An inspector calls key quotes from each character

MR BIRLING: 'Well well-this is very nice. very nice. Good dinner too, Sybil. Tell cook from me.' or 'there's a fair chance that I might find my way into the next honours list. Just a knighthood, of course.'

Here, he boasts about his household to gain admiration from the upper class, showing the family's vanity with repetition.

'and the interests of capital - are properly protected. And we're in for a time of steadily increasing prosperity.'

These statement has irony and dramatic irony as we know what happens in the future, which Priestly manipulates to portray him as an unintelligent capitalist

'There'll be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere'

This uses a semantic field of development which makes Mr Birling represent a blind close-minded part of society

'A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own -and-'

here this phrase even with no technique, symbolises a turning point in the play and he was cut off on purpose so Priestly could prove him wrong through the inspector

'Look inspector- i'd give thousand-yes thousands' or 'You're offering the money at the wrong time Mr Birling'

The repetition of the word 'thousands' is used to symbolise his desperation and his selfish capitalist views as this shows Priestly's argument for capitalists who rather hide their mistakes through corruption and bribery than accept through responsibility

'you'd think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense'

he is scoffing at the idea, which forshadows the inspector's final lines with the use of irony where Priestly gives the idea that

'They'd soon be asking for the Earth'

this is linked to a biblical reference saying that soon the poor will inherit the earth

"Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together - for lower costs and higher prices"

Juxtaposition and irony as he is using socialism for his capitalist views and his priorities in the mistreatment of others

ERIC:All the best! She's got a nasty temper sometimes - but she's not bad really. Good old Sheila!'

Shows relationship between Sheila and Eric as well as showing his sincerity compared to the older generation and forshadows what Sheila does later

'And as you were saying, dad, a man has to look after himself'

He is echoing the his father's words, representing the difference between older and younger generation

'Why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices.'

This quotes highlight priestly's views on how there is hope of the younger generation making the world a better place

'I didn't notice you told him that it's every man for himself.'

This quote highlights the inspector's role not to explicitly highlight the problems of the Birling family but to also reveal the problems as the Birlings represent the villains of the upper class

'It's still the same rotten story whether it's been told to a police inspector or to somebody else.'

Eric and his thoughts should represent the audiences thoughts which shows hope for the younger generation according to Priestly and the inspector as well as linking to the scandal that Mr Birling was trying to avoid in the first place.

'He was out police inspector all right.'

This quote shows that Eric uses sarcasm to show that someone found out and decided to confront the Birlings about this deed, which is what a policee inspector does with metaphors

'Because you're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble'

This portrays Mr Birling as a hypocrite as he said that a man has to look after his family but he rather puts the blame on his family rather than accept and solve the problem

INSPECTOR GOOLE: 'he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.'

Here, Priestly needs a respectable and serious character who makes a solid first impression so he needs a firm character, not a weak fool like Mr Birling to teach the whole world a lesson

'A nice little promising life there, I thought, and a nasty mess somebody's made of it.'

Here and throughout the play, he uses their words against the Birlings to make them fell guilty and gain respect by dismissing their stolen Authoritarian power with his outward mental power

'Sometimes there isn't as much difference as you might think'

Here, linking to his supernatural side, his other lessons are that darkness can come from unexpected places as Mr and Mrs Birling represent the dangers of power and greed with euphemism

'Well we know one young woman who wasn't, don't we.'

He uses euphemism to retort against the Birlings and prove them wrong through wordplay and extended metaphors

(massively)'Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges'

The inspector says that people should take responsibility and accept the consequences

(very plainly) I said yes - I do understand her. And she's right.

This increases our respect for the inspector as he plainly stands up to the tantrums of the characters we hate.

'We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.'

This is the most important part in the story as Priestly seizes the opportunity to communicate to the audience

'if men will not learn that lesson, then they well be taught it in fire and bloody and anguish.'

This quote links to Priestly's views of responsibility as well as his ironic reference to WW1

SHEILA: I'd hate you to know all about Port - like one of these purple faced old men

This links to older and younger generation theme as Sheila chooses to distinguish herself from people like Mr Birling

Gerald: 'but you're forgetting I'm supposed to be engaged to the hero of it'

This is Irony since that Gerald is tied into the Suicide business and that he does not act much like a hero.

'She looked young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down here.'

of course not. You were the wonderful fairy prince. You must have adored it, Gerald.