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I analysed the line 'fire, blood and anguish' as the world wars because the play was based in 1912 yet written in 1945 (when both world wars had happened), hence, Inspector Goole was almost predicting the future (as the irony happens in Act 1 when Mr Birling mentions about the 'unsinkable Titanic' [which drowned in 1912] and how a 'World War wouldnt happen').
Priestley’s stage directions reveal that the Inspector “need not be a big man” but that he must create an “impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness”: He is presented as a powerful figure with an imposing presence Priestley intentionally names the Inspector Goole, which introduces an almost supernatural or ghost-like element to the play: Priestley deliberately presents the Inspector as a mysterious character and this is further heightened by the series of revelations at the end the play Priestley enables the Inspector to have an apparent awareness of Eva’s death before it has occurred, which also adds an almost supernatural element His entrance in Act I makes an immediate impact and changes the tone of the evening: The lighting changes from “pink and intimate” to “brighter and harder” to suggest that the Inspector will place the characters under great scrutiny He exudes an air of authority through his language and actions The Inspector controls when each character sees the photograph of Eva, creating intrigue and suspense He also controls the unfolding of events and the characters themselves The Inspector’s language is carefully composed and moralistic in tone He delivers the most important statements within the play: The Inspector speaks purposefully and with great assurance which conveys an impression of great knowledge All of the characters are judged by him but he offers neither punishment nor forgiveness as the characters must judge themselves and others Ideas relating to social responsibility are repeatedly interwoven throughout his dialogue: The Inspector tries to prevent the group from evading responsibility The Inspector delivers the most significant and weighty statements in the play He is the catalyst in the play, bringing about some change: As a character he does not change or develop
I always thought the Inspector was Eva’s dad.. his name “goole” sounds like “ghoul” meaning ghost. I think because from the last scene in the recent movie he was sat with her holding her hand. It is mentioned in the play that both her parents are dead so my thought is he has gone back to the Birling family as revenge for his daughter, for what they all did to her. He also knew so much about her with just reading her diary which also signifies it’s his daughter
Personally to me the 'Fire and blood and anguish' speech isn't about improving our morals to get into Heaven, but instead to avoid the war that would happen later throughout the 20th century, because Fire=bombings, guns (ect.), Blood= bloodshed and death, and Anguish= the pain that will be brought about by war. Also at the beginning of the play Mr Birling references war a lot by making it clear he doesn't believe it will happen (e.g. ''The Germans don't want war''), so this line at the end references the fact that if we don't change our morals soon then this will happen, and will continue to happen, for as long as we uphold our current structure of society. The biblical idea also makes a lot of sense but this is an alternate view you could put into your essays aswell if you havent considered it!
Thank you so so much for doing what you do I went from a predicted 2 to a predicted grade of a 5-6 all because of your videos, its honestly incredible how much you have helped over the past year and a half
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@@carluzace8664 for me I found it not as hard as I thought just gotta be lucky on it poetry n what u revised most revised ozzymandias as it is the most common one instead it was remains I am lucky to have revised those too so I found it okay the inspector call question was the one I feel I did the best in and unseen is just 3 or 4 paragraphs on the techniques n structure wasn't as hard But good luck my dude hope ur mocks go well and to those doing their mocks soon :)
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his supernatural abilities of "blood and fire and anguish" could also point to WW1, suggesting time travelling or that he is indeed a ghost. Just sayin'.
Why WW1? That was about nation states, whereas this play is about the class struggle. More likely the warning is about revolution: the Bolshevik Revolution was in 1917 in Russia, only five years after the events of the play. And the opening line of Marx’s COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (1848) is “A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of Communism.” Spectre...ghoul...Inspector Goole.
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Reading the play with school students, I could see why they would ask who the inspector was, because they are children, but not why it seems to be a mystery to adults, including teachers; the only explanation is the deeply ideological erasure of history, especially with the UK. We no longer know our own history, and much of the "context" taught during GCSEs is based in mythology, sadly. There is one central fact that readers need to understand. International communism was a world-shaping force in the twentieth-century, and particularly at the time Priestly wrote the play. In the wake of the Second World War, the working class was once again on the move - just as it had been in 1912 when the play was set: the year of the General Strike in the UK. The Labour Party came to power in a landslide victory in 1945, but that was the least of it: around the world, independence movements in colonised countries and workers movements throughout the world were gaining power; meanwhile, the Red Army had played a major role in defeating fascism and posed the single greatest threat to US dominance. The Cold War was precisely the coordinated attempt to suppress this - through wars, assassinations, genocide, imprisonment, culture war - but also investment and through concessions to workers, including better conditions and pay. What we call "the postwar consensus" was the new compromise that was made between labour and capital in the late 1940s through to early 1970s, in response to the demands of the labour movements and an attempt to create social stability by raising pay and creating the welfare state. inSPECTOR Goul, appearing in a play at this pivotal moment in history, is patently an allusion to the Communist Manifesto: "a spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism". Inspector Goole is a figure warning of the possibility of workers' power overturning the established order; the possibility of global communism. As such, the play is an allegory and the intention is clear: to warn the bourgeoisie that if they do not build a fairer society in the wake of WWII, they will encourage the working class to bring about international communism (if the 1912 General Strike is the first coming of this spectre, a post-war revolution could easily be the second). Fundamentally, Priestly was a social democratic centrist, and this is not a radical play but a play in which the central action concerns, not the struggles and agency of working-class people, but the consciences of a bourgeois family. If anything, it is an "anti-radical" play: one that seeks to find a compromise between capital and the proletariat. There you have it. Mystery solved. I hope that helps. Dr. Chris Witter
Thank you for taking the time to write this detailed and fascinating analysis. At GCSE level, context is only a minor part of the exam (6 out of 34 marks for the 'An Inspector Calls' question on the AQA exam board). The challenge is to 'drip feed' relevant contextual points into an answer which is mostly built on analysis of writer's methods such as Priestley's use of language, structure and form. In this video I've aimed to reflect that balance of marks. Obviously at university the text would be studied at a greater depth like that you have provided. If you have the time it would be very helpful to have some additional points on Priestley's use of methods to present his themes and ideas. Your point on the wordplay over 'spectre' / inspector is a good example of this. Thanks again.
For the name Inspector Goole, can you say that the word In-spector also sound like the noun spectre. This can be linked to the first statement of Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx "A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of communism" considering that socialism, Marxism, communism are often tightly linked together. Therefore, the character analysis of the Inspector can be shifted to the analysis of the theme.
I have a theory that the reason Inspector Goole knows so much about Eva Smith is because she was a relative of his and he experienced her decline first hand as he watched as a family member
Does anyone know where to find critique articles and quotes, someone suggested I use a critique quote in my literature writing and I noticed that Mr bruff used one but not actually sure where to look... Many thanks x
Because John was and is a very common first name and Smith is the most common second name in the UK, it stands for all the nameless men in society who are affected by the beliefs and actions of someone like Mr Birling.
John Smith is a very generic name and could represent every one else in the country , adding to the message that we should all be responsible for our actions coz anything could happen to anyone
Hello Mr Bruff, your videos are so helpful so thank-you but I was wondering if you have any tips on how I should revise after I watch your videos because at the moment, I just copy most of the things you talk about in your videos and I'm planning to memorize some key points from it with quote and use the points to answer exam Q
Once you've completed the videos I would suggest re-reading the text, taking notes on where you see different themes. Then it's a case of condensing those notes into a document you can revise from.
I’m glad I’m not the only one to pick up the Goole might be supernatural. When I advanced the hypothesis in English class, in 1986, I was laughed at by the teacher and the rest of the class. The teacher said he was Eva’s uncle.
I think he was God,what do u think about it? Cause noone could see him(only Birlings family and Eva while she dying)!He knew the story before it happened.
Thank you for getting me a Grade 9 in English literature and language, your videos make a huge difference, even when I was predicted a 6 I managed to use the resources you provide. Keep doing what you're doing!
Well done and thank you!
My target is a 6 and I achieved that in m first mocks, I really want to be able to get an 8/9
EDIT: Just got a 7 in lit and Lang In most recent mocks, it’s looking ok boys
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I analysed the line 'fire, blood and anguish' as the world wars because the play was based in 1912 yet written in 1945 (when both world wars had happened), hence, Inspector Goole was almost predicting the future (as the irony happens in Act 1 when Mr Birling mentions about the 'unsinkable Titanic' [which drowned in 1912] and how a 'World War wouldnt happen').
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Priestley’s stage directions reveal that the Inspector “need not be a big man” but that he must create an “impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness”:
He is presented as a powerful figure with an imposing presence
Priestley intentionally names the Inspector Goole, which introduces an almost supernatural or ghost-like element to the play:
Priestley deliberately presents the Inspector as a mysterious character and this is further heightened by the series of revelations at the end the play
Priestley enables the Inspector to have an apparent awareness of Eva’s death before it has occurred, which also adds an almost supernatural element
His entrance in Act I makes an immediate impact and changes the tone of the evening:
The lighting changes from “pink and intimate” to “brighter and harder” to suggest that the Inspector will place the characters under great scrutiny
He exudes an air of authority through his language and actions
The Inspector controls when each character sees the photograph of Eva, creating intrigue and suspense
He also controls the unfolding of events and the characters themselves
The Inspector’s language is carefully composed and moralistic in tone
He delivers the most important statements within the play:
The Inspector speaks purposefully and with great assurance which conveys an impression of great knowledge
All of the characters are judged by him but he offers neither punishment nor forgiveness as the characters must judge themselves and others
Ideas relating to social responsibility are repeatedly interwoven throughout his dialogue:
The Inspector tries to prevent the group from evading responsibility
The Inspector delivers the most significant and weighty statements in the play
He is the catalyst in the play, bringing about some change:
As a character he does not change or develop
I always thought the Inspector was Eva’s dad.. his name “goole” sounds like “ghoul” meaning ghost. I think because from the last scene in the recent movie he was sat with her holding her hand. It is mentioned in the play that both her parents are dead so my thought is he has gone back to the Birling family as revenge for his daughter, for what they all did to her. He also knew so much about her with just reading her diary which also signifies it’s his daughter
Personally to me the 'Fire and blood and anguish' speech isn't about improving our morals to get into Heaven, but instead to avoid the war that would happen later throughout the 20th century, because Fire=bombings, guns (ect.), Blood= bloodshed and death, and Anguish= the pain that will be brought about by war. Also at the beginning of the play Mr Birling references war a lot by making it clear he doesn't believe it will happen (e.g. ''The Germans don't want war''), so this line at the end references the fact that if we don't change our morals soon then this will happen, and will continue to happen, for as long as we uphold our current structure of society. The biblical idea also makes a lot of sense but this is an alternate view you could put into your essays aswell if you havent considered it!
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Has someone else realized, if we were to memorised word for word his videos. we'd pass just by taking snippets out of each
that’s what i did in my recent mock! and i got a 9, thanks to mr bruff:)
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Thank you so so much for doing what you do I went from a predicted 2 to a predicted grade of a 5-6 all because of your videos, its honestly incredible how much you have helped over the past year and a half
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I got an 8 in my English lit in year ten for my early exams, and I don't think I could have done it without these videos, it was the second highest score of my year and I'm glad I watched all these videos
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I have a mock exam in 2 weeks first paper is a English lit on inspector calls this is so helpful thank you so much
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@@carluzace8664 for me I found it not as hard as I thought just gotta be lucky on it poetry n what u revised most revised ozzymandias as it is the most common one instead it was remains I am lucky to have revised those too so I found it okay the inspector call question was the one I feel I did the best in and unseen is just 3 or 4 paragraphs on the techniques n structure wasn't as hard
But good luck my dude hope ur mocks go well and to those doing their mocks soon :)
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Also it was set before the start of ww1 so that fire blood and anguish could mean that too
Your videos are extremely helpful and have improved my English a lot - I was wondering if you could you do some more videos on Lord of the Flies???
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his supernatural abilities of "blood and fire and anguish" could also point to WW1, suggesting time travelling or that he is indeed a ghost. Just sayin'.
Why WW1? That was about nation states, whereas this play is about the class struggle. More likely the warning is about revolution: the Bolshevik Revolution was in 1917 in Russia, only five years after the events of the play. And the opening line of Marx’s COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (1848) is “A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of Communism.” Spectre...ghoul...Inspector Goole.
I love all of your videos and my mocks are next week and they are so helpful xx
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Mr, Bruff I miss doing literature because all we are doing is language and it does get boring from time to time but I think literature is so much funna and more interesting to do more.
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Reading the play with school students, I could see why they would ask who the inspector was, because they are children, but not why it seems to be a mystery to adults, including teachers; the only explanation is the deeply ideological erasure of history, especially with the UK. We no longer know our own history, and much of the "context" taught during GCSEs is based in mythology, sadly.
There is one central fact that readers need to understand. International communism was a world-shaping force in the twentieth-century, and particularly at the time Priestly wrote the play. In the wake of the Second World War, the working class was once again on the move - just as it had been in 1912 when the play was set: the year of the General Strike in the UK. The Labour Party came to power in a landslide victory in 1945, but that was the least of it: around the world, independence movements in colonised countries and workers movements throughout the world were gaining power; meanwhile, the Red Army had played a major role in defeating fascism and posed the single greatest threat to US dominance. The Cold War was precisely the coordinated attempt to suppress this - through wars, assassinations, genocide, imprisonment, culture war - but also investment and through concessions to workers, including better conditions and pay. What we call "the postwar consensus" was the new compromise that was made between labour and capital in the late 1940s through to early 1970s, in response to the demands of the labour movements and an attempt to create social stability by raising pay and creating the welfare state.
inSPECTOR Goul, appearing in a play at this pivotal moment in history, is patently an allusion to the Communist Manifesto: "a spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism". Inspector Goole is a figure warning of the possibility of workers' power overturning the established order; the possibility of global communism.
As such, the play is an allegory and the intention is clear: to warn the bourgeoisie that if they do not build a fairer society in the wake of WWII, they will encourage the working class to bring about international communism (if the 1912 General Strike is the first coming of this spectre, a post-war revolution could easily be the second). Fundamentally, Priestly was a social democratic centrist, and this is not a radical play but a play in which the central action concerns, not the struggles and agency of working-class people, but the consciences of a bourgeois family. If anything, it is an "anti-radical" play: one that seeks to find a compromise between capital and the proletariat.
There you have it. Mystery solved. I hope that helps.
Dr. Chris Witter
Thank you for taking the time to write this detailed and fascinating analysis. At GCSE level, context is only a minor part of the exam (6 out of 34 marks for the 'An Inspector Calls' question on the AQA exam board). The challenge is to 'drip feed' relevant contextual points into an answer which is mostly built on analysis of writer's methods such as Priestley's use of language, structure and form. In this video I've aimed to reflect that balance of marks. Obviously at university the text would be studied at a greater depth like that you have provided. If you have the time it would be very helpful to have some additional points on Priestley's use of methods to present his themes and ideas. Your point on the wordplay over 'spectre' / inspector is a good example of this. Thanks again.
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For the name Inspector Goole, can you say that the word In-spector also sound like the noun spectre. This can be linked to the first statement of Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx "A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of communism" considering that socialism, Marxism, communism are often tightly linked together. Therefore, the character analysis of the Inspector can be shifted to the analysis of the theme.
As long as it's relevant to the question, yes.
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I have a theory that the reason Inspector Goole knows so much about Eva Smith is because she was a relative of his and he experienced her decline first hand as he watched as a family member
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Does anyone know where to find critique articles and quotes, someone suggested I use a critique quote in my literature writing and I noticed that Mr bruff used one but not actually sure where to look... Many thanks x
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one question: why does inspector Goole say "john smiths" when there was no john smith mentioned?
Because John was and is a very common first name and Smith is the most common second name in the UK, it stands for all the nameless men in society who are affected by the beliefs and actions of someone like Mr Birling.
John Smith is a very generic name and could represent every one else in the country , adding to the message that we should all be responsible for our actions coz anything could happen to anyone
why the hell does he look like my uncle
looks like the uncle from Alvin and the Chipmunks
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Could do analyse Juno in Juno and the paycock
Hello Mr Bruff, your videos are so helpful so thank-you but I was wondering if you have any tips on how I should revise after I watch your videos because at the moment, I just copy most of the things you talk about in your videos and I'm planning to memorize some key points from it with quote and use the points to answer exam Q
Once you've completed the videos I would suggest re-reading the text, taking notes on where you see different themes. Then it's a case of condensing those notes into a document you can revise from.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one to pick up the Goole might be supernatural. When I advanced the hypothesis in English class, in 1986, I was laughed at by the teacher and the rest of the class. The teacher said he was Eva’s uncle.
Well now you can feel vindicated! Many of the early reviewers thought Goole was an angel.
back in 500BC when I learned about the play, I also had the same ideas
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I think he was God,what do u think about it? Cause noone could see him(only Birlings family and Eva while she dying)!He knew the story before it happened.
that's why he is omniscient
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Inspectors got fat eyebrows