An inspector calls- Act 1 Quotes

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stage directions: '.... not cosy and homelike'------ house is used like a prop to show wealth

stage directions: '....until inspector arrives...brighter and harder'------- symbolic- exposing

'social superior'------ upper-class background

'silly pessimistic talk' ...... 'we've passed the worst of it'------ dramatic irony, war

'hard-headed practical man of business'-------- narrow minded, adamant he's right

J.B Priestley shows how complacent society was in 1912 though Mr Birling

Time of technological progress.

mention of '1940'------ironic, war

'peace, and prosperity and rapid progress'-------ironic, opposite to how it will be

lady croft doesn't accept Gerald's marriage to Sheila as he's marrying down----- social class divide

'a man has to look after himself '-------opposite views to inspector who is a socialist

'the way these cranks talk and write now , you'd think everybody has to look after everybody else...'------- 'cranks'- socialists, he views as crazy people, disrespectful

' he, himself, his own'-----repition demonstrates selfishness

Eric 'uneasy'------hiding something, guilty,nervous

inspector------confrontational, not intimidated by social class

he speaks carefully, weightily----thinks about his words

disconcerting habit of looking hard -----off putting, intimidating, glares