An Inspector Calls Quotes Flashcards

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Mr Birling: The…

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“The Titanic – she sails next week…and unsinkable, absolutely”

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Mr Birling: I…

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“I gather there’s a very good chance of a knighthood”

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3
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Mr Birling: Its …

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“It is my duty to keep labour costs down”

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Mr Birling: As….

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“As if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense.”

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5
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Mr Birling: The

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“The famous younger generation who know it all”

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Mrs Birling: he…

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“he ought to be dealt with very severely-…make sure that he’s compelled to confess in public his responsibility”

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Mrs Birling: We…

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“we’ve done a great deal of useful work helping”

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Mrs Birling: A….

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“A piece of gross impertinence” / “Girls of that class”

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Gerald: Easy…

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“Easy well-bread young man of town”

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10
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Gerald: We are…

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“We are respectable citizens, not criminals”

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Gerald: A…

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“A pretty girl in her early twenties looked young fresh and charming and altogether out of place down here.”

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Gerald: He…

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“He at least had some affection for her and made her happy for a time.”

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Eric: Half..

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“Half shy, half assertive”

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14
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Eric: In….

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“In that state when a chap easily turns nasty”

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Eric: Why…

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“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? // You said yourself she was a good worker.”

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16
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Eric: You…

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“You killed her - and the child - your own grandchild.”

17
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Sheila: I felt…

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“I felt rotten about it at the time.”

18
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Shiela: Nothing…

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“Nothing to be sorry for, nothing to learn”

19
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Shiela: I..

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“I started it”

20
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Sheila: These…

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“These girls aren’t cheap labour they are people”

21
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Sheila: Is…

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“Is it the one you wanted me to have”

22
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Inspector: Not…

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“Not need be a big man // Impression of Massiveness (solidity and purposefulness)”

23
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Inspector: If men…

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“If men will not learn that lesson then they will be taught in fire, blood and anguish.”

24
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Inspector: Their….

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“Their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our life.”

25
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Context - 6 points

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Priestley socialist
Lack of women rights
Deep class divisions
Edwardian society
Upper class believed the lower class were undeserving
World War 1