An Inspector Calls: Writer's Methods & Techniques (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Technique used in Birling's false predictions
Technique used in Birling's false predictions
Dramatic irony
Birling's example of dramatic irony
Birling's example of dramatic irony
Titanic being 'unsinkable'
What dramatic irony criticises in play
What dramatic irony criticises in play
Arrogance & ignorance of upper class
Inspector Goole's role for Priestley
Inspector Goole's role for Priestley
Mouthpiece for socialist views
Themes Inspector promotes
Themes Inspector promotes
Social responsibility & collective guilt
How play ends
How play ends
Cliffhanger: phone call about real inspector arriving
Effect of cliffhanger ending
Effect of cliffhanger ending
Heightens tension, questions characters' actions
Nature of the plot shown at ending
Nature of the plot shown at ending
Cyclical
Type of play structure used
Type of play structure used
Well-made play
Play structured as what moral format
Play structured as what moral format
Morality play
What Inspector & photograph symbolise
What Inspector & photograph symbolise
Justice, guilt, need for societal change