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An Inspector Calls - Social Class Quotes Exam
Questions With Answers
Perhaps I ought to warn you that he’s an old friend of mine - answers✔✔- Mr B bullies the Inspector
through his status and authority in society,
- He believed he was more important than an Inspector
Girls of that class - answers✔✔- Mrs B thinks she is socially super
- Emphasis on 'that' shows her disgust of the working class
If you don't come down hard on these people they'll soon be asking for the world - answers✔✔- Mr
B tries to make the workers' demands seem unreasonable
- Hyperbole
You'd think everybody has to look after everybody else; community and all that nonsense -
answers✔✔- Mr B
She was very pretty - soft brown hair and big dark eyes - answers✔✔- Gerald stresses the positive
aspects of Eva, which makes her mistreatment even more cruel
We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other - answers✔✔- The core message
of the Inspector which applies to EVERYONE
- Priestley's message to the audience
Look at the way he talked to me - answers✔✔- Mr B is shocked
- Shows that he feels his social status entitles him to different treatment
I was an alderman for years - and Lord Mayor two years ago - and I'm still on the Bench -
answers✔✔- Often uses 'I' which conveys his selfish attitude,
- As the play continues he switches to the inclusive pronoun 'we' to
diminish the scale of the problem