Quotes

• Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable - Mr B 


  -Repetion shows he’s certain

  -Titanic symbolises power and capitalism/ wealth

  -Inspector acts as the iceberg and breaks it
• Stage Directions - “The sharp ring of a front doorbell…Cutting in”


  Inspector arrives sharp, power of socialism

  When Mr B talks he cuts in- socialism vs capitalism
• Mr B “A man has to make his own way-has to looks after himself-and his family too”


  His true beliefs are at the start “himself“ not his family

  • Capitalist beliefs look after himself
  • “Man” selfish, individualism
  • Freud:Id - desire - Mr B is a slave to his desire, the only thing he worships is himself
  • Shows the dangers of capitalist ideology
• Clothes mean something quite different to a woman - Mr B


  Symbolism

  • Foreshadows how all the men treat Eva
  • Clothes symbolises respect
  • Men believed that women were respected based off how they dressed
  • If a woman didn’t dress respectfully - they didnt respect themeselves - shows the savageness of a patriarchal society - women were sexualised by men
• Young and fresh - Gerald 


  This is how Gerald describes Eva

  • Treats her like an animal ( Zoomorphism )
  • Gerald believes he can do what he wants because of his class
  • Freud , Gerald displays sexual desire for Eva , He doesn’t care about her
  • Patriarchy , He is rich and a man - he is powerful
• When your married you’ll realise - Mrs Birling 


  Patriarchy - Mrs B realises men are more powerful, warning to Sheila that when she is married she becomes nothing
• We are members of one body - Inspector 


  Socialism views - Everyone is equal we should all support each other

  • We are responsible for one another , we work together like a body part
  • Opposes Capitalism
• The point is, you don’t seem to have learnt anything - Sheila 


  Changes in Sheila’s character

  • Contrast from a child “mummy” in act 1 to a woman who cares for herself
• Fire , blood and anguish - Inspector


  Rule of 3

  • 3 punishments - may get away with it now but in afterlife you won’t - hell
  • Foreshadows WW1 - downfall of society
  • Capitalism
• Girls of that class - Mrs B 


  Patriarchy and Capitalism

  • Mrs Birling is saying girls of a lower class will inevitably be treated that way
  • Breaking of society