AIC Flashcards
What quote from Birling links to the labour manifesto?
‘I’m talking as a hard headed practical man of business’
What quote shows how Gerald exploited Eva?
‘Daisy knew it was coming to an end’ and ‘se’d lived very economically on what I’d allowed her’
What quote could show Gerald as nicer than the others?
‘She’d been happier than she’d ever been before’
What quote shows mrs Birling’s feelings towards the working class?
‘Girls of that class’
What quote from Mrs Birling shows us what Eva did when she went to her for help?
‘The girl has begun by telling us a pack of lies’ - it isn’t that the charity refused her help, it’s that they forced her to go back to Eric and Eva would rather commit suicide than take the stolen money or marry Eric
What quote showing dramatic irony shows us Mrs Birlings view on who was responsible?
‘If the girl’s death is due to anybody, then it’s due to him’
What quote shows Eric’s views on capitalism?
‘I think it’s a shame. We try for the highest profits, why shouldn’t they try for the highest wages’
What quote related Eric to his mother?
‘She told me she didn’t want me to go in’ - sees her as inferior
What quote shows Eric generalising the upper class?
‘In that state when a chap easily turns nasty’ - ‘that’ shows it’s common in men
What quote shows Sheila’s feelings towards the inspectors message?
‘No, because I remember what he said, how he looked, and what he made us feel. Fire and blood and anguish’
What quote shows that perhaps Sheila didn’t learn the message?
What Gerald offers her the ring - ‘what about this ring’ - she says ‘no, not yet. It’s too soon. I must think’. But then goes on to accept the patriarchy and says ‘it was my fault really that she was so desperate when you first met her’
What quote shows the inspectors socialist views?
‘We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other’ - ‘we are members of on body’ comes from the bible - appealing to the Christian audience
What is Priesley’s metaphor when talking about the titanic?
The class system ‘Absolutely unsinkable’
How does Priestley show naivety in Birling?
‘There’s a lot of wild talk about possible labour trouble in the future’ - there were a lot of strikes in 1912
What shows Birling’s naivety about war?
‘Everything to lose and nothing to gain’
