INSPECTOR CALLS - J.B Priestley

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  • INSPECTOR CALLS - J.B Priestley
    • MR BIRLING
      • "Fiddlesticks! The Germans don’t want war."
        • AO3- set in 1912- years later WW1 broke out followed by WW2
          • Capitalists- misinformed, foolish
          • Dramatic irony
        • Referring to it as 'fiddlesticks' is saying that it is nonsense.
        • Turns the audience- that have experienced war against Capitalism
      • "bees in a hive... community and all that nonsense"
        • 'nonsense' dismisses community and refuses responsibility
        • hive- interconnects- hexagonal- all support each other- AO2 metaphor
        • Eva Smith- link to bees- sting is a consequence- strike in her case- chain of events- death
          • hive- interconnects- hexagonal- all support each other- AO2 metaphor
        • every bee has a role- all needed for hive to function- like society
        • Capitalist- profits shown to be wrong- ignorant, misinformed, outof date
      • "a hard-headed, practical man of business"
        • thinks of himself as a man who does well in business
        • doesn't let sentiment get in the way of what has to be done to succeed
        • Capitalism- selfish
        • seeing even his daughter's engagement as a business oppurtunity with Gerald's father
        • Priestley does not present it as a positive attribute
          • causes innocent people to suffer consequences- Eva Smith's chain of events leading to her death
    • Inspector Goole
      • "we are members of one body"
        • 'we'- 1st person collective pronoun
          • involves everyone in society- links with socialism/ community- looking out for each other
        • body of christ- died for us- sacrificed himself for forgiveness and working with each other
          • religious imagery
        • AO3 - undermining the class system
        • all parts of the 'body' have a function- break down without each other
          • AO2 metaphor
            • society- body
        • team- different roles 'members'
      • "the time will come when if men will not learn... it will be taught in fire, blood and anguish"
        • 'will' modal verb- declarative- AO2
        • 'fire, blood, anguish' can forsee the future- audience at this point would have lived through 2 wars
          • Goole- prophet
            • Inspector is reliable- socialism and his message are reliable
          • bombs, guns, weapons, war
          • fills them with fear & upset
        • Alternatively- hell, damned for eternity- naiive, religious imagery
        • Inspector represents Priestley- speaking through him- suffer if selfish- capitalism

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