Goole
Proper noun
Meaning
Goole
A town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Examples
After prompting from Goole, she admits to recognising Eva as well.
Both during and after his interrogation of the family, the Birlings query whether he is actually a real inspector, and a phone call made by Gerald to the local police station reveals that there is no Inspector Goole in the local police force.
Gerald thinks that Goole is not a police inspector, that the family may not all be referring to the same woman and that there may not be a body.
At the end of the play, Gerald suggests that Eva Smith may not have been the same person but rather a collective personification of different working class women that the family have exploited, invented by Goole to make the family feel guilty.
Despite vigorous cross-examination from Goole, Sybil denies any wrongdoing.
Eric enters the room, and after brief questioning from Goole, he breaks down, admitting that he drunkenly slept with Eva before meeting up with her several times later and then stole £50 from his father's business to help her when she became pregnant.