An Inspector Calls Quotes Flashcards
What quotes describe the Inspector?
‘We are members of one body, we are responsible for each other’ Act 3
‘[brighter and harder]’ Act 1
‘[cutting through massively]’ Act 2
What quotes describe Arthur Birling?
‘hard-headed business man’ Act 1
‘like bees in a hive, community and all that nonsense’ Act 1
‘I say there isn’t a chance of war’ Act 1
‘unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’ Act 1
‘the famous younger generation, can’t even take a joke’ Act 3
What quotes describe Sybil Birling?
‘Girls of that class- ‘ Act 2
‘I think she only had herself to blame’ Act 2
‘[rather grandly]’ - Act 2
‘a trifle impertinent’ Act 2
‘you’re not that type - you don’t get drunk’ Act 3
What quotes describe Sheila?
‘I’ll never, never do it again to anybody’ Act 1
‘he’s giving us rope - so that we’ll hang ourselves’ Act 2
‘I’ve been so happy tonight’ Act 1
What quotes describe Eric?
‘[not quite at ease]’ Act 1
‘you killed them both - damn you, damn you - ‘ Act 3
‘Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?’ Act 1
‘your not the kind of father a chap can go to when he’s in trouble’ Act 3
What quotes describe Gerald?
‘we’re respectable citizens and not criminals’ Act 1
‘I should say so’ Act 1
‘Oh don’t be stupid’ Act 1
‘She didn’t blame me at all. I wish to God she had now’ Act 2
What quotes describe Eva Smith?
‘She was here alone, friendless, almost penniless, desperate’ Act 2
‘just used her […] as if she was an animal, a thing, not a person’ Act 3
‘there are lots of Eva Smiths and John Smiths’ Act 3
What are some quotes about change?
‘you don’t seem to have learnt anything’ Act 3
‘You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened’ Act 3
‘In the morning they’ll be just as amused as we are’ Act 3
‘Everything’s alright now Sheila’ Act 3
What are some quotes about social responsibility?
‘it’s my duty to keep labour costs down’ Act 1
‘they’d soon be asking for the earth’ Act 1
‘we’ll have to share our guilt’ Act 3
‘fire and blood and anguish’ Act 3
What are some quotes for personal responsibility?
‘I had done no more than my duty’ Act 2
‘Remember’ Act 3
‘it’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters’ Act 3
‘I behaved badly too’ Act 3`
What quotes are about time?
‘a chain of events’ Act 1
‘I haven’t much time’ Act 3
What are some quotes about inequality?
‘these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people’ Act 1
‘Because she had been turned out and turned down too many times’ Act 2?
‘she was desperately hard up’ Act 2
What are some quotes for age?
‘but you youngsters just remember what I said’ Act 1
‘And I say that the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her - and that’s what matters - ‘ Act 3
‘you seem to have made a great impression on this child, Inspector’ Act 2
What are some quotes about love?
‘I wasn’t in love with her or anything’ Act 3
‘Everything’s alright now Sheila. [holds up the ring]’ Act 3
‘have to get used to that’ Act 2
