An Inspector Calls: Gerald Flashcards
Act 1: stage directions
‘attractive chap’
‘well-bred young man-about-town’
Act 1: anxious about family’s reputation
to inspector: “Wouldn’t you rather I was out of this?”
Act 1: agrees with Mr B and capitalism
“You couldn’t have done anything else”
“I know we’d have done the same thing”
Act 2: concerned about his reputation
“I think Miss Birling ought to be excused”
Act 2: defensive
“Where did you get the idea that I did know her?”
Act 2: euphemisms
“women of the town”
Act 2:
“I hate those hard-eyed dough-faced women…she was very pretty”
Act 2: tries to act like a charitable hero
“obviously she wasn’t enjoying herself”
“gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help”
Act 2: objectifies DR and tries to seem charitable
“I didn’t install her [into Morgan Terrace] so that I could make love to her…[but] because I was sorry for her…I didn’t ask for anything in return”
Act 2: tries to excuse and justify his behaviour
“I suppose it was inevitable”
“Nearly any man would have [adored it]”
“You know, it wasn’t disgusting”
Act 2: imbalance in relationship with DR
“I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me”
Act 2: thinks money solves all problems
“I insisted on a parting gift of enough money”
Act 2: perhaps some remorse
‘(gravely)’
broken syntax
Act 2: proxemics to evade responsibility
“I’ll just go out”
Act 3 - Inspector gone: only person thinking logically
“We’ve been had”
“But how do you know it’s the same girl?”
“How do we know any girl killed herself today?”
