An Inspector Calls Flashcards
Mr Birling
Community…
And all that nonsense
Mr Birling
The Germans…
Don’t want war
Mr Birling
She had…
a lot to say. Far too much. She had to go.
Mr Birling
By jingo! A…
Fake
Mr Birling
The famous…
Younger generation who know it all
Mrs Birling
I did nothing I’m…
Ashamed of
Mrs Birling
I used my influence to have…
It refused
Mrs Birling
As if a girl…
Of that sort would ever refuse money
Mrs Birling
You’re behaving…
Like a hysterical child
Sheila
Look mummy…
Isn’t it a beauty
Sheila
Except for last…
Summer when you never came near me
Sheila
But these girls…
Aren’t cheap labour - they’re people
Sheila
I know…
I’m to blame
Sheila
We all started…
Like that - so confident, so pleased with ourselves
Sheila
You don’t seem…
To have learnt anything
Eric
Why shouldn’t…
They try for higher wages
Eric
I was in…
That state where a chap easily turns nasty
Eric
We all helped to…
Kill her - and that’s what matters
Gerald
I didn’t…
Feel about her as she felt about me
Gerald
Everything’s…
All right now, Sheila
Inspector
She died…
In misery and agony
Inspector
Public men have…
Responsibilities, as well as privileges
Inspector
Used her…
As if she was an animal, a thing
Inspector
We are…
Members of one body
Inspector
It’s better to…
Ask for the earth than to take it
Inspector
They will…
Be taught it in fire and blood and anguish
Gerald
(rather impatiently) the…
Inspector knows all that
Gerald
I was…
Sorry for her
Gerald
I hate those…
Hard-eyed dough-faced women
Gerald
Did we?…
Who says so?
Gerald
I insist on…
Being one of the family now
Gerald
Gave me…
a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help
Gerald (about the affair)
I suppose…
It was inevitable
