an inspector calls quote Flashcards
what quote reflects mr birlings arrogance
“unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
what quote represents mr birlings capitalist ideals
“im talking as a hard headed practical man of business”
what quote represents Mr Billings negative views of socialism
“you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were
all mixed up like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense.”
what quote shows mr birlings patriarchal views
“A man has to make his own way “
what quote shows mrs birlings disgust for lower classes
“girls of that class”
what quote represents mrs birlings selfishness and refusal to except her part in eva smiths death
“I’m very sorry. But I think she only had herself to blame”
what quote shows mrs birlings abuse of her husbands status
“you know, my husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago and that
he’s still a magistrate”
what quote shows mrs birling denying her responsibility
“Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility.” or
“I’ve done nothing wrong – and you know it.”
what quote shows mrs birlings expectations of lower class
“As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!”
what quote shows sheila standing up for the working class
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people.”
what quote shows sheilas change of heart
“And if I could help her now, I would-”
what quote shows sheila relabelling against her family
Bitterly ”I suppose we’re all nice people now”
sheilas transition
“mummy” to “mother”
what quote shows sheilas acknowledgement of the inspectors power
“You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl. If
you do the Inspector will just break it down. And it’ll be all the worse
when he does”
what quote shows Eric rebelling against his family/capitalism
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest
possible prices”
what quote shows erics kindness to the working class
“I’d have let her stay”
what quotes shows eric treatment of working class throughout the play
“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. I call it tough
luck.”
how does eric describe his relationship with sheila
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything- but I liked her- she was pretty
and a good sport-”
what quote shows eric mocking his father
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in troublethat’s why.”
what quote shows erics acknowledgement of the inspectors power
“He was our police inspector all right”
what quote shows eric admitting the family caused evas death
“(shouting) And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her- and
that’s what matters-”
inspector goole quote socialism
“it’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it”
what quote shows inspector gooles power
“Need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of
massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”
what quotes makes the inspecto seem mysterious
what quote shows the inspector telling the family they all caused evas death
“A chain of events” (may have driven her to suicide)
what quote shows the inspectors anti patriarchal veiws
(To Gerald) “And you think young women ought to be protected
against unpleasant and disturbing things?”
what quote shows the inspector lecturing mr birling
“Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges”
what quote shows the inspectors accusation to mr biirling
“You’ve had children. You must have known what she was feeling. And
you slammed the door in her face”
