AIC key quotes Flashcards
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Birling: ‘I’m talking as a hard-headed ________________________ … There isn’t a chance of ______.’
‘I’m talking as a hard-headed practical man of business … There isn’t a chance of war.’
What does Birling refer to society’s worries as?
‘all this silly pessimistic talk’
What is the Titanic, according to Birling?
‘unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’
Birling: ‘There’s a fair chance that I might ____________________________________.’
‘There’s a fair chance that I might find my way onto the next Honours list’
Birling: ‘A man has to ________________ - has to look after _____________, and his _________ … community and all that __________.’
‘A man has to make his own way - has to look after himself, and his family … community and all that nonsense.’
Birling: ‘You’d think everybody _______________________, as if we were all ________________________ - community and all that __________.’
‘You’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense.’
Birling: ‘If we were all _____________________________ we’d had anything to do with, it would be very ________, wouldn’t it?’
‘If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?’
How does Birling talk about Eva?
‘she’d had a lot to say - far too much - so she had to go.’
What does Birling think we should do with the working class?
‘Rubbish! If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the Earth.’
Birling: ‘I must say, Sybil, that when this comes out at the inquest, it isn’t going to ____________________.’
‘I must say, Sybil, that when this comes out at the inquest, it isn’t going to do us much good.’
Birling: (triumphantly) ‘There you are! Proof positive. The whole story’s ______________________. Nothing but _______________.’
‘There you are! Proof positive. The whole story’s just a lot of moonshine. Nothing but an elaborate sell.’
How does Birling make fun of the younger generation?
(pointing to Eric and Sheila) ‘Now look at the pair of them - the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke.’
What can Birling not accept?
‘I can’t accept any responsibility’
What is Birling’s duty?
‘It’s my duty to keep the labour costs down.’
Why did Birling sack Eva Smith?
‘She’d had a lot to say - far too much - so she had to go.’
What did Birling ask the Inspector?
‘How do you get on with our Chief Constable, Colonel Roberts?’
Birling: ‘I’ve got to _________________ as soon as I can.’
‘I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can.’
Birling: ‘Probably a _______ or some sort of _____.’
‘Probably a socialist or some sort of crank.’
Mrs Birling: ‘Arthur, you’re not _________________________.’
‘Arthur, you’re not supposed to say such things.’
Mrs Birling: ‘When you’re married, you’ll realise that ________________________ sometimes have to spend nearly all _________________________.’
‘When you’re married, you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time on their business.’
Mrs Birling: ‘You’re quite wrong to suppose _________________________________.’
‘You’re quite wrong to suppose I shall regret what I did.’
Mrs Birling: ‘I’m very sorry. But I think she _____________.’
‘I’m very sorry. But I think she only had herself to blame.’
Mrs Birling: ‘Unlike the other three, I did ___________________.’
‘Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of.’
What did Mrs Birling tell the Inspector to do?
‘Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility.’
Mrs Birling: ‘She was claiming _____________________________________________________________________________.’
‘She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd for a girl in her position.’
Mrs Birling: ‘I accept no _____ at all.’ Who does she blame instead?
- ‘I accept no blame at all.’
- ‘I blame the young man who was the father of the child.’
- ‘He should be made an example of.’
- ‘If the girl’s death is due to anybody, then it’s due to him.’
What is Mrs Birling triumphant about?
‘I was the only one of you who didn’t give in to him.’
How does Mrs Birling refer to Eva?
‘girls of that class’
How is Sheila portrayed as childish at the start?
- ‘Oh - Gerald - you’ve got it - is it the one you wanted me to have?’
- ‘I’m sorry Daddy.’
Sheila: ‘If she’d been some _______________________, I don’t suppose I’d have done it. But she was ___________________________. I couldn’t be sorry for her.’
‘If she’d been some miserable plain little creature, I don’t suppose I’d have done it. But she was very pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself. I couldn’t be sorry for her.’
Sheila: ‘I’ve been so _____ tonight. Oh I wish _______________.’
‘I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you hadn’t told me.’
Sheila: ‘These girls aren’t __________. They’re ________.’
‘These girls aren’t cheap labour. They’re people.’
Sheila: ‘Why - you fool - _________. Of course _________.’
‘Why - you fool - he knows. Of course he knows.’
What does she tell Gerald?
‘You and I aren’t the same people who sat down to dinner here.’
How does Sheila stand up to her parents?
- ‘Mother, I think it was cruel and vile.’
- ‘Don’t interfere, please, father.’
- ‘It’s you two who are being childish - trying not to face the facts.’
Sheila: ‘Between us we _______________________.’
‘Between us we drove that girl to suicide.’
How is Sheila shown as thoughtful and insightful towards the Inspector’s investigation?
- ‘You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl. If you do, the Inspector will just break it down. And it’ll be worse when he does.’
- ‘No he’s giving us the rope - so that we’ll hang ourselves.’
What state was Eric in?
‘I was in that state where a chap easily gets nasty.’
How is Eric shown as irresponsible and childlike?
- ‘I didn’t even remember - that’s the hellish thing.’
- ‘She didn’t want me to marry her … In a way, she treated me as if I were a kid.’
- ‘She was pretty and a good sport.’
How is it shown that Eric has a troubled relationship with his parents at the end?
- ‘…you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble.’
- ‘my child - your own grandchild - you killed them both - damn you, damn you.’
How is Eric’s anger at his mother shown when he finds out what she’d done?
‘Then - you _____ her. She came to you to protect me - and you ______________ - yes, and you ___________ - and the child she’d have too - my child - your own __________ - you killed them both - _________________.’
‘Then - you killed her. She came to you to protect me - and you turned her away - yes, and you killed her - and the child she’d have too - my child - your own grandchild - you killed them both - damn you, damn you.’
Which quote shows Eric’s anger at his parents at the end?
(shouting) ‘And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her - that’s what matters.’
How does Gerald suck up to Birling?
‘I know we’d have done the same thing.’, ‘You couldn’t have done anything else.’
What does Gerald tell Sheila not to do?
‘For God’s sake - don’t say anything to the Inspector.’
How does Gerald ‘shield’ Sheila?
- ‘I think Miss Birling ought to be excused any more of this questioning.’
- (about Sheila) ‘She’s obviously had about as much as she can stand.’
How is it shown that Gerald wasn’t in love with Eva?
- ‘I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me.’
- ‘She told be she’d been happier than she’d ever been before.’
How is it shown that Gerald tries to go back to normal at the end?
‘Everything’s all right now, Sheila. What about this ring?’
How does Goole use blunt language?
- ‘Burnt her inside out … she was in great agony.’
- ‘Yes but you can’t. It’s too late. She’s dead.’
What was Goole’s reaction to Birling’s capitalist views?
‘It’s better to ask for the Earth than take it.’
How does Goole stand up for Eva’s existence?
- ‘There are a lot of young women living that existence in every city and big town in this country.’
- ‘A nice little promising life there, I thought, and a nasty mess somebody’s made of it.’
Goole: ‘Public men, Mr Birling, have _________________________________________.’
(massively) ‘Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.’
Goole: ‘She needed not only _____________________ … you slammed the door in her face.’
‘She needed not only advice, sympathy friendliness … you slammed the door in her face.’
Goole: ‘Each of you _________________________________________________________. Never forget it.’
‘… each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.’
How is Goole described?
‘need not be a big man’ but creates an ‘impression of massiveness, solidity, purposefulness.’
Goole: (very deliberately) ‘I think you did ________________________ - and that you’re going to ___________________________.’
‘I think you did something terribly wrong - and that you’re going to spend the rest of your life regretting it.’
Goole: ‘One Eva Smith has gone - but _____________________________________________________ still left with us, with their ____________________________________________________________, and what we think and say and do. We don’t live alone. We are ________________. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men do not learn that lesson, then ________________________________________________.’
‘One Eva Smith has gone - but there are millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we think and say and do. We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men do not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.’
