character quotes Flashcards
Birling’s confidence
“we’re in for a time of steadily increasing prosperity”
Birling on Society
“the way some of these cranks talk and write now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else”
sheila’s recognition
“but these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people”
sheila’s regret
“its the only time i’ve ever done anything like that, and i’ll never, never do it again to anybody”
Sheila on the inspector
“we all started like that– so confident, so pleased with ourselves until he began asking us questions.”
sheila on Eric
” he’s been steadily drinking too much for the last two years”
mrs birling
“she was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position”
the inspector says
“but each of you helped to kill her. Remember that”
Inspector’s message
“we are members of one body”
“there are millions and millions and millions of eva smiths”
