An Inspector Calls

Question	Answer
Sheila: (half serious half playful) Yes- except for all last summer, when you never came near me, and I wondered what had happened to you.	Half serious= Introduction of tension 'when you never came near me'= Where was Gerald?
Eric suddenly guffaws Sheila: You're squiffy	Eric is drunk
Birling: when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together- for lower costs and higher prices	Capitalist views
Birling: some people say that war's inevitable. And to that I say- fiddlesticks!	He is being ignorant and naive dramatic irony because the audience knows that there has already been 2 Wars
Birling: unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable (talking about the Titanic)	dramatic irony because the audience knows that the Titanic did sink
he creates at once an impression of massiveness solidity and purposefulness	Intimidating Commanding
He speaks carefully, weightily and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addressed before actually speaking	creates tension changes mood authorative
Inspector: Burnt her inside out, of course	emotive language graphic

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	Created by Lukas Sparke almost 3 years ago