edna quotes ( an inspector calls) fully solved graded A+ 2023

edna quotes ( an inspector calls)Mr. birling says this to Edna -it represents the invisible working class - she is regarded by the family as a functionary -she is spoken to it is not with the same manners and courtesy that the family extend to each other. - correct answer "Giving us the port Edna, that's right calls her by her christian name but not out of friendliness - it is a way of reinforcing that he is the boss and that she is disposable. - correct answer Please, sir, an inspector's called. To an equal he would have said would you show him in and can you give us some light. But Edna is not an equal. She says "Please" He does not. Birling is not being rude to Edna - although it seems that way to us. - correct answer A police inspector. He says his name's Inspector Goole. inequality, power, responsibility and class. - correct answer Yes, sir. He says it's important. till awake and waiting to answer the door or fetch something that is needed. She got up before the family did to draw curtains, light fires, help Mrs Birling and Sheila to dress fetch food to the dining room, clear away after meals... and now she is waiting up - correct answer "asked her to wait up to make us some tea uses unmitigated imperatives with her: "Show him in" and "Give us.. - correct answer All right, Edna. Show him in here. Give us some more light. 'Eric is in his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive.' - correct answer hrough the stage directions, Priestley reveals that Eric was in his 'early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive'; the asyndetic list here creates the sense that he is overwhelming and overbearing (perhaps alluding to the self-righteous superiority that his bourgeois lifestyle has instilled in him). In addition to this impression is his 'half shy, half assertive' nature. The adjective 'shy' connotes apprehension and nervousness which juxtaposes the implications of dominance and confidence with the adjective 'assertive'. The contrast displays the inner turmoil Eric is experience as he is not 'at ease' with himself. Rather, Priestley portrays Eric as having a 'half' and not fully realised personality that even he himself hasn't fully accepted. Perhaps this represents how Eric feels abandoned within his affluent upbringing and he is starved of parental love; in life his parents have failed to respect or value him as their son. There is an overwhelming sense that his own father is disappointed in him and rather admires Gerald more than him: 'you're just the kind of son in law I always wanted'. Perhaps Priestley is portraying the harsh consequences when there is a deficit of parental love because in the bourgeois society parents cherish materialism and climbing up the social stratum and by doing so they neglect the emotional well-being of their children. Priestley may be subtly criticising this concept which corresponds with the capitalist regime and by doing so he compels the audience to value socialism. For this reason, Eric feels compelled to drown himself in whisky. The illustrative action when his 'whole manner of handling handling the decanter and then the drink shows his familiarity which quick heavy drinking' mirrors how Eric has been suffering, alone, isolated, without anyone to sympathize or even notice him; this is the role of his parents. However, Sybil Birling remains ignorant to his drinking habits when she claims 'you don't get drunk' and fails to realize that Eric is an alcoholic. From the beginning it is implied that Eric is drunk, heightening the inclination that Eric is irresponsible and incapable of reformation. It is also apparent that Sheila knows of a drinking habit that the adults don't recognise as a problem. This is enforced by his actions when he 'suddenly guffaws' for no reason.This is because in a society where the upper-class diligently strive to maintain social hierarchy, the focus is not on Eric, it is on gaining power. Priestley may be suggesting that the generational differences might be causing this inner turmoil as the pressure to conform is conflicted with the desire to rebel against the conformity. Although Priestley predominantly and primarily aims to construct a more socialist society, he may be using Eric as a dramatic device to subtly hint at the fact that this fail in upbringing is actually the catalyst to the spread of capitalism... The structure of the sentence is important, it is dramatically broken up into sections through the use of commas, maybe attempting to enforce the state Eric's 'squiffy' mind is in, or to emphasise the fact that he doesn't feel 'quite at ease' with his family, and he is having to be careful with his word choice to prevent giving away information about Eva. The slowness, and lack, of his dialogue emphasised by the punctuation to change the structure allows him to 'check himself' before he says anything to make anyone suspect him of wrongdoing. 'Because you're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble.' - correct answer This demonstrates the idea that Eric cannot rely on his father as a father figure. 'Eric downstage''Yes I know -- but still--''Yes, I remember--''...A man has to look after himself--' - correct answer Interestingly, Priestley demonstrates Eric's alienation in the stage direction as Eric is 'downstage' whereas the rest of his family are seated up. This not only represents how Priestley suggests that Eric is detached from the rest of his family but alternatively it insinuates the imperceptible level of power that Eric has. The hierarchy is established within the family and Eric is inferior in the hierarchy where he is not respected within his family. Constantly, his family members interrupt him as demonstrated by the use of