My luminous wall by https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip Made with the best of intentions en-us 2018-04-27 12:59:16 UTC 2026-03-20 18:33:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 'What is the dramatic importance of the inspector in the play?' helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255986346
- dramatic arrival of inspector in Act 1 (use of sound effect of door) breaks the opening smug/cosy/arrogant/'smug' ambiance  - to shatter the middle class bubble


- interrogation style - chronological (important to tell Eva's story); blunt, direct (tension/conflict)

- high climax in Act 3 before he leaves - making point about world conflict, death and destruction happening if people don't change their ways and become more socially responsible.]]> 2018-04-27 13:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255986346 'In what ways does Priestley present the character of Eric in the play?' helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255986603 - immature, spoiled, alcoholic (result of being son of a capitalist factory owner)
'early twenties', 'half-shy, half assertive',

- deeply unhappy - leads to drinking - bad relationship with father ' not quite at ease'; 'we've heard that story before'

- irresponsible - gets Eva pregnant, 'I was rather far gone at the time' steals from his father.

- seems to represent the modern / younger generation who are open to more socialist ideas/being more socially responsible 
(reflects society of 1940s - Labour landslide)



]]> 2018-04-27 13:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255986603 'The inspector is presented as nothing more than a perfectly human hoaxer'. How far do you agree with this statement? helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255986858
1. seems very real - physical description 'need not be a big man' ; 'a man in his fifties, 'dressed in suit of the period',

2. His name - Goole, connotes death and ghosts and all.


3. However, he has apparent foresight, he appears to know when Eric will come back in, he furiously presses the point that they have to hurry up, perhaps because he knows the real inspector will arrive soon.  

4. Gerald finds out by the end that there is no and there hasn't been a suicide case for months. He only shows one person the photo graph at once.




]]> 2018-04-27 13:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255986858 'Which character do you have the least sympathy for?' helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255988263 - Arthur Birling - no remorse, no social responsibility, no sympathy hearing Eva's death, sexist, threatens inspector, arrogant, self-interested, 

- Sybil Birling - proud, lacking in sympathy, last 'straw' for Eva, snob, critical, prejudiced

]]> 2018-04-27 13:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255988263 'How is time an important theme in the play?' helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255988480 - P chooses 1912 as setting (war/Titanic)

- arrival of inspector / timing is v important

- chronological interrogation to reveal Eva's  story = helps pathos

- time seems to repeat itself in Act 3 

"and I say there isn't a chance of war." "and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"]]> 2018-04-27 13:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/x2qdzy9mwkip/wish/255988480