‘Community and all that nonsense’ - Mr Birling uses a derogatory noun to dismiss the idea that we should live in caring societies where people show responsibility for each other., ‘lower costs and higher prices’ - Arthur Birling's use of nouns related to money shows that he is a selfish capitalist, who puts profit above people., ‘Just used her for the end of a stupid drunken evening, as if she was an animal, a thing, not a person’ - Inspector Goole accuses Eric of selfishly exploiting Eva, with the triplication used to emphasise how she is dehumanised in a patriarchal, class-based society. , ‘The money’s not the important thing. It's what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters." - Eric regrets his irresponsible actions towards Eva. He uses the noun 'money' to challenge his family to see that people matter more than profit., ‘We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other’ - Inspector Goole uses a powerful metaphor to suggest that all members of society should be responsible for each other. The Inspector is a raisonneur for Priestley's socialist views., 'I can't accept any responsibility' - Arthur Birling uses the modal verb 'can't' to deny that he is at all responsible for Eva's death. He maintains this selfish, irresponsible attitude to the end of the play, only caring that the 'public scandal' might harm his chance of a knighthood., ‘If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish’ - Priestley uses a strong tricolon, polysyndeton and apocalyptic imagery in Inspector Goole's final speech to warn the audience about the terrible results if we do not learn to take responsibility for each other., 'all mixed up together like bees in a hive' - Arthur Birling's simile mocks the idea of a community, but Priestley implies that this model of insect society may be a symbol of a socialist society, where people work for the good of the whole, not for selfish profit.,

An Inspector Calls, social selfishness vs social responsibility

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