Key vocab - An Inspector calls

Question 1

Capitalist

Answer 1

Believing in private wealth and business aimed at making profit for business owners. Independent and self-reliant.

Question 2

Socialist

Answer 2

Believing in shared ownership, collective responsibility for one another and social equality for all.

Question 3

Ideology

Answer 3

A political viewpoint or set of beliefs.

Question 4

Responsibility

Answer 4

Being accountable or to blame for something, having a duty to deal with something.

Question 5

Hierarchy

Answer 5

A ranking of status or power e.g the strict class hierarchy of Edwardian England.

Question 6

Patriarchy

Answer 6

A society in which power lies with men.

Question 7

Prejudice

Answer 7

An opposition to or opinion about something/someone based upon what they are e.g. working class, female, etc.

Question 8

Morality

Answer 8

The belief that some behaviour is right and some is wrong.

Question 9

Proletariat

Answer 9

The working class.

Question 10

Bourgeoisie

Answer 10

The capitalist class in possession of the means of acquiring wealth.

Question 11

Aristocracy

Answer 11

The highest class in society, and often holding titles passed from father to son, e.g. Lord and Lady Croft.

Question 12

Façade

Answer 12

A false front or surface-level illusion, for example the façade of family happiness in the opening scene of the play.