inspector goole

• ’two hours ago a young woman died at the infirmary’

  (Act 1)

  • Inspector Goole is blunt about the fact Eva Smith has died
• ‘a chain of events’

  (Act 1)

  • highlights the fact that the Birling’s ruined Eva one by one
• ‘but you’re partly to blame. just as your father is’

  (Act 1)

  • inspector goole tries to imprint his socialist views on the family, starting with Sheila and Mr Birling