AIC Flashcards
(14 cards)
Anti War Play
“hard headed man of business”
reflets ideas of Stanley Baldwin
“the germans don’t want war”-
Priestley targets ideas about war through the ignorance of Mr Birling
“unsinkable absolutely unsinkable”
Social responsibility
“A man must make his own way- look after himself- and his family too of course”
Foreshadows the arrival of the inspector, Priestley is linking ideas about socialism to selflessness.
Because this is an anti-war plat Priestley is suggesting that if we cared more for our fellow man, we wouldn’t have gone to war
Supernatural
Written after novels like a Christmas carol, scrooge is taught a didactic message by the ghosts.
Inspector “Goole”- ghoul
the inspector is introduced by Edna- Working class
“He says his name is inspector goole”
Class and social hierarchy
“These girls aren’t cheap labout they’re people”
- shows how although sheila is against class system, she still secretly views herself as socially superior
Capitalist= criminals
“it isn’t if you can’t look somewhere else”
gerald and birling form a cartel
capitalists profit from first world war
Male sexual exploitation
“it happened that a friend”
- Eva is disposable when the friend returns Canada
Male, sexual violence
“it happened and I didn’t even remember”
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
By giving men this power it will lead to corruption
Capitalist exploitation leads to the sacrifice of upper class sons
“fire blood and anguish”
Sheila repeats “fire blood and anguish”
“Fire, blood and anguish”- rule of three
Shows dangers of following the id
Semantic field of punishment
Christian play
Play draws on ideas of Christian morality
At least 80% of the audience was christian
Christian values should negate capitalism
“we are members of one body”- resembles eating from christ
Christian morality play
Each character represents a sin. Priestley links each character to the deadly sins in order to convey how they are all responsible
Links to how capitalism in criminal and the antidote is socialism
The patriarchal society is too powerful for sheila
“what about this ring” “no not yet it’s too soon”
- marriage will still happen
- Sheila has learnt the key messages from the inspector, but she doesn’t have any power, however to a 1945 audience, the women do have power
Time is circular
“and what about this ring”
- Links ACC
Capitalism/Patriarchy
“Well bred young man”- zoomorphism
- Whilst capitalism gives you power it takes away freedom
