An Inspector Calls: Writer's Methods & Techniques (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Technique used through Birling's incorrect predictions
Technique used through Birling's incorrect predictions
Dramatic irony
Birling's prediction used as dramatic irony example
Birling's prediction used as dramatic irony example
Titanic being 'unsinkable'
What dramatic irony criticises in the play
What dramatic irony criticises in the play
Arrogance and ignorance of upper class
Inspector Goole's role for Priestley
Inspector Goole's role for Priestley
Mouthpiece for Priestley's socialist views
Theme: Inspector on social ___
Theme: Inspector on social ___
Social responsibility
Theme: Inspector on collective ___
Theme: Inspector on collective ___
Collective guilt
How An Inspector Calls ends
How An Inspector Calls ends
Cliffhanger - phone call announcing real inspector
Effect of the cliffhanger ending
Effect of the cliffhanger ending
Heightens tension
What the cliffhanger reveals about plot structure
What the cliffhanger reveals about plot structure
Cyclical nature
Type of play structure used
Type of play structure used
'Well-made play' with clear beginning, middle, end
Moral structure type of the play
Moral structure type of the play
Morality play
What Inspector & photograph symbolise
What Inspector & photograph symbolise
Broader social ideas: justice, guilt, societal change