An Inspector Calls Quotes Flashcards
Mr Birling: The…
“The Titanic – she sails next week…and unsinkable, absolutely”
Mr Birling: I…
“I gather there’s a very good chance of a knighthood”
Mr Birling: Its …
“It is my duty to keep labour costs down”
Mr Birling: As….
“As if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense.”
Mr Birling: The
“The famous younger generation who know it all”
Mrs Birling: he…
“he ought to be dealt with very severely-…make sure that he’s compelled to confess in public his responsibility”
Mrs Birling: We…
“we’ve done a great deal of useful work helping”
Mrs Birling: A….
“A piece of gross impertinence” / “Girls of that class”
Gerald: Easy…
“Easy well-bread young man of town”
Gerald: We are…
“We are respectable citizens, not criminals”
Gerald: A…
“A pretty girl in her early twenties looked young fresh and charming and altogether out of place down here.”
Gerald: He…
“He at least had some affection for her and made her happy for a time.”
Eric: Half..
“Half shy, half assertive”
Eric: In….
“In that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
Eric: Why…
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? // You said yourself she was a good worker.”
Eric: You…
“You killed her - and the child - your own grandchild.”
Sheila: I felt…
“I felt rotten about it at the time.”
Shiela: Nothing…
“Nothing to be sorry for, nothing to learn”
Shiela: I..
“I started it”
Sheila: These…
“These girls aren’t cheap labour they are people”
Sheila: Is…
“Is it the one you wanted me to have”
Inspector: Not…
“Not need be a big man // Impression of Massiveness (solidity and purposefulness)”
Inspector: If men…
“If men will not learn that lesson then they will be taught in fire, blood and anguish.”
Inspector: Their….
“Their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our life.”
Context - 6 points
Priestley socialist
Lack of women rights
Deep class divisions
Edwardian society
Upper class believed the lower class were undeserving
World War 1
