Inspector Goole is a mouthpiece for Priestleys socialist views
Inspector Goole questions the family about their connections to Eva Smith after her recent death, he helps the family to see what they have done this this girl and how they can change to prevent this happening to others in the future.
‘One Eva Smith has gone - but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us’
"we don't live alone. We are members of one body"
"if men will not learn that lesson then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish"