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TEXT: An inspector Calls THEMES TO CONSIDER: capitalism vs socialism, generation divide, responsibility, class CHARACTERS TO COVER: BIRLING, MRS B, SHEILA, GERALD, ERIC, INSPECTOR Quotation Technique Who said When Social context LINKS/THEME “has nothing to do with this wretched girl’s suicide” The negative adjective “wretched” shows Birling’s lack of care Birling Act Two Priestley is showing how uncaring right wing people are of those who deserve sympathy to shock his audience BIRLING, AGE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT WING/LEFT WING, capitalist/socialist There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths The repetition emphasises how many people are suffering. The biblical reference (Eva=Eve) suggests Eva Smith represents all working women Inspector Act Three Priestley uses the Inspector to lecture the audience and deliver his message. He hopes to make the audience question their own views. RIGHT WING/LEFT WING, capitalist/socialist, Inspector, responsibility, class But these girls aren’t cheap labour they are people The juxtaposition of “labour” and “people” emphasises how Sheila cares about the workers as human beings Sheila Act One Priestley uses Sheila’s opposition to her father to highlight the generation divide, the older and younger. His audience would have been closer to Sheila’s age and therefore sympathise more with her. RIGHT WING/LEFT WING, capitalist/socialist, Sheila, responsibility, class “What about war?” The short sentence questions his father revealing his father’s incorrect views Eric Act One Priestley uses the incorrect predictions from Birling about War to show his audience who in 1945 would have lived through one if not two world wars, how capitalists can be. RIGHT WING/LEFT WING, capitalist/socialist,Eric
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