Act 3 Quotes Flashcards
Eric explaining how he forced himself onto Eva.
‘I was in that state where a chap easily turns nasty’
The inspector giving all the Birling’s equal blame on Eva’s death.
‘Each of you helped kill her’
Priestley’s socialist views showing through religious imagery.
‘We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other’
Gerald pretending as if everything’s okay now that the inspector was fake.
‘Everything’s alright now, Sheila. What about this ring?’
Mr Birling talking about the younger generation, then being interrupted.
‘Now look at the pair of them, the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke -
The telephone rings sharply.’
Sheila not forgetting everything bad they did.
‘Everything we said had happened really had happened. If it didn’t end tragically, then that’s lucky for us’
Eric revealing his not so intimate relationship with his father.
‘You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble - that’s why.’
Sheila saying how everyone changes when they realise the inspector was fake.
‘You don’t seem to have learnt anything’
Mr Birling acting quickly to save their reputation.
‘I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can’
Sheila’s quote on how they all had a part in the situation.
‘Between us we all drove that girl to commit suicide’
Sheila explaining how the older generation don’t change.
‘You knew it then. You began to learn something. And now you’ve stopped. You’re ready to go on in the same only ways.’
Part of inspector’s speech where he normalises the struggling lower class.
‘There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths’
Birling being rude about socialists.
‘Probably a socialist or some sort of crank’
