English Literature Paper 2: An Inspector Calls

“community” “business”

“_________ and all that nonsense… A man has to mind his own __________ and look after himself and his own…”

“hard headed” “business”

“I’m talking as a ____ ______ practical man of _________.”

“cheap labour” “people”

“But these girls aren’t _____ _______- they’re ________.”

“clothes”

“_________ mean something quite different to a woman”

“millions” “intertwined” “fire” “blood” “anguish”

“One Eva Smith has gone…. but there are _________ and _________ and _________ of Eva Smiths and John Smiths… all ____________ with our lives…. if men will not learn that lesson they will be taught in _____ and _____ and _______.”

“married” “important” “business”

“when you’re ______, you’ll realise that men with _________ work to do sometimes have to spend all their time and energy on ________”

“responsible” “awkward”

“If we were all _________ for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very _________, wouldn’t it?”

“First” “secondly” “blame” “example”

“______, the girl herself… ______ I ____ the young man who was the father of the child… he should be made an ________ of.”

“love” “liked” “pretty” “sport”

“I wasn’t in _____ with her or anything- but I _______ her- she was _______ and a good ______”

“body” “responsible”

“We are members of one _____. We are __________ for each other.”

“learnt”

“The point is you don’t seem to have ______ anything.”

Second phone call

* The second death is symbolic of the two world wars: the lesson wasn’t learnt from WW1?
* Summoned by Sheila and the ring? - younger generation having to carry through socialism

Capitalism and War

* War is profitable for Capitalists (ironic “Everything to lose and nothing to gain by war”)
* Capitalism made war possible (“aeroplanes”, “auto mobile”, “ships”)
* Sir Stanley Baldwin’s teachings of Capitalism benefiting from war
* Capitalists willing to sacrifice their sons (officers in the wars) for profit. (Through doing so, Priestley appeals to the ‘Erics’ of the audience)

Inspector’s entrances/exits

* Birling summons the Inspector
* The inspector leaves to allow the family to exercise their free will
* Reflects Dicken’s ‘Ghost of Christmas yet to come’

7 deadly sins / greed / envy / lust / pride / lust / sloth

_ ______ ___:


1. Birling: _____
2. Sheila: ____
3. Gerald: ____
4. Mrs Birling: ____
5. Eric: _____/______

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“We are all of one body”

Which quote does Eric echo?

“that state”

“In ______ _________ when a chap easily turns nasty”

“fire and blood and anguish”

What quote does Sheila echo?

“economically”

“She’d lived very _____________ on what I’d allowed her”

“happier”

“She’d been ____________ than she’d ever been before”

“lose” '“gain” “war”

“Everything to ______ and nothing to ______ from ______”

“aeroplanes” “auto mobile” “headway” “bigger” “faster” “ships”"

“____________ that can go anywhere. And look at the way the ______ ______ is making ________- _________ and ______ all the time. And then ______”

“didn’t want me to go in”

“She told me she _________ ______ ____ ___ ___ ____”

“begun by telling us a pack of lies”

“The girl had __________ ___ _________ ____ _ _____ ____ ______”

“wonderful fairy prince”

“You were the ____________ ________ _______. You must have adored it Gerald”

“throwing”

‘Should have kept her on instead of _________ her out’

“sort” “money”

‘As if girl’s of that _____ would ever refuse ________’

“satisfied” “influence”

‘I wasn’t __________ with the girl’s story so I used my __________’

“women” “protected” “unpleasant” “disturbing”

‘And you think young _________ ought to be _________ from _________ and __________ things’

“ask” “world” “take”

“It’s better to ______ for the _______ than to _______ it”