An Inspector Calls - Key Character Quotes Flashcards
Mr Birling quote-
‘A hard-headed ________ man of ________’
‘A hard-headed practical man of business’
Mr Birling quote-
( To _______ ) ‘yes, my ____, I know - I’m _______ too much’
( To Mrs Birling ) ‘yes, my dear, I know - I’m talking too much’
Mr Birling quote-
( to ______ ) ‘perhaps we may look forward to a time when ______ and ________ are no longer _________ but are working together’
( to Gerald ) ‘perhaps we may look forward to a time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together’
Mr Birling quote-
‘The _________ don’t want ___’
‘The Germans don’t want war’
Mr Birling quote-
‘Unsinkable, __________ __________’
‘Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’
Mr Birling quote-
‘Mixed up together like ____ in a ____’
‘Mixed up together like bees in a hive’
Mr Birling quote-
‘_________ and all that ________’
‘Community and all that nonsense’
Mr Birling quote-
‘A man has to ____ his own ________ and look out for himself and his ___.’
‘A man has to mind his own business and look out for himself and his own.’
Mr Birling quote-
‘The _______ girl’s _______’
‘The wretched girl’s suicide’
Mr Birling quote-
‘The _____ story’s just a lot of _________.’
‘The whole story’s just a lot of moonshine’
Mrs Birling quote-
( to ______ ) ‘ when you’re _______ , you’ll realise that men with _________ work to do sometimes have to spend all their ____ and ______ on their ________. You’ll have to get used to that, just as I had.’
( to Sheila ) ‘ when you’re married, you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend all their time and energy on their business. You’ll have to get used to that, just as I had.’
Mr Birling quote-
‘_________ looking, rather __________ man’
‘Heavy looking, rather portentous man’
Mrs Birling quote-
‘_____ of that _____’
‘Girls of that class’
Mrs Birling quote-
(On ____’s drinking) ‘ he’s only a ___.’
(On Eric’s drinking) ‘he’s only a boy’
Mrs Birling quote-
‘I did _______ I’m _______ of.’
‘I did nothing that I’m ashamed of.’
Mrs Birling quote-
‘I _____ the _____ man. He ought to be dealt with very _______.’
‘I blame the young man. He ought to be dealt with very severely.’
Gerald quote-
‘I hope I can make you as _____ as you _______ to be.’
‘I hope I can make you as happy as you deserve to be.’
Gerald quote-
‘My ___! … I’ve ________ realised - taken it in properly - that she’s ____!’
My god! … I’ve suddenly realised - taken it in properly - that she’s dead!’
Gerald quote-
‘I didn’t _______ her there so I could make ____ to her.’
‘I didn’t install her there so I could make love to her.’
Gerald quote-
‘I didn’t ____ about her as she ____ about me.’
‘I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me.’
Eric quote-
‘I was in a ____ when a chap easily turns _____.’
‘I was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty.’
Eric quote-
‘You’re not the kind of ______ a chap could go to when he’s in _______. That’s why.’
‘You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble. That’s why.’
Eric quote-
‘You ______ her - and the _____ she’d have had too - my child’
‘You killed her - and the child she’d have had too - my child’
Eric quote-
‘You’re beginning to _______ as if nothing’s really _________ at all. And I can’t see it like that. The girls still ____, isn’t she?’
‘You’re beginning to pretend as if nothing’s really happened at all. And I can’t see it like that. The girl’s still dead, isn’t she?’
Eric quote-
‘We ______ to ____ her.’
‘we helped to kill her.’
Sheila quote-
‘Except for all last ______ when you never came near me.’
‘Except for all last summer when you never came near me.’
Sheila quote-
‘But these girls aren’t cheap _____ - they’re ______.’
‘But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people.’
Sheila quote-
‘She was very _____ and looked like she could take care of _______.’
She was very pretty and looked like she could take care of herself.’
Shelia quote-
‘He’s giving us ____ so that we’ll ____ ourselves.’
‘He’s giving us rope so we’ll hang ourselves.’
Inspector Goole quote-
‘One line of _______ at a time.’
‘One line of enquiry at a time.’
Inspector Goole quotes-
‘She ____ in ______ and _____’
‘She died in misery and agony’
Inspector Goole quote-
‘They will be ______ it in ____ and ____ and _______.’
‘They will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.’
