An Inspector calls Flashcards
Gerald - quotation that shows superiority over Eva
“I became at once the most important person in her life - do you understand?
Stage directions about the house
“Substantial and heavily comfortable but not cosy and homelike.”
Sheila stage directions
“A pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life.”
Mr Birling - 3 quotes with dramatic irony
“unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.”
“Some people say that war’s inevitable. And to that I say - fiddlesticks!”
“Silly little war scares”
Mr Birling talking about socialists
“By the way some of these cranks talk”
Inspector criticises protective view of Sheila
“Your daughter isn’t living on the moon”
Mr Birling defends Gerald/convincing Sheila to stay with him
“Now, Sheila, I’m not defending him. But you must understand that a lot of young men-“
Mr Birling knighthood/desperate for approval
“I might find my way to the next honours list, a knighthood of course.”
Inspector’s final speech
“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 will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish.”
Sheila sarcastic to Gerald
“You were the wonderful fairy prince”
Eric sexist about Eva
“She was pretty and a good sport-“
Inspector first part of final speech
“There are millions and 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.”
Mrs Birling’s classist attitude
“As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money.”
Inspector - the responsibility of Mr Birling
“Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges
Mr Birling - treatment of workers/Eva Smith
“She’d had a lot to say - far too much - so she had to go.”
