An Inspector Calls Flashcards
Quote 1:referring to mr Birlings appearance in weight
“Heavy looking”
Quote 2: referring to mr Birlings speech (how he talks)
“Provincial in his speech”
Quote 3:Sheila refers to her mum by this at the start
‘Mummy’ -Sheila
Quote 4:Sheila calling Eric an assholr
‘Don’t be an ass’ - Sheila
Quote 5:Birling talking to Gerald about future prospects concerning business
“For lower costs and higher prices”
Quote 6:Eric being immature regarding Sheila and geralds relationship
“Steady the buffs” - Eric (immature)
Quote 7: titanic
“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable” - Birling
Quote 8: Birling foreshadowing scandal
“Start a scandal” - Birling
Quote 9: Gerald talking about Birling family “seem to be” foreshadowing
“You seem to be a nice well- behaved family” - Gerald (foreshadowing)
Quote 10: bee hive Birling
“As if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive” - Birling
Quote 11: inspector talkin abou Eva being burnt
“Burnt her inside out” - Inspector (Lack of euphemisms)
Quote 12: chain from inspector
“A chain of events” - Inspector
Quote 13: Earth and stealing from inspector
“It’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it” - Inspector
Quote 14: inspector being a boss and not playing golf
‘I don’t play golf’ - Inspector
Quote 15: Sheila being naive about Eva’s death
‘Oh- how horrible! Was it an accident?’ - Sheila
Quote 16: cheap labour girls
‘But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people’ - Sheila
Quote 17: ms Birling talkin about girls and class
“Girls of that class” - Ms Birling
Quote 18: Sheila is now mature and calls her mum a different name
“Mother” - maturity - Sheila
Quote 19: Gerald becoming super important to Eva
“I became at once the most important person in her life” - Gerald
Quote 20: look for the father of the child ms Birling
“Go and look for the father of the child, it’s his responsibility” - Ms Birling
Quote 21: ms Birling foreshadowing Eric is a silly Billy (example)
“He should be made an example of” - foreshadowing- Ms Birling
Quote 22: ma Birling being naive and oblivious to Eric (distressed)
Mrs Biring - [distressed]:’Eric, I can’t believe it’
Quote 23: mr Birling sad cuz Eric didn’t come to him
‘Why didn’t you come to me’
Quote 24:Eric’s reasoning to why he didn’t go to Birling
“Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”
Quote 25: knighthood Birling
‘I was almost certain for a knighthood in the next honours list’ - Birling
Quote 26: Eric being ashamed of his parents
“I’m ashamed of you as well” - Eric
Quote 27: Birling describing Eva’s situation
“That’s all” - describing death
Quote 28: Eric beinga bad boy using mr Birlings previous speech against him
“Then one of those cranks walked in - the inspector’ - Eric
Quote 29:Gerald assuming the worst of Sheila
“You’ve been through it - and now you want to see somebody else put through it” - Gerald
Quote 30: stage direction: (door thing from inspector)
‘Leaving door open behind him’ - inspector
Quote 31: blood and angesh lesson
“If men will not learn that lesson they will be taught it in fire blood and anguish”
Quote 32: body
“We are members of one body”
Quote 33: nasty state chap chap
“ I was in that state where a chap easily turns nasty”
