responsibility
How is the theme of social respon...,
Sheila feels socially responsible...,
Mr birling does not feel socially...
6  cards
Age
How is the theme of age shown in ...,
Age represented by sheila and eri...,
Age represented by mr and mrs bir...
4  cards
Class
How is class shown in the play,
Mr birling s opinion of the worki...,
The behaviour of the birlings fri...
4  cards
Gender
How is gender shown in the play,
How mr birling refers to womenwhe...,
How gerald refers to womengerald ...
4  cards
An Inspector calls tier 2 vocab (1)
Ostentatious,
Condescending,
Belittle
20  cards
An Inspector calls tier 2 vocab (2)
Disparage,
Arbitrate,
Lament
20  cards
Inspector Goole quotes : morality / Responsibility
Speaks carefully weightily,
If youre easy with me im easy wit...,
Yes but you cant its too late she...
3  cards
Inspector Goole quotes : Omniscience
He knows,
I don t need to know any more nei...
2  cards
Inspector Goole quotes : Physical appearance
Need not be a big man,
Impression of massiveness,
A plain darkish suit
3  cards
Inspector Goole quotes : Warning of not learning lesson
Burnt her inside out of course,
If men will not learn that lesson...
2  cards
Mr Birling quotes : Insecurity
Provincial in his speech,
You ought to like this port geral...,
There s a fair chance that i may ...
4  cards
Mr Birling quotes : Capitalism vs socialism
We may look forward to the time w...,
As if we were all mixed up togeth...,
A man has to mind his own busines...
3  cards
Mr Birling Quotes Older Generation vs Younger Generation
Why you hysterical young fool get...,
Now look at the pair of them the ...
2  cards
Mr Birling quotes : Responsibility
I can t accept any responsibility,
I ve got to cover this up as soon...,
Inspector is speaking public men ...
3  cards
Mr Birling quotes : Self-absorbed
It s one of the happiest nights o...,
Perhaps i ought to warn you that ...,
Alderman for years lord mayor two...
3  cards
Mr Birling quotes : Dramatic irony
You ll hear some people say that ...,
The titanic is unsinkable absolut...,
Time of steadily increasing prosp...
3  cards
Mrs Birling quotes : Responsibility
A piece of gross impertinence,
She had only herself to blame,
I did nothing im ashamed of
3  cards
Mrs Birling quotes : Pride
Don t contradict me like that,
A trifle impertinent,
Prominent member of the brumley w...
3  cards
Kamikaze
Form,
Structure,
Last word
3  cards
!Kamikaze
Context,
Story of the poem,
Key themes
15  cards
!Remains
What is the poem about surface value,
What is the poem about metaphoric...,
Who is the speaker
17  cards
!War Photographer
Spools of suffering set out in or...,
As though this were a church and ...,
Solutions slop in trays
8  cards
!Storm on the Island
Storm on the island by seamus hea...,
Heaney uses the metaphor to show ...,
Heaney uses alliteration in the q...
7  cards
!Structural devices
Anaphora,
Analepsis,
Circular narratives
13  cards
!Language devices
Pathetic fallacy,
Personification,
Simile
20  cards
!Ozymandias
The sculptor could see the cruelt...,
Ozymandias is so arrogant and coc...,
Shelley uses imagery to get the p...
6  cards

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