AIC Quotes Memorisation Flashcards
Mr Birling, Act 1, Predictions of the future
‘U, a u’
‘Unsinkable, completely unsinkable’
Mr Birling, Act 1, Predictions of the future
‘Y h s p s w i i… f’
‘you’ll hear some people say war is inevitable … fiddlesticks!’
Sheila, Act 1, Socialist sympathies
‘B t g a c l - t p’
‘But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people.’
Eric, Act 1, Socialist sympathies
‘W s t t f h w? W t f t h p p’
‘Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices’
Mr Birling, Act 1, Capitalist mindset
‘A m h t m h o b a l a h’
‘A man has to mind his own business and look after himself’
Mr Birling, Act 1, Capitalist mindset
‘C a a t n’
‘Community and all that nonsense.’
Mr Birling, Act 1, Capitalist mindset
‘W t f l c a h p’
‘Working together for lower costs and higher prices’
Sheila, Act 2, Maturity
“M” and “D” vs “M” and “F”
“Mummy” and “Daddy” vs “Mother” and “Father”
Sheila, Act 1, Responsibility,
‘S, I r r? / I w m o f’
“So, I’m really responsible?”/ “It was my own fault”
The Inspector, Act 2, Younger generation
(t y o) ‘A t m i’
(the young ones) “Are the most impressionable”
The Inspector, Act 1, Stage Directions
‘H c a o a i o m, s a p.’
‘He creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.’
Mrs Birling, Act 1, Stage Directions
‘A r c w a h h s s’
‘A rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior.’
Eric, Act 1, Stage Directions
‘N q a e’
‘Not quite at ease’
Eric, Act 1, Stage Directions
‘H s, h a’
‘Half shy, half assertive’
Mrs Birling, Act 2, Sheila’s attitude
‘Y b l a h c t’
‘You’re behaving like a hysterical child tonight.’
Mrs Birling, responsibilty
‘I t I w q j’
‘I think I was quite justified’
Mrs Birling, patriachal attitudes
‘I t t S a I h b g… a l y m’
‘I think that Shiela and I had better go… and leave you men.’
Mr Birling, responsibility
‘T e e f w y m a I d’
‘There’s every excuse for what your mother and I did’
Mr Birling, reputation
‘S, w t c o i i g t d u m g’
‘Sybil, when this comes out it isn’t going to do us much good’
Mr Birling, class attitudes
‘Y m f y m h d b f y s’
‘Your mother…feels you might have done better for yourself socially.’
The Inspector’s final speech
‘T a m a m a m o E S a J S s l w u… w a a m o o b… f a b a a’
‘There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us… we are all members of one body… fire and blood and anguish’
The Inspector, stage instructions
(f), (e), (s), (c i m)
(firmly), (explosively), (sharply), (cutting in massively)
Mrs Birling, Act 2, Class
‘g o t c’
‘girls of that class’
Mrs Birling, class
‘a i a g o t s w e r m’
‘As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!’
‘(R) A y n s t s s t’
‘(Reproachfully) Arthur you’re not supposed to say such things’
