The Inspector (Goole)

Question 1

“Millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us”
What does this quote show

Answer 1

-Repetition of millions to emphasise the vast number of people in need
- Eva and John represent the men and women of working class
-pronoun us suggest we the audience are also responsible
-left with us suggests although eva is dead her memory is not forgotten
- shows how we are intertwined with everyone and we need to look out and care for working class

Question 2

“We are members of one body, we are responsible for each other”
Analyse this quote

Answer 2

-One body is a metaphor for a society
-Personal pronoun wee showing everybody is responsible
-Noun members implies that we are all equal a socialist ideal
-deliberate echo of the communion,direct biblical allusion that would’ve been obvious towards the audience, trying to win them over and links socialism towards christianity

Question 3

“if men will not learn,They will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish”
Analyse this quote

Answer 3

-Fire and blood and anguish show the consequences of humanity’s inability to change
-For shadows death,war and religious imagery of hell and punishment
-dramatic irony as the audience knows about the world wars
-these are the inspectors final words,the most important
-making a link between capitalism and war, they want the war
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Question 4

What were Priestleys intentions?

Answer 4

-Exposes the fault of middle and upper classes
-Demonstrates powers positive potential
-Priestly mouthpiece

Question 5

what is the inspectors role

Answer 5

-used to present the family with the message of social responsibility
-priestley’s proxy

Question 6

inspectors quotes

Answer 6

-“Millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us”
-“We are members of one body, we are responsible for each other”
-“They will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish”

Question 7

War is an economic consequence of capitalism

Answer 7

-The lesson is that in order to expand market,britain would go to war with its main economic rival,germany.
-priestly is highlighting that capitalism would be willing to sacrifice their own sons(the officers,erics) in order for profits
-appealing to the middle class

Question 8

the feminist message

Answer 8

-due to the war many women have had to fill in for work and finally have financial stability away from men
-a capitalist society would get rid of the women working and replace them with the men, however a socialist society would care for everyone and keep women working
-it is “men” who have to learn this lesson
-the inspector is appealing to the female audience seeing war as a male idea
-voting socialism will reject churchill,the great wartime prime minister, reject war