Inspector Goole

• Why does Priestley use inversions of generic expectations?

  Priestly uses inversions of generic expectations to show everyone in society are all responsible for eachother because he wanted a social and political shift. He wanted an improvement in equality post the second World War.
• What does Inspector Goole say that has an anadiplosis?

  "what happened to her afterwards may have driven her to suicide"
• What does the anadiplosis show?

  The anadiplosis shows that everyones actions are interconnected and everyone is responsible for Eva Smiths death.
• What is the effect of the anadiplosis?

  The audience realises that the Inspectors investigation focuses on surprising links between different events and people all of the higher classes.
• What quote shows Priestly uses the Inspector to promote social responsibility?

  "we are members of one body"
• What quote shows the Inspector is a moral force and resistant to corruption?

  "no thank you, I'm on duty"
• What does alcohol symbolize in the context of the Inspector's refusal?

  Immoral behaviour
• What does the Inspector's refusal to drink represent?

  His refusal to act immorally
• How does Mr. Birling's action of offering a drink to the Inspector function in the narrative?

  It attempts to corrupt the Inspector
• What role does the Inspector play in the narrative?

  He is responsible and takes his role seriously
• What is the Inspector?

  The Inspector is a personification of the socialist ideology.
• What quote shows the Inspector is a personification of the socialist ideology?

  "we are members of one body"
• What quote shows that the poor are dismissed from society?

  "no work, no money coming in"
• Why does Priestley use the Inspector as a construct?

  The Inspector symbolizes social conscience and moral authority. Priestley uses him to challenge the characters (and audience) to accept collective responsibility and to promote social justice and equality.