Inspector Calls Flashcards #1

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  • Created on: 05-10-19 14:08
What Term does Mr Birling use to describe himself repeatedly at the start of the play?
'A hard headed man of buisness'
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Name 3 dramatic devices used throughout the play?
Dramatic irony,entrances and exits,lighting,setting,the doorbell,the telephone
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When was the play written?-What is the significance of this date?
1946-just after the second world war
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When is the play set?- and why?
1912-It's set just before WW1 at the end of the edwardian society priestly wanted to change.Its also set the night the titanic sinks
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Give two reasons why the audience might think Inspector Goole is not a real policeman before the end of Act Three?
He is concerned with morals, not crimes. He behaves oddly interviewing them one at a time. He doesn't seem to care when Birling mentions the chief constable. He knows an awful lot already. He is very bossy. His name.
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What were the circumstances of Eric's relationship with Eva?
Eric met Eva in a bar and bullied her into letting him take her home. He then slept with her as he was 'in that state where a chap easily turns nasty'
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What is the lighting like before the inspector arrives, and why?
Pink and intimate, to reflect the cosy unconcerned family gathering.
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What is the lighting like after the inspector arrives, and why?
Brighter and harder; Priestly wants to shine an interrogation spotlight onto the family and reveal their guilt.
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Describe the character of Gerald.
Wealthy and well-born, Gerald is a snob like Mr Birling to start with, but his dealing with Eva were in many ways the most understandable. He cheats on Sheila, but is honest with her in the end. By the end of the play he seems to be firmly back in Bi
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What does Edna symbolise?
The working class woman who has no choice but to do exactly what she is told if she is to make a crust.
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'Your daughter isn't living on the moon'
Responsibility - how much are members of one community responsible for each other?
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What is the significance of Inspector Goole's name?
Goole is another word for ghost-perhaps he isn't what he seems
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How is the Family's furniture described at the start of Act 1?
'heavily comfortable, but no cosy and homelike'
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Who gets squiffy, and why does it matter?
Eric - he shows signs of heavy drinking early on in the play and it turns out this has been a problem for a while, and was one of the reasons he got involved with Eva.
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"We don't live alone.We are members of one body.We are responsible for each other."Whos said this and why does this truly matter?
The Inspector, shortly before he leaves. It's the main moral message of the play.
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Name 3 dramatic devices used throughout the play?

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Dramatic irony,entrances and exits,lighting,setting,the doorbell,the telephone

Card 3

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When was the play written?-What is the significance of this date?

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Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

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When is the play set?- and why?

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Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Give two reasons why the audience might think Inspector Goole is not a real policeman before the end of Act Three?

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