An Inspector Calls Quotes Flashcards
Mr Birling,
Themes: Social Class, Responsibility
‘Together like’…
‘together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense’
Mr Birling,
Social Class, Generations
‘If you don’t’
‘If you don’t come down sharply on some of these
people, they’d soon be asking for the earth.’
Mr Birling,
Social Class (Reputation) ‘There’ll be a’
‘there’ll be a public scandal – unless we’re lucky – and
who here will suffer from that more than I will?’
Mrs Birling
Social Class
‘As if a girl’….
‘As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!’
Mrs Birling
Responsibility
‘Unlike the other’…
‘Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of.’
Sheila
Responsibility
‘Did it make’…
‘Did it make much difference to her?’
Sheila
Generations
‘You began to’….
‘Same’…
‘You began to learn something’.
‘Same old way’
Eric
Social Class, generations
‘Why shouldn’t’…
‘Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the
best possible prices’
Eric
Responsibility, generations
‘I say the girl’…
Eric: I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her – and that’s what matters –
Gerald
Generations, Gender
‘Everything’s alright’…
‘Everything’s alright now Sheila. [Holds up the ring]
Gerald
Gender, Social Class
‘I became’…
I became at once the most important person in her life.
Inspector
Responsibility
‘We are’
‘Taught in’
We are members of one body.
they will be taught it in fire and blood and
anguish.
Inspector
Social Class
Birling: ‘Perhaps’…
Inspector: ‘I don’t’
Birling: Perhaps I ought to warn you
Inspector: (dryly) I don’t play golf.
About Eva
Social Class
‘She was here alone, ‘
‘She needed not only more’
Inspector: She was here alone, friendless, almost penniless,
desperate.
She needed not only money, but advice, sympathy, friendliness.
Dramatic Devices
Responsibility
‘The famous’
‘And they can’t’
the famous younger generation who know it all.
And they can’t even take a joke-
[ The telephone rings sharply.]
