Aic Flashcards
Which quote shows Mr birling as someone who take his business seriously?
“I’m a hard headed practical man of business”
Which quote shows Mr birling only cares about business in Sheila’s marriage?
“For lower costs and higher prices”
Give 3 quotes that show dramatic irony
“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
“No chance of war, Germans don’t want war”
“You’ll hear some people say war is inevitable. Fiddlesticks!”
Which quote shows mr birling puts himself before his family?
“A man has to make his own way- has to look after himself and his family of course!”
Which quote shows mr birling is anti socialist?
“All mixed up like bees in a hive, community and all that nonsense”
Which quote shows mr birling only cares about his image?
“This won’t look good for us.”
Mrs birling is described as her husbands what?
Social superior
In which 2 quotes does Mrs birling looks down on those of a lower class?
“Girls of that class”
“As if a girl of that sort would refuse money”
Which 2 quotes shows Mrs birlings unsympathetic nature?
“I’m very sorry but I only think she had herself to blame.”
“I’ve done nothing wrong and you know it”
Dramatic irony is used in which quotes towards Mrs birling?
“Go and look for the father of the child, it’s his responsibility”
“He ought to be dealt with very seriously, make sure he’s compelled to confess in public his responsibility “
Mrs birling refuses to accept any responsibility instead she insists she was doing her ____
Duty
Which quote shows Sheila is like a child in front of her mother?
“Look mummy isn’t it a beauty”
How does Sheila use her status against Eva smith and supply a quote.
Gets her fired, “she was a pretty girl, that didn’t make it any better”
Which quote shows Shelia moving away from the capitalist ideology?
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people”
Which quote shows Sheila has realised the inspectors power?
“Why you fool of course he knows. And I hate to think about how much he knows that we don’t know yet, you’ll see, you’ll see”
Sheila tells her family not to build up a what against the inspector
Wall
Sheila uses a semantic field of what to show us a side we’ve not seen before
Violent language
eric is described as half?
“half shy, half assertive”
how does eric describe Eva?
“pretty and a good sport”
what quote shows eric criticising Mr Birlings parenting techniques?
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble that’s why.”
which quote shows eric has turned on his mother
“you killed her. killed her-and the child she’d have had too- my
child- your own grandchild- you killed them both- damn you, damn
you-”
how is Gerald described at the start of the play?
“easy well-bred young man-about-town”
which quote shows Gerald views women through the male gaze?
“It’s a favourite haunt of women of the town”
which quote shows Gerald sees himself as a saviour to daisy?
‘[Daisy] gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help”
