Inspector Calls Flashcards
(20 cards)
“ The titanic… unsinkable absolutely unsinkable”
Mr Birling - repetition, dramatic irony makes him seem arrogant.
“ and I’ve told you - I was awfully at the works all that time”
Gerald - dash is symbolising lying, trying to cover something up, dashes to indicate is deceptive
“ lower costs and higher prices”
Mr Birling - parallelism as it’s irony to us because we know a girl is dead, if no one changes nothing will change, bad for socialists - comes at a cost - Eva’s death
“ is it the one you wanted me to have?”
Shelia - a question, shows immaturity, being used as a display for his desire, shouldn’t been there just as a trophy wife
“ and the interests - are properly protected “
Mr Birling - alliteration shows he only cares about money, the dashes are used to be deceptive, makes him seem like a coward.
“ yes, she was in great agony”
Inspector - being blunt to make them feel responsible, being laconic - wanting them to feel guilty
“ well it’d my duty to keep labour costs down”
Mr Birling - doesn’t seem them as people, “ labour” is a collective noun to show thsy people he works with are individuals
“ why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”
Eric - even though he’s intoxicated, he has reasoning, rhetorical question to oppose his father’s capitalist views
“ these girls aren’t cheaper labour - they’re people”
Shelia - links to socialism and capitalism,
“You passed the annoyance onto her”
Inspector - upperclass women they treat working women individuals as disposable, wasn’t worthy of belong, direct address to mrs Birling
“Public men have responsibility’s”
Inspector - theme of social responsibility, more power you have the more your able to help,
“Girls of that class”
Mrs Birling - mistreating Eva, shows she’s more focused on her social status, ignorant to others, demonstrative pronoun “that” implicates lack of respect
“As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!”
Mrs Birling - uses imperatives as she commands the Inspector, conveys her superiority, confidence and self-assurance. Declarative sentence, “sort” shows the division between Sochi, class
“Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility.”
Mrs Birling - oblivious to the fact Eric if the father, dramatic irony, link to social responsibility, she could’ve helped but refused
“You’re behaving like an hysterical child tonight”
Mrs Birling - simile,her talking to Shelia, “hysterical” signify’s that Shelia
“ the state where a chap turns nasty”
Eric - blaming his drinking problem on his decision, colloquial noun “chap” makes Eric seem like he is making his actions less serious than they are.
“she was pretty and a good sport”
Eric - A good sport” suggests that it is all a game to him.
“‘You mustn’t try to build up a wall between us and that girl. … the inspector will just break it down.”
Shelia - metaphor , mustn’t build up a wall of lies as the inspector already knows, “ wall” symbolising the divide between lower class and higher class
“She looked young and fresh”
Gerald - powerful adjectives, connotations “fresh” of innocence, implies Gerald wants these qualities in a women
“I became at once the most important person in her life”
Gerald - proud
