An Inspector Calls Flashcards
Mr Birling Titanic
“unsinkable, absolutely, unsinkable”
Mr Birling Nonsense
“community and all that nonsense”
Mr Birling Responsibility
“I can’t accept any responsibility for everything that happens to everyone”
Mr Birling Business
“a man has to mind his own business and look after himself”
Mr Birling Costs
“Well, it’s my duty to keep labour costs down”
Mr Birling Had
“we’ve been had that’s all”
Mr Birling Sharply
“If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth.”
Mrs Birling Girls
“girls of that class”
Mrs Birling Accept Blame
“I accept no blame for it at all”
Mrs Birling Father
“Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility”
Mrs Birling Cold
“About fifty, a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior”
Mrs Birling Sorry
“I’m very sorry. But I think she only had herself to blame”
Eric Wages
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices.”
Eric Nasty
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
Eric Tough
“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. I call it tough luck.”
Eric Trouble
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble that’s why.”
Gerald Anything else
“You couldn’t have done anything else” (sacking Eva Smith)
Gerald Upset
“I’m rather more – upset – by this business than I probably appear to be”
Shiela People
“They’re not cheap labour, they’re people”
Shiela Suicide
“Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide.”
Sheila Go on
“Yes, go on, Mummy”
Sheila Could
“And if I could help her now, I would-”
Inspector Description
“Need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”
Inspector Protected
(To Gerald) “And you think young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things?”
Inspector Guilt
“If there’s nothing else we have to share our guilt”
