Dramatic Devices

• props

  • the photograph of Eva Smith
  • drinks
  • the engagement ring
  • the telephone
• staging

  • the dining room setting
  • descriptions of clothing
• stage directions

  • changes in lighting
  • tone of voice
  • movements
• character entrances and exits

  • the arrival of the inspector
  • Erics entrance
  • Geralds exit and re-entrance
• dramatic irony

  • play is set in 1912 but written in 1945
  • the titanic
  • Eric as the father of Evas baby
  • the war
• cliff-hangers

  • Gerald admitting he knew eva but begging her not to tell the inspector
  • Erics entrance after Mrs Birlings interrogation
  • the final scene of the play