The Inspector

Question 1

How is his entrance significant(act1)

Answer 1

” a man has to look after his own business and look after himself and his own - and - (we hear the sharp ring of a front door bell)”

• personal pronouns highlight selfishness
• S.D./ sound effect used to deliberately interupt birling
• priestly disagrees with birlings selfish philosophy 9 caitalist ideology is challenged)

Question 2

How is his appearance significant(act1)

Answer 2

“impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness”
- list of 3 suggests his intimidating and authoritative prescence

Question 3

How does he have a blunt tone(act1)

Answer 3

“No, thank you, Mr Birling. I’m on duty.”
- short scentences indicate his sensible approach and profesionalism

Question 4

How does the inspector control the room(act1)

Answer 4

“cutting through, massively”
- S.D indicate that he controls the flow and topic of conversation
- Adverb shows his total/ overwhelming power

Question 5

How does the inspector describe eva smith(act1)

Answer 5

“swallowed a lot of disinfectant. Burnt her insides out, of course.”
- emotive language conjures up images of pain and suffering

Question 6

How does the inspector create sympathy for eva smith(act1)

Answer 6

“Living in lodgings, with no help, few friends, lonely, hal starved, she was feeling desperate.”
- list reveals her many disadvantages
- emotive language “lonely” highlihghts her total isolation and unhappiness

Question 7

How is the inspector all knowing(act2)

Answer 7

mrs birling - “Though naturally i dont know anything about this girl.”
Inspector - “(gravely) we’ll see Mrs Birling.”
- S.D/ short scentence reveal he will not take mrs b’s word for it as he knows what happened

Question 8

How is the inspector moralistic (act2)

Answer 8

• (massively) Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilites as well as privileges.”
• Dash shows hes interupting mr b’s self importante stmnt
• juxta forces characters to acknowledge flaws
• aim to make them learn something (medieval morality play)

Question 9

How does the inspector trap mrs B(act2)

Answer 9

“secondly, i blame the young man who was the father of the child she was going to have.”
- tension created through dramatic irony - audience knows the father is eric
- makes mrs b look foolish in her pride

Question 10

How is the inspector authoritative(act3)

Answer 10

“We are all members of one body. We are all responsible for eachother.”
- metaphor/short scentences everyone is linked and has to look out for the fellow man
- priestly uses inspector as his own socialist view as he puts a message of responsiblity and equality out through him. Catalyst for change - brings changes to characters / relationships