Inspector
- Created by: ceara
- Created on: 04-04-13 11:58
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- The Inspector
- He introduces himself as Inspector Goole, a police officer who has come toe investigate the background to a young womans suicide
- Role in the Plot
- The Inspector interrupts the Birling family gathering
- He establishes they each did something cruel or unkind to the dead girl
- He gradually takes control of the situation and while being polite, refuses to acknowledge that any of the others is superior to him
- He leaves them after making an impassioned speech about social justice
- Description
- A man of 'massiveness,solidity and purposefulness'
- The Inspector is an imposing figure who will dominate and achieve his aims
- 'One person and one line of enquiry at a time, Otherwise, there's a muddle'
- He wants to do things his way and he likes to do things in an orderly way. This allows JB Priestly to build the play as a 'chain of events'
- It's my duty to ask questions'
- He takes his responsibilities seriously and shows the others that they haven't done os
- He never seemed like an ordinary police officer
- The world 'ordinary' could mean usual or it could imply more than human
- A man of 'massiveness,solidity and purposefulness'
- His name sounds like ghoul someone with a morbid interest in death and it could be said that the Inspectors existence os as a result of the girls death
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