inspector calls Flashcards

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characters:

                        Sheila
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Selfish: ‘you used the power you had to punish the girl’
strong minded: ‘I don’t believe I will so you be careful’
sharp: ‘hes giving us the rope-so that we’ll hand ourselves’
moral: ‘these girls aren’t just cheap labour-there people’

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characters

                Inspector Goole
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mysterious: ‘was it a hoax?’
moral: ‘we are all members of one body’
authorative: ‘all in good time’
an outsider

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characters

                Sybil
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cruel: ‘I used my influence to have her refused’
prejudiced: ‘as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money’
proud: ‘I was the only one that didn’t give in to him’
traditional: ‘when your married you’ll realise’

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                 Eric
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unloved: ‘you don’t understand, you never do’
an alcoholic: ‘I was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty’
irresponsible: ‘I don’t even remeber, thats the hellish thing’
sensitive: ‘God I dont think I could forget’

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characters

                Gerald
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upper class: ‘landed people and so fourth’
respectable: ‘the easy well-bred young man about town’
a liar: ‘I wasn’t telling you a complete lie’
traditional: ‘I should say so!’ (agreeing with Birling)

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                 Eva Smith/Daisy Renton
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attractive: ‘young and fresh and charming’
honourable: ‘she didnt want to take any more money from him’
working-class: ‘girls of that class’‘a girl of that sort’
a prostitute: ‘there were some women who wanted her to go there’

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characters

              Mr Birling
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ambitious: ‘theres a very good chance of a knighthood’
business-minded: ‘a hard-headed, practical man of business’
selfish: ‘a man has to make his own way’
anxious: ‘there’ll be a public scandal-unless we’re lucky’

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what does Priestley use the Inspector as?

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Priestley uses Inspector Goole as a conduit of his own views (socialism)

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what does Priestley use Eva/Daisy as?

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Priestley uses Eva/Daisy as a representation of all the lower, working class people in society

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what are some quotations that show the yound vs old?

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‘the famous younger generation and they can’t even take a joke’
‘When your married, you’ll realise’
‘I don’t think I will so you be careful’

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what are some quotations for the theme social responsibility?

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‘Me and your mother have all the excuses for what we did’
‘God I dont think I could forget’
‘We aren’t the same people that sat down to dinner’

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what are some quotations for the theme social class?

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‘girls of that sort’
‘I used my influence to have it refused’
‘the well-bred young man about town’
‘you used your power to punish the girl’

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