AIC character quotes Flashcards by G xxx | Brainscape

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Mr Birling

“A man has to…

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mind his own business and look out for himself and his own”

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Mr Birling using patronising/submissive language

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“Fiddlesticks”
“Silly”
“Nothing to do with you Sheila”

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Mr Birling being selfish/worried about being guilty

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“I” > “We”

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Mr Birling

“Unsinkable,…

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absolutely unsinkable”

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Mr Birling

“Mixed up…

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together like bees in a hive”

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Mr Birling not being sympathetic

“the wretched…

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girl’s suicide”

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Mr Birling as having his authority broken down

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“y’know”

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Mrs Birling

“I did…

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nothing I am ashamed of”

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Mrs Birling thinking she is superior
“Girl…
“No…

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of that class”

Edna’ll go”

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Mrs Birling unwilling to change

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“You have no power to make me change my mind”

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Mrs Birling having her authority broken down

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“No-Eric-please”

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Mrs Birling as naive

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“Alderman Meggarty… we are to learn something tonight:

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The Inspector as powerful

“He creates at once…

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an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness” - semantic field of size

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The Inspector as omniscient/direct/warning audience of disaster

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“Fire and blood and anguish”

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The Inspector as a dramatic catalyst

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Sheila: “He’s giving us the rope - so that we’ll hang ourselves”

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The Inspector as working systematically

“One person and…

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one line of enquiry at a time”

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The Inspector to be creating sympathy for Eva

“She died…

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in misery and agony”

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The Inspector using religious imagery/metaphor

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“We are members of one body”

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Sheila as didactic which makes audience NOT sympathise with her

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“If I could help her now - I would”

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Sheila as naive/immature:

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“Mummy”

“Very pleased with life and rather excited”

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Sheila to highlight tension between younger and older generation
“So nothings happened…

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nothing to be sorry for, nothing to learn”

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Sheila as easily influenced:

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(Repeating the inspector)

“Fire and blood and anguish”

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Eric as a dramatic irritant to his Father and challenging his ideology:

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“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”

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Eric being unsure of himself

“Not quite at ease, half…

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shy, half assertive”

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Eric using fragmented speech to show his emotion

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“Oh- my God! How stupid it all is!”

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Eric as hysterical

“(Bursting out)…

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This girl’s still dead isn’t she! Nobody can bring her back to life!”

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Eric as hysterical using stage direction

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(Bursting out)

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Eric as aggressive 
"I don't give...
"Damn you, 
"That's the...
"When a chap...

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a damn now”
damn you” (Semantic field of hell)
hellish thing”
easily turns nasty”