VOCAB

• Mr birling

  pompous -excessively important

  obstinate -stubborn

  patronising -speaks down
• Mrs Birling

  prejudiced -against working class

  implacable -unforgiving

  superlicious -superior to everyone else

  intransigent -cant change her views
• sheila

  perceptive-notices other truths

  remorseful /penitent-regrets

  idealistic-wants a compassionate world

  disillusioned-realises the hypocrisy of her family and society
• eric birling

  aleinated-disconnected from parents

  disenfranchised-no sense of belonging

  self loathing -hates what he did to eva

  morally fractured - unable to control his behaviour
• gerald croft

  evasive -avoids full honesty about his relationship

  duplicitous-presents a false image

  conventionaly-clings to old ideas
• inspector goole

  authoritative -powerful

  moralisitic -strong sense of right and wrong

  omniscient -knows everything

  didactic -teaches a lesson

  incisive -cuts straight through lies

  catalytic -sparks metamorphism