inspector

• | inspector character profile

  an anomaly

  • the inspector arrives unexpectedly; claiming to be here for questions
  • he's an outsider; not in common w/ birlings ('i don't play golf')
  • leaves after delivering a speech about social responsibility
  • when gerald finds out that he's a fraud, the older gen FORGETS his speech to AVOID BLAME
  • described as AUTHORITATIVE & IMPOSING_ not a big man but his presence fills the room
• | inspector character profile

  the inspector is...

  • moral: "we don't live alone. we are members of one body"
  • authoritative: "all in good time", "cutting in massively"
  • "so rude and assertive" - mrs b
  • mysterious: "was it a hoax?" - gerald
  • an outsider: "the rude way he spoke" "was quite extraordinary" - mrs b
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  a driving force

  • he starts off with a summary- a "suicide, of course"
  • FORCES more information by bluntly saying what other chars try to SKIRT AROUND
  • "then you decided to keep her- as your mistress" which isn't a question, rather forcing gerald to admit the truth
  • reveals NEW INFORMATION by saying that "this girl was going to have a child"