an inspector calls y10 gcse english key words
a text that seeks to teach the reader something (moral purpose)
didactic
to critically observe someone
scrutiny
a person or thing that leads an event to take place
catalyst
to be careless and smug in your own high status
complacent
readily or frequently enter into casual sexual reletionships with women
philandering
to be drunk
inebriated
to be involved with others in activity that is unlawful or morally wrong
complicit
excessively concerned with material possessions money oriented
materialistic
feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong repentant
penitent
belonging to or characteristic of the middle class typically with reference to its percieved materialistic values or conventional attitude
bourgeois
to hesitate or reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong
scruples
to have aspects of the supernatural
quasi-supernatural
to be misterious in an unsettling way that makes you question yourself
uncanny
to provoke contradictory feelings or interpretations
ambivalent
to be courteous and refinded
urbane
childishly sulky or bad-tempered
petulant
to believe that society should be read by an elite group
elitist
sexist or showing hatred of women
misogynistic
having or showing an attitude of patronising superiority
condescending
making use of a situation or treating others unfairly in order to gain an advantage or benefit
exploitative