GCSE Grade 9 Analysis of the Inspector in An Inspector Calls

In this video I will talk you through the best quotes and techniques to analyse when talking about the Inspector in An Inspector Calls. These ideas will work for any exam board (AQA, Edexcel, OCR etc)
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0:00 Antagonist and Protagonist
2:15 Stage directions
4:40 Conversation terminology
9:08 Sentence Moods
12:49 Blunt Language
17:09 Symbolism
20:14 Metaphor
24:11 Listing
32:24 Dramatic Irony
43:53 Foil
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  • @hopetig1354
    @hopetig135414 күн бұрын

    actually think I can do good tomorrow now! thank u queen this was so amazing

  • @rebeccawhite1065
    @rebeccawhite10652 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for this, and all of your videos! It is so helpful to have videos that really stretch your understanding and allow you to find and analyse moments in the play that I find other AIC videos just skip over and then focus on the surface level arguments! So grateful-especially as my school did this part of the English course in lockdown :)

  • @StreamEnglish

    @StreamEnglish

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are so welcome! AIC is such a straightforward play and I teach it every year, so I have to find new and interesting things to look at or I will go insane :P

  • @rh6a
    @rh6a2 жыл бұрын

    This is an amazing and well-presented analysis. Thankyou so much!

  • @JessTGM
    @JessTGM2 жыл бұрын

    Well articulated and justified- thank you , you are so under rated!!

  • @StreamEnglish

    @StreamEnglish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Please help spread the word of my existence by telling any English teachers/friends doing GCSEs about the channel :)

  • @mehndibyhbl
    @mehndibyhbl2 жыл бұрын

    omg your a life savor THANKYOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH the explanation in detail is amazing im very happy u explain massively literally there is nothing i can say wrong in this video and i am definitely going to whach all other of your vids once again thankyou so much i feel verry much confident for my exam tomorrow.

  • @ruthdeane3140
    @ruthdeane3140 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent innovative approach. 😊

  • @r4byc1
    @r4byc1 Жыл бұрын

    This is amazing so in depth and easy to understand thankyou so much

  • @MykhaloMudryk
    @MykhaloMudryk Жыл бұрын

    Soooooo underateddd, it needs to stay this way haha lowering the grade boundaries, I literally never thought of these idea, thankkk you so muchhh, wish you nothing but success :)

  • @StreamEnglish

    @StreamEnglish

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @user-pe9zh1um5t
    @user-pe9zh1um5t2 жыл бұрын

    YOU ARE SO UNDERRATED

  • @yuumanosaka2194
    @yuumanosaka21942 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful thanks! BTW where was 14:50 from?

  • @StreamEnglish

    @StreamEnglish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - an 80s parody of crime dramas!

  • @ajs3041
    @ajs3041 Жыл бұрын

    You earned a subscriber

  • @hifdif4438
    @hifdif44382 жыл бұрын

    Could u say that when the inspector talks about taking the earth. Could he be talking about how Eric stole 50 pounds from his dad and that it’s foreshadowing. Or is that wrong

  • @StreamEnglish

    @StreamEnglish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great question and I think that's a really interesting point. I think there's room to argue that there are similarities and differences between these lines. If we consider what Mr Birling was saying in that metaphor, he was basically suggesting that the working class would become greedy and want too much if given too much opportunity and the Inspector's 'take the earth' suggests at a much heavier level of greed. However, Eric didn't steal the money out of a greed; he stole it out of desperation to try and help Eva. In this sense, he isn't behaving in a 'take the earth' kind of way. Then again, stealing from a business with no consideration of the consequences to others is a behaviour that really echoes the behaviours of Mr Birling - refusing to pay more to his workers and firing some of them with no consideration of the consequences to their lives. AND when the Inspector says 'take the earth', he is suggesting at a lack of consideration for others which both Mr B and Eric have. In this sense, Eric's behaviour of stealing £50 *is* like him 'taking the earth' as the Inspector said.

  • @thepatienceofpandemoniump2624
    @thepatienceofpandemoniump26242 жыл бұрын

    Darling you've just gained yourself another subscriber

  • @hadiyahmohamud8092
    @hadiyahmohamud80922 жыл бұрын

    Hi Miss, could you say that the inspector’s constant targeting of Sheila Birling could be symbolic of the inspector exploiting her to the extent where she feel too emotionally strong. And also, just a generic question could using pretzel paragraphs allow me to get a high grade or could it hinder me from exploring my answers?

  • @StreamEnglish

    @StreamEnglish

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't think the Inspector is exploiting her. He is recognising the potential in her and trying to draw out more of her left-leaning values. Sheila, unprompted by the inspector, says 'but they aren't cheap labour, they're people' - she demonstrates an empathy her father lacks and shows herself early on to be different from him. The Inspector brings more of that out of her. If anything, Sheila gains the confidence to fully express herself thanks to the Inspector's investigation. Pretzel is a paragraph structure that can help get a high structure, yes

  • @_.L1ls07._
    @_.L1ls07._ Жыл бұрын

    17:25

  • @salmonella6051
    @salmonella6051Ай бұрын

    hello :) just wanted to ask if youre an examiner?

  • @StreamEnglish

    @StreamEnglish

    Ай бұрын

    I have been an examiner for AQA multiple times, yes.