An Inspector Calls - Passage Question Ideas - Revision Notes in GCSE English Literature

Contrast between the moods and manners of different characters
Use of stage directions to communicate to other characters and the audience
Tension/conflict between characters (resulting from intervention by others on stage (esp. Inspector))
Competition for power over the situation
Different characters being/trying to be/wanting to be all-knowing
Forcing the actor to portray the character in a certain light/give the character certain characteristics during speech/movement
Portrayal of characters such that the audience will like/dislike them
Belittling characters based on the context of the setting and first performance date according to Priestley's moral message
Opposing beliefs
Revelation of each character's connections to Eva Smith
Dramatic irony
Generation gap
Gender divide
Punctuation creates pauses ==> impacts performance
Characterisation
- Birling's arrogance
- Inspector's presence
- Changes in Sheila
Morality - didactic play so forces audience to think about issues of guilt, responsibility, morality etc.
Lexis, expression and tone of each character
Inspector:
- Omniscience
- Mysterious
- Dominance
- Mood
- Approach to…

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