Act One Flashcards
Quote to show the birlings have trapping of wealth - description of house
Decanter of port, cigar box and cigarettes. Port glasses already on the table
Description of Mr B
‘Rather portentous man’
Description of Gerald
‘Well-bred young man’
Quote to show sheila as childish - juxtaposes end of story when she matures
‘Yes, go on mother’
Quote from Mr B showing his exitement of Gerald joining the family as he sees it as a business opportunity - business orientated
‘No longer competing but are working together - for lower costs and higher prices’
Quote to show Patriachal society as Mr B adresses his daughter and gerald
‘Wishing the pair of you - the very best life can bring. Gerald and sheila’
Quote to show the birlings as materialistic as sheila needed an expensive ring
‘Now i really feel engaged’
Dramatic irony from Mr B talking about war - ignorant - thinks he knows everything
‘The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war’
Dramatic irony as Mr B talks about the titanic
‘Its unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’
Quote to show Mr B as Arrogant and naive
‘We hard headed business men’
Quote by Mr B to foreshadow the inspector coming
‘You don’t know what some of these boys get up to nowdays’
Quote by Mr B to idealise capitalism
‘A man has to make his own way - look after himself’
Quote by Mr B to impose authority to try and get the inspector to leave
‘I was an alderman for years and Lord mayor two years ago’
Violent imagery to scare the Birlings - show consequences of their actions
‘Burnt her inside out, of course’
Quote by Mr B to dismiss the poor -pshowing disrespect
‘If you don’t come down sharply on these people, soon they will be asking for the earth’
