5 KEY QUOTES

• as if she were an animal, a thing, not a person - responsibility


  degrading triple simile used as the inspector is priestly dramatic vehicle and mouthpiece - beatific image of 'animal' highlights blatant disregard for Evas humanity through dehumanising and exploitative treatment of her - neglectful noun 'thing' intensifies how she wasn't regarded with any form of passion as a living being, due to her social class
• if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish - responsibility


  highlights sempiternal consequences of neglecting responsibility - appears prophetic, paired with biblical allusions to hell when using triplet - polysyndeton reinforces sempiternal torture they will face if they keep parting with responsibility - prophetic and omniscient element makes message of responsibility seem more daunting and important
• (sternly to both of them) - gender


  description of Evas suicide, affirmative and confrontational in addressing abandonment of morals - doesn't allow Sheilas docile expectations as a woman nor Geralds untouchable aristocracy to prohibit him from harshly delivering message of responsibility - in society both would typically be exempt from serious responsibility for these reasons
• (cutting through, massively) [when mr b talks] - socialism vs capitalism


  inspector, embodiment of socialism, is presented as antithesis and foil to birling, embodiment of capitalism - when goole arrives, mr b's monologues cut short through inspectors interruption - breaks mr b's egotistical dramatic monologue where he expresses proclaimed omniscience that the titanic is 'unsinkable'
• (rather hot, bothered) - older vs younger generation


  despite mr b being physically distressed by investigation, proceeds to try and be ignorant to family unscrupulousness, still indoctrinated ny capitalist idea that 'public image' is more integral than morality - 'bother' provides glimmer of hope he will listen to inspector however retreats into capitalist ways - goole unable to change stagnancy and obstinance in characters where capitalism is deeply engrained