An Inspector Calls - Dramatic Techniques

What dramatic technique is used in each of these examples?

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Q. Mr Birling says about the Titanic: ‘unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’.
Dramatic irony
1 of 10
Q. ‘A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own - and - [We hear the sharp ring of a
doorbell. Birling stops to listen’].
Entrances and Exits / Prop - doorbell / Sound effects
2 of 10
Q. Mr Birling is the opposite of the Inspector.
Use of contrasts
3 of 10
Q. Sheila and her ring; Eric’s and his port.
Props and symbolism
4 of 10
Q. The Inspector’s response to Mr Birling’s offer of a drink: ‘No thank you, Mr Birling, I’m on duty’.
Dramatic tension / mystery
5 of 10
.Q. ‘Arthur Birling at one end of the table and his wife at the other’.
Staging / stage directions
6 of 10
Q. The Inspector’s name ‘Goole’
Mystery
7 of 10
Q. All action occurs in one room; the play begins and ends with the Birlings and Gerald alone in this room.
The structure of the play
8 of 10
Q. Act One ends with Sheila interrogating Gerald; the Inspector re-enters and asks ‘Well?’.
Entrances and Exits / The Climactic Curtain / Cliff-hanger
9 of 10
Q. Mrs Birling insists that the father of Eva’s baby is responsible without realising it is her own son, Eric.
Dramatic irony
10 of 10

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Q. ‘A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own - and - [We hear the sharp ring of a
doorbell. Birling stops to listen’].

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Entrances and Exits / Prop - doorbell / Sound effects

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Q. Mr Birling is the opposite of the Inspector.

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Card 4

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Q. Sheila and her ring; Eric’s and his port.

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Card 5

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Q. The Inspector’s response to Mr Birling’s offer of a drink: ‘No thank you, Mr Birling, I’m on duty’.

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