Inspector Goole
- Created by: Beth_trim
- Created on: 04-03-18 15:00
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- INSPECTOR GOOLE
- He is unexpected and imposing on the Birling's dinner
- He's authoritative and imposing
- Not a big man but his presence fills a room
- He Massively" interrupts.
- He cuts into the dialogue "with authority"
- Eg. When he tells Birling that Eric can "wait his turn"
- His authority makes people take him more seriously and makes everything he says sound more important.
- He cuts into the dialogue "with authority"
- He's authoritative and imposing
- He is...
- moral
- "We don't live alone. We are all members of one body"- I
- an outsider
- "The rude way he spoke to Mr Birling and me -- it was quite extraordinary"- Mrs.B
- the driving force of the play
- He forces information out of the characters bluntly
- Reveals new information which tightens the drama
- moral
- Uses emotive language
- He describes eva with ATTRACTIVE words to make the audience more sympathetic towards her
- "pretty" , "lively"-I
- This sympathy is strengthened by the harsh tone used to describe her death.
- He says that she's now lying "with a burnt out inside on a slab"
- He describes eva with ATTRACTIVE words to make the audience more sympathetic towards her
- He uses shock tactics
- He doesn't share Birling's interests or values
- The inspector doesn't play golf.
- "I don't play golf"
- And he's not interested in Birling's public profile as former Alderman and Lord Mayor or that he regularly plays golf with the police officers and inspectors
- He talks about taboo subjects like sex and politics
- He interrupts, repeats and pauses in ways which were not the norm in the middle-class prewar England.
- He docent follow etiquette (normal rules of social behaviour)
- The inspector doesn't play golf.
- He is Priestley's mouthpiece
- The inspector stand outside the class system of the Billings social world - an outsider.
- But he docent take a neutral position - he's on Eva/Daisy's side, and he tells the Birling's what he think of them
- Priestley's own views are reflected in the opinions of the Inspector.
- In the Inspector's final speech, it could also be Priestly speech to the audience.
- The play has a strong message about looking after one another, it's the Inspectors job to deliver it
- They are socialists
- In the Inspector's final speech, it could also be Priestly speech to the audience.
- The inspector stand outside the class system of the Billings social world - an outsider.
- He is unexpected and imposing on the Birling's dinner
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