An Inspector Calls Flashcards
Shelia ~ Act 2
“Your squiffy”
Shelia
Cheap labour
“These girls aren’t cheap labour they’re people”
Mrs Birling
“You have no power to make me change my mind”
Mrs Birling
Impertinence
“I think it was simply a piece of gross impertinence”
Mr Birling ~ Act 1
“Giving is the port, Edna?”
Eric
“She was pretty and a good sport”
Inspector ~ Act 1
“A chain of events”
Gerald ~ Act 1
“I insist upon being one of the family”
Eric ~ Act 1
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”
Mr Birling ~ Act 3
(Angrily to Eric) “you’re the one to blame for this”
Mrs Birling ~ Act 1
“It’s a lovely ring. Be careful with it”
Inspector ~ Act 3
Speech Part 1
“One Eva Smith is gone - but there are still millions and millions of Eva Smiths & John Smiths still left with us, their lives, their hopes and fears, their chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we say and what we do. We don’t live alone.”
Inspector ~ Act 3
Speech Part 2
“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.”