English lit

• “Look look mummy, isnt it a beauty?”

  • imperative look seeks validation from her çarents who prioritise business over her
  • interogative sentence shows lack of assurance juxtaposes with her father who speaks in declarative sentences
  • motof of the ring symbolises control / imprisonment she is too naive to understand the true meaning of her marragie
• “She was pretty and a good sport - eric“

  • adjective pretty shows objectification
  • noun phrase good sport shows hunting imagery predetor vs prey
  • eric is a microcosm for patriarchal society
• “Im a hard headed practical man of business”

  • noun man view himself as superior due to his gender
  • declarative sentence creates confident tone that may be a facade due to his wife being his social superior
  • microcosm for patriarchy or capitalism
• “Youre not the type of father a chap could go to when hes in trouble”

  • pronoun father protector / guidance he needs a role model but mr b prioritses business over being a father
  • abstarct noun trouble tarnishing family reputation
  • declarative sentence he is no longer “half shy” creates divide between himself and his father
• “It frightens me the way you talk”

  • verb frightens she is no longer bilnd ( her name ) becomes enlightened and afraid of the lack of compassion from parents
  • eric/ shiela challenge their parents capitalist views
  • change of syntax pronouns of “you” to “me” to “me to “you“ from act 1 she prioritises herself
• “Look inspector - id give thousands - yes thousands”

  • imperative look trying to gain power as his public image is his only importance
  • repetition of thousands creates desperate tone
  • ouspensky theory
• “The lighting should be pink amd intimate until the inspector arravies then it should be bright and harder”

  • pink romance / intimacy the birlings wesr rose tinted glasses to ignore the realities of the capitalist society
  • juxaposition brighter and harder inpector tries to open their eyes to the realities of society and convert to socialists
  • stage direction foreshadows that later in the play the younger generation see the truth and convert