inspector goole

• "one person and one line of inquiry at a time" - inspector goole


  the inspector takes his job very seriously and likes things to run smoothly.
• "you're not telling the truth" - inspector goole


  the inspector has Eva's diary therefore already knows everything that has happened but wants them to admit it and accept their responsibility, hence knowing Mrs Birling is lying.
• "and you think young women ought to be protected against unpleasnt and disturbing things" - inspector goole


  he is highlighting that people are protecting Sheila but Eva was a young woman herself and she wasn't protected, showing that there are different expectations for different social classes.
• "you've had children. you must've known what she was feeling, and she slammed the door in her face" - inspector goole


  he mentions mrs birling's children as an attempt to evoke empathy from her, but her callousness highlights to the audience that she is unable to relate to another mother as they are in different social classes.
• "she was here alone, friendless, almost penniless, desperate" - inspector goole


  he is showing the Birlings the effect of what they had done to Eva in an attempt to provoke pity from them.