social responsibility

• mixed together likes bees in a hive, a community and all that nonsense


  -zoomorphism- employs this to characterise society, mainly the lower class as "bees". this reflects Mr Birlings degradation and mockery of the concept of collective responsibility, portraying it as animalistic
• He certainly didn't make me confess

  -her firm denial of accountability comes effortlessly which reflects her selfishness.

  -her choice of words subtly hints that admitting any kind of responsibility would pose as a threat to her status in the capitalist hierarchy
• I did what I did, and mother did what she did, and the rest of you did what you did to her


  -the repetition of the personal pronoun "I" not only illuminates erics growing sense of personal accountability and social awareness but also signifies the maturation of his introspection
• "Everything's alright now, Sheila. What about this ring?"

  -he follows a cyclical structure where he goes back to the ring he started with. this shows his unwillingness to change his desire to absolve himself from guilt.

  -the ring is a symbol of metonym meaning the marriage is displayed as a materialistic view of marriage for Gerald
• If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night."


  -polysyndeton is shown by he repetition of "and" highlights the perpetual torment awaits those who avoid their moral and civic responsibilities.

  -priestly uses the inspector as a mouthpiece to symbolise humanities failure to learn from past mistakes which will lead to further "blood and anguish"
• We are members of one body.'


  -this is a biblical allusion which is used in baptism in Christ. in like with Jesus, the inspector promotes the union of society and togetherness

  - alike to Jesus providing salvation to mankind, the inspector can be seen as being the salvation to the Birlings