Inspector

• "We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other" ANALYSIS

  • Repetition of 'we' - collective pronoun reflect collective responsibility
  • 'one body' - metaphor alludes to Priestley's message that we are all intertwined as one in society, no matter what social class or gender. Also, everyones actions will have effect on eachother and we have to respect and have social responsibility
  • The inspector is a mouthpiece for Priestley and he encourages the audience to take on a more socialist approach to society and accept more responsibility for eachother - own your actions
• ‘if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish'

  
  

  
  

  • Inspector is a mouth piece for Priestley's final message
  • 'fire,blood,anguish' connotes violence and nightmarish foreshadowing to warn and threaten the audience to encourage a socialist attitude
  • omnificent figure who may be foreshadowing the world wars which helped to break down social class barriers
  • a reminder to the population of 1945 that they should seek to remain progressive rather than fall back into old, perhaps selfish and capitalistic ways
• 'One Eva Smith has gone- but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths'

  • Priestley uses the repetition of 'millions' to emphasise on the large amount of lower class who suffer because of the capitalist society
  • Eva Smith is a microcosm for all poor people in society - showing that we must take care of the many women and men who are still left suffering in society
  • Surname 'smith' is one of the most popular names in 1945 britain, further showing that Eva stands as a symbol for many epople in society
• 'fire, blood and anguish' religious connotations

  • Used in the bible to describe hell - Priestley may be warning the audience that if we are unwilling to become more socialist and more responsible for society as a whole, we may be sent to hell to learn the lesson in a more painful way
• How does Priestley use invert detective fiction to present Goole as omniscient?

  • Rather than traditionally solving a case by ruling out person by person to find who is guilty, Google walks in to the Birling house knowing who did what
  • This shows how we are all 'intertwined' in society as each of the Birling's played a role in her death
  • Could link to the use of anadeplosis - 'what happened to her then may have caused what happened to her afterwards' shows that as members of 'one body' all of our actions are 'intertwined' and connected, as all the Birlings are responsible for Eva's death