An Inspector Calls: Writer's Methods and Techniques (OCR GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Technique: Birling's wrong Titanic prediction
Technique: Birling's wrong Titanic prediction
Dramatic irony
What dramatic irony criticises
What dramatic irony criticises
Upper class arrogance & ignorance
Inspector Goole's role re: Priestley
Inspector Goole's role re: Priestley
Mouthpiece for socialist views
What Inspector promotes (2 concepts)
What Inspector promotes (2 concepts)
Social responsibility & collective guilt
How does the play end?
How does the play end?
Cliffhanger: phone call re real inspector
Effect of cliffhanger
Effect of cliffhanger
Heightens tension, shows cyclical plot
Play structure type
Play structure type
Well-made play
Play genre type
Play genre type
Morality play
What each act does
What each act does
Increases tension, reveals secrets
What symbolism represents
What symbolism represents
Justice, guilt, need for societal change
Symbol examples in play
Symbol examples in play
Inspector & photograph