Year 10 English Lit Aic

Front 1

Inspector quotes

Back 1

-“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other”

-“Time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night”

“One Eva Smith had gone-but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us”

Hint 1

we don liv al mem o sam bod res for ea oth

⏰ w soo cum whe if me wil ❌ lea wil be tau in 🔥➕🩸➕ang gd nyt

Front 2

Techniques in inspector quotes

Back 2

1. Repetition (language technique), short sentences (structural technique), adjective ‘responsible’

2. Semantic field of gory and violence, foreshadowing, use of the word ‘if’

3. Repetition (language technique), use of the word ‘still’, use of collective pronoun ‘us’ (collective responsibility)

Hint 2

U KNOW THIS

Front 3

Quotes for Sheila + techniques

Back 3

“But these girls aren’t cheap labour-they’re people”

“But she was very pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself. I couldn’t be sorry for her”

language techniques: 1. juxtaposition between cheap labour and people, word choice of cheap labour and people 2. conjunction but, adjective “pretty” followed by her confession that she could not feel sympathy for her, short sentences (structural)

Front 4

Mrs Birling quotes

Back 4

“(reproachfully) Arthur, you’re not supposed to say such things”

“(with dignity) Yes. We’ve done a great deal of useful work in helping deserving cases”

“I’m sorry she should have to come to such a horrible end. But I accept no blame for it at all”

Hint 4

silly arthur

dig yes we don a gre dea o use wor in help des ca

sns but i acc no bla 4 at all

Front 5

Techniques in Mrs Birling quotes

Back 5

1. adverb stage direction, verb (supposed), implies the unexpected of the era power dynamic in the relationship

2. stage direction short sentence at the start (shows she is self assured), adjectives

3. short sentences, conjunction (contradicts the statement she just said as she retracts it’s authenticity in the following sentence), verb (refuse to accept, despite possibly being aware, in denial with her flaws, biased)

Front 6

Quotes on Mr Birling

Back 6

“As a hard-headed business man, who had to take risks and know what he’s about-I say you can ignore all this silly pessimistic talk”

“You’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive-community and all that nonsense”

Hint 6

as a hhb who has to tak r + kno wot he-i say u can ign all dis sil p tal

y’d thin ever has to lo aft ev bod els as if we’re all mix up tog lik 🐝 in hive com + all dat non

Front 7

Techniques in Mr Birling quotes

Back 7

1. (structural technique) complex sentence, adjectives, verb, adjectives (silly pessimistic-Mr Birling is severely immature as he reduces a serious topic to unnecessary misery

2. nouns, followed by ’non-sense’ indicates MB grasps the concept the inspector is trying to explain, however chooses to be ignorant and undermine its significance due to his overly optimistic mindset (seen earlier on when he denied the events)

Front 8

Gerald quotes + techniques

(first quote)

Back 8

“(distressed) sorry-I-well, i’ve suddenly realised-taken it in properly-that she’s dead” (stage directions, structural technique-pattern of punctuation (dashes) show pauses in his dialogue as he fully processes, acceptance stage of grief has only just hit)

Hint 8

dis sor-👁- well, i’ve sud reali-tak it in pro-tha she dea

Front 9

Gerald quotes + techniques

Quote 2

Back 9

“(hesitatingly) it’s hard to say. I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me” (stage direction, he is aware of his mistakes and contemplates whether to reveal the whole truth perhaps due to wanting to protect his image, verb didn’t, implies despite having this certainty on his feelings, he failed to communicate it)

Front 10

Eric quotes + techniques

Quote 1

Back 10

“(rather noisily) All the best! She’s got a nasty temper sometimes-“ (stage direction=obnoxious may have drunk a bit much,adjective-he willingly makes spiteful comments about his own family, something learned from Mr Boring, or him projecting and masking his insecurities by focusing on Sheila)

Front 11

Eric quotes + techniques

Quote 1

Back 11

“(rather noisily) All the best! She’s got a nasty temper sometimes-“ (stage direction=obnoxious may have drunk a bit much,adjective-he willingly makes spiteful comments about his own family, something learned from Mr Boring, or him projecting and masking his insecurities by focusing on Sheila)

Hint 11

juxtaposition in wishing someone well and then adding an ill mannered comment (lack of sincerity)

Front 12

Eric quotes + techniques

Quote 2

Back 12

“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?” (language technique: rhetorical question, modal verb “shouldn’t”)

Front 13

CONTEXT (Inspector Goole: mouth piece)

Back 13

Influenced by Priestley’s own experience growing up in a middle-class family in Bradford, resulting him to witness the rigid social class divide, even affecting his loved ones, incidentally causing his strong advocacy for socialism, which he embeds through Inspector Goole’s character

Hint 13

middle class, bradford-rigid social class divide + inequalities affect loved ones + incidentally causes his strong advocacy for socialism, embedded through the character of ins (who he uses as a mouth piece)