AIC The Inspector

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  • The Inspector
    • The voice of Priestley
      • It is possible that that Inspector is a mouthpiece who allows Priestley to play an active role in the world of the play.
        • Final speech
          • "We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other"
          • “fire and blood and anguish”
    • A time traveller
      • The Inspector is not subject to the normal rules of time, and is able to move between different times. Priestley was very interested in the philosophy of time and the ideas of multiple times, and the end of the play suggests that possibly the Birlings have been trapped in some kind of time loop.
      • 3 unities of time: Priestley follows the Greek tradition by sticking to the three unities (Unities of time, place and action – one day, one location,one plotline) -> Priestley's drawing room -> to tell the audience that this is a tragedy where the flaws of the hero is expressed -> all of the upper classes are the heroes -> try to change the views of the upper classes and to change the views of everyone else towards the upper classes
    • A supernatural figure: a ghost or spirit
      • 'Goole' -> ghoul
    • The voice of 1946
      • The Inspector seems to possess the knowledge andopinions of someone from 1946, rather than 1912. It could therefore be argued that he represents the spirit of 1946 (or the spirit of the audience), transported back to 1912.
    • Brings about change
      • “we often do on the young ones. They're more impressionable.”
      • “But just remember this. One Eva Smith has gone – but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths”
    • Final speech
      • "We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other"
      • “fire and blood and anguish”
    • Appearance
      • “An impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”
      • (cutting through, massively)
        • 1) 'massively' is repeated throughout the play, perhaps shows his presence fills the room, he is an imposing character, his views are large and important, and 2) 'massively' links to interrogation, he is getting the information out of them and the fact that he is the driving force of the play.

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