Inspector Calls Combination - with explaination

"Some drunken idler"

About her son who's drinking problem she refuses to accept

"Giving us the port, Edna?"

Arthur as conscious to seem faultless and casually rich

"It would be very awkward wouldn't it"

Arthur is dismissive and feels no social responsibility. Won't concern himself with anything that has even a tiny negative effect on himself. Uses rhetorical questions to try get people to agree

"You have brought us together" "For lower costs and higher prices"

Arthur is patronising to Gerald, links everything to business. Starts off correct and emotive. Juxtaposed by immediate business talk

"Shiela's a lucky girl/ You're a pretty fortunate young man too"

Arthur's flattery to appear liked. One track mind. Greedy

"I don't come into this suicide businesss"

Attitude of being above even the birlings

"The fact remains that I did what I did"

Audience likely to forgive him out of sympathy because of his guilt- will turn it around

"He could have kept her on"

Aware of that hers wrong doing and is assertive enough to question him on it. Shows hope of younger generation. Having enough awareness to save society

"You ought to like this port... as a matter of fact..."

Before inspector arrives, sees himself as most authoritive and centre of attention, long flowing and unchallenged explanations

"Seems pretty excited with life"

Begins in ignorance. Ignorance is bliss, seems too content and non understanding

"Is disgusting to me"

Believers she's better than the girl and no sympathy even after she's died

"Daisy gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help"

Beloved hes heroic and doing a man's duty

"-she treated me as if I was a kid"

Breaking off, colloquial trying to shrug it off, shows how she was more educated and mature bcof everything she'd been through

"I don't suppose for a moment we can understand"

Brushes it off, I associated, doesn't want to understand

"Mother- stop- stop!"

Cares about her brother's conscience

"So that's what you think I'm really like" to Gerald

Cares about people's opinions of her, in a different way to her father

"A girl of that sort"

Categorised. Shows upper class as hesh rude and

"One line of enquiry at a time"

Controls structure

"You've had children. You just have known how she was feeling"

Creates a link between the two women. Dramatic pauses to control effect

"Hard-headed practical man of business"

Desirable qualities he sees in himself. Criticising complacency.

"If I could help her now I would"

Desired effect, encouraging audience to follow message so they're not put in hopeless position. Shows how things can become too late

"I wasntin love with her or anything. She was pretty and a good sport"

Didn't have understanding for her feelings. Casual

"There's every excuse for what your mother and I did"

Doesn't expect to be questioned, doesn't need to have any excuse when talking to his daughter

"Please don't contradict me like that"

Doesn't expect to be talked down to

"This girl had been impertinent and - and"

Doesn't tu to argue like her father, is so affected that she can't finish her sentence. Guilt stricken, stopped in her tracks

"Burnt her inside out of course"

Emotive language for abruptness, as thoiyhh she'd have no other choice, evokes pity at TJE brutal truth Simple name suggests how easily she could be anyone

Shouts "the girls dead and we all helped to kill her"

Emulates inspectors harsh language to show serious and understanding effect hes had

Then- you killed her. She came to you to protect me - and you turned her away- yes, and you killed her - and the child she'd have had too-my child- your own grandchild - you killed them both- damn you, damn you-"

Eric becomes flustered.

"In his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive"

Eric has the most active social conscience - at the start of play he says: "he could have kept her instead of throwing her out". This demonstrates that there is potential/hope for the future. At the end of the play Eric shows remorse and his acceptance is evidence of his moral fibre.

"I knew it"

Even though she reacted scared and don't want to talk to him

"They will be taught it in fire and blood and angiosh"

Fierce warning, unprofessional

"Builds up a kind of wall"

Figurative speech shows her insightful and deeper, mature views on life, conveying them as her mother being didtrucyive, tries to show people what they're doing wrong with metaphors

"Unless Eric's been up to something"

Gerald jokes, creates suspicious tension around Eric as if he's often involved in wrong doing

"Disconcerting habbi of looking hard at someone before he speaks"

Harsh, finds the truth, honesty

"Cutting through massively"

Has a sort of power over everyone

"And his family too of course"

Hastily adding on words, trying to say the right thing. Fears inspector

"Arthur you're not supposed to say such things"

Higher than Arthur'

"Millions and millions and millions of Eva smith"

Hyperbole to show sheer multitude of people in need of help"

"Early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy hlfnassertive"

In an uncomfortable position, almost immediately guilty. Question why he isn't at ease

"It would be much better if Shiela didn't listen to this story at all"

In fact the story. Changed and improved Shiela

"Pretty girl in her early 20s"

Innocent, positive light. Shows hope and chance for reformation; blank canvas, able to easily switch as she has nothing weighing on her

"A man has to make his own way- has to look after himself"

Inspector has arrived, less authorative or willing to ramble, broken up short sentences in fragments, hurried and excusing. Reluctance.

"I'm glad I amuse you"

Irony showing tension between the two

" I suppose we're all good people now"

Irony shows tension and complete disagreement with parents and disrespect. Matured and has her own opinions

"Chain of events"

Locking imagery suggesting stuck inside it, loop

"Betterbto ask for TJE world than to take it"

Matter of fact. Doesn't elaborate. Short sentences

"Community and all that nonsense"

More colloquial and informal shows authority breaking down as he's becomes less articulate. Realistic character, have to look for symbolism and how he could easily be anyone

"Nothing to do with you, Sheila. Run along." - Mr Birling "I happened to look in, one night, after a rather long dull day, and as the show wasn't very bright, I went down into the bar for a drink. It's a favourite haunt of women of the town - " - Gerald

Mrs B and Mr B look at Sheila and Eric as young. There is a lot of censorship

"She was a very pretty girl"

Much like Shiela, shows the similarities between the two and Shielas natural jealousy, sees her as human and taught by her father to knock her down. Reflects and realised how similar they were

"A piece of gross inpertinecne"

Naive and expects her name to be respected

"Ask Gérald for that ring, then you'll feel better"

Naive and no remorse. No understanding of daughter

"You don't seem to have learnt anything"

Narrators view coming through, pointing out real matters

"Arthur Birling is a rather heavy looking, portentuous man"

Negative initial impression, visibly dark, audience know he's a bad example

"Oh how horrible!"

Only one to react and care about Eva's death

"Some people say war is inevitable- Fiddlesticks!"

Outage at suggestions, dramatic irony, highlights older generation's unwillingness to change. Dismissive, belittles other's ideas

"About as much as she can stand"

Patronising views of women

"Sharp ring of a front doorbell"

Pitched onomatopoeia marks moment he cuts into their lives

"they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish". "It is better to ask the Earth than take it." "A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl, who never did anybody any harm. But she died in misery and agony- hating life" "we have to share our guilt" "Public men, Mr Birling have responsibilities as well as privileges"

Priestley is showing that the Inspector is aware of the future. He is like a traveller or messenger.

"heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech." "A man has to make his own way - has to look after himself - and his family too, of course" "We were paying the usual rates and if they didn't like those rates, they could go and work somewhere else." - Mr Birling "Lady Croft - whilst she doesn't object to my girl- feels you might have done better for yourself socially." * "Community and all that nonsense". "some sort of crank."

Priestley uses Birling as a symbol of the callous and heartlessness of capitalism. Through his character he is criticizing the complacency of capitalist prosperity.

"About fifty, a rather cold woman and her husband's social superior" "a girl of that sort would ever refuse money." "She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position." "Girls of that class.."

Priestley uses Mrs Birling to epitomise all that is wrong with society. She represents the social snobbery and hypocrisy of the upper classes and shows no remorse in her cruel treatment of Eva Smith. Puts on a pretence of respectability by her use of euphemisms: e.g. 'a girl of that Class' who has found herself in a 'particular condition' Shows women are poorly behaved as well as men.

"An attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town"

Priestley uses the character of Gerald Croft to throw light both on the Birling parents who are too set in their social ways to be changed by the Inspector's visit, and on the Birling children who are certainly very responsive to the Inspector's message, but possibly in a slightly naïve and hysterical way. Gerald acts as a bridge between the two generations.

"A pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited" "If she's been a miserable , plain little creature, I don't suppose I would have done it." "(half serious, half playful) yes,- except for all last summer when you never came near me" "Oh I wish you hand't told me." "Mummy"

Priestley uses the character of Sheila to represent his own views of social responsibility. She offers hope for the future and Priestley uses Sheila as an example of people's changing attitudes towards those less fortunate than themselves. She can also be seen as pretty intuitive.

"I was TJE only one who didn't give into him"

Proud for the wrong eeasons. Corrupt

"It isn't true. You must know it isn't true"

Refusal to believe her family is anything but perfect

"Fire blood and anguish"

Repeats inspector, shows how he's got through to her

"You killed her"

Repetition of dark work shows anger and frustration and not wanting to have the blame because of guilt. Violent, contrasts with the polite. Semantic field of heaven and hell- WHATS right and wrong

"You fool, he knows he knows, you'll see you'll see"

Repetition shows a pattern of her learning things and it becoming clear to her. Stressed.

"I'd give thouhssands yes thousands"

Repetition shows stupidity and naivety. Only uses money where it benefits him.

"Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable!"

Repetition, exclamatives, passionate and convinced he's right. Symbolic of seeing his family untouchable.

"Young women ought to be protected?"

Rewords Gerald, theme of reversal asnif anythih negative they do will come back around

"Rather cold woman"

Seemingly closed and untouchable

"But these girls aren't cheap labour- they're people"

Seemingly obvious and left wing, inspirational standing up, makes it obvious to the audience to realise that she's right amongst lots of opinions that they should disagree with. Now has passion

"The inspector will just break it down"

Sees him as powerful and that their attempts to hide are weak against him

"Giving us a rope so that we hang ourselves"

Sees the danger of their actions and the manipulative inspector. Tries to get others to understand. Suddenly sees everything as destructive, woken up to the world

"It wasn't I who turned her out of employment"

Selfish

Act 1, Sheila: "But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people" Act 3 Inspector: "There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness." "I don't see much nonsense about it when a girl goes and kills herself. You lot may be letting yourselves out nicely, but I can't. Nor can mother. We did her in all right." -Eric At least I'm trying to tell the truth. I expect you've done things you're ashamed of too." -Sheila

Sheila and Eric grow to accept responsibility, see Eva Smith as a person. She shows that we are all equal, men and women alike. Inspector acts as a catalyst for this.

"Died in misery and agony"

Shocking language to evoke gilt and shock

"Destroying herself so horribly"

Shows her emotive and painful feelings toward girl. Sees her as equal and cares for her

"Why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest price possible"

Shows his awareness for the rights of others as he uses higher in both descriptions, suggested he sees them as the same as himself. Equality shown by the younger generation

"Heavily comfortable but not cosy"

Shows lack of affection in the family.- Priestley shows that the Birlings have money - the props all indicate this luxury items that they enjoy..

"You're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble"

Shows standing up is an option and blames errors downfalls on mr hurling

"Birling at one end and his wife at the other"

Shows the separation in the relationship patriarchy wife has no say in the relationship

"Yes go on Mummy"

Simple and happy, forced to mature by the inspector to "mother" big contrast of growing up. Loses respect for her mother and feels distanced

"Lighting should be pink and intimate", "Brighter and harsher"

Stage Directions

"I'm sorry daddy. Actually I was listening"

Submissive and excepting of her father. Doesn't argue

"I am rather more-upset- than I appear tonne"

Suggests change and guilt but only on a personal level

The ring

Symbolises loop and offering again like the start of the play will go over and over if he doesn't learn

"Panic stricken"

Sympathy as he always considers himself as right. Shows him breaking and not in control- being talked down to and not looked up to shakes him and he doesn't know how to react. He is built up of other people's respect

"He is a man in his fifties, dressed in a plain darkish suit of the period. He speaks carefully, weightily and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addresses before actually speaking"

The Inspector assumes control, which is a disturbing shift for Birling and he immediately tries to regain it. The Inspector interrupts Birling 'cutting through, massively'. The Inspector's interruptions and his indifference to the nicer points of polite behaviour make him stand apart from the others. Whenever Priestley describes the Inspector, he uses the semantic field of size: showing the importance of this man, and his power.

"I don't evebremember that's the hellish thing"

The badness in Eric is alcohol. Recognised his deed as sinful

"And you think young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things?" - Inspector Goole Act 2 "Just used her for the end of a stupid drunken evening, as if she were and animal, a thing, not a person. No, you won't forget." - Act 3 Inspector

The inspector challenges these normal views. He challenges these views of women as tool for marriage and men to control.

(Angrily to Eric) "You're the one I blame for this". - Mr B (About Gerald's affair) " It's disgusting to me". - Mrs B "I should think not Eric, I'm absolutely ashamed of you". - Mrs B "Everything's all right now, Sheila. (Hold up the ring) What about this ring?" - Gerlad "there's every excuse for what your mother and I did." "Go look for the father of this child. It's his responsibility."

The upper class don't accept responsibility. Nor do they sympathies or care. Even Gerald can't.

You're not the type of father a chap to go to when he's in trouble" - Eric Act 3 "You don't understand anything. You never did" "No, he's giving us the rope - so that we'll hang ourselves." "it frightens me the way you talk."

There is a gap between the old and young

"Port cigar box and cigarettes"

This quote shows how they are rich in material based goods in other words symbolising how the love for the Burlings is very poor

'The Titanic - she sails next week...and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.' "you'll hear some people say war is inevitable...fiddlesticks!"

Titanic symbolizes his own family - believes they are untouchable until the Inspector arrives giving them a rude awakening.

Rewords "position"

To literal, shock krs hurling

"I was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty"

Tries to escape responsibility and blame it on alcohol, colloquial chap suggests he's harmless

"Make sure he's compelled to confess in public his responsibility "

Trying to seek clever and haughty whisky being stood

"I'll never never do it again... never"

Wants to prove herself to the inspector as changed. Shows young people as innocent and repentful

"...not only something to make 'em look prettier - but - well, a sort of sign or token of their self-respect." - Mr Birling "Old Joe Meggarty, half-drunk and google-eyed, had wedged her in a corner with that fat obscene carcass of his" - Gerald Act2 * "Yes, but you've got to remember, my boy, that clothes mean something quite different to a woman." - Mr Birling * "She'd had a lot to say, far too much, she had to go." - Mr Birling "She was young and pretty and warm-hearted -- and intensely grateful." - Gerald

Women are objectified. Beyond marriage they are seen as sexual objects to control.