An Inspecor Calls Flashcards
Mr Birling quote that sums up capitalism
“A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own”
Device:Irony because his business is exposed throughout the play
Quote by Sheila about her different ideology
“But these aren’t cheap labour-they’re people”
Technique:Juxtaposition between people and cheap labour
Quote about responsibility
“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?”
Technique:Rhetorical Question
Quote about morality
“First, the girl herself. … Secondly, I blame the young man who was the father of the child… He should be made an example of.”
Technique:Dramatic Irony
She says that good depends on who does it and bad depends on who does it
Quote about patriarchy
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything - but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport.”
Technique:Colloquial Language
Quote about socialism
“We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other”
Technique:Metaphor
Quote about Sheila’s change
“You don’t seem to have learnt anything”
Technique:Direct Address
Quote about religious imagery
“One Eva Smith has gone… but there are millions… of Eva Smiths… all intertwined with our lives… if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.”
Technique:Metaphor
Quote about gender and family
“When you’re married, you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend all their time and energy on their business.”
Quote about how women are viewed
“Clothes mean something quite different to a woman”
Quote about titanic
“Unsinkable. Absolutely unsinkable”
Technique:Dramatic Irony
Quote about Mrs Birling
“I’m talking to the Inspector now, if you don’t mind”
Quote about Sheila
“I’ll never,never do it again. I’m desperately sorry”
Technique:Repetition of “never”
Quote about Gerald
“I’m sorry I’ve just realised that she is dead”
Quote about the inspector
“There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths”
Repetition:millions
