An Inspector Calls

Question 1

‘We really must stop these silly pretences’

Answer 1

Act 2
Sheila to Mrs Birling
Sheila understands Inspectors message
Characterisation of Sheila as truth seeing
Shows a division between Sheila and Mrs Birling

Question 2

‘Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’

Answer 2

Act 1
Arthur Birling 
Talking about Titanic 
Dramatic Irony, Metaphor 
To show capitalist views are wrong

Question 3

‘I speak as a hard headed business man’

Answer 3

Act 1
Arthur Birling 
Trying to brag
Compound adjectives 
to introduce capitalism

Question 4

‘You’re Squiffy’

Answer 4

Act 1
Sheila to Eric 
Sheila using slang towards Eric 
Colloquial Language 
Shows Brother/Sister relationship

Question 5

‘Your not the kind of father a chap can go to when he is in trouble’

Answer 5

Act 2
Eric 
Reveals the lack of love between Eric and Arthur Birling
Accusatory term 
Shows the family differences

Question 6

‘She was very pretty soft brown hair and big drak eyes’

Answer 6

Act 2
Gerald
Contrasting Eva and women of the town
Stressing positive aspects of Eva makes her mistreatment seems much more cruel

Question 7

‘Girls of that class’

Answer 7

Act 2
Mrs Birling to Inspector 
Shows Mrs Birling disgust of working class people
Emphasis on 'that'
It shows her priorities

Question 8

‘We are members of one body, we are responsible for each other’

Answer 8

Act 3
Inspector to Whole Birling family and Gerald
Allegorical speech
Shows the Birling family all their wrong doings and has exposed them to each other