Character Quotes Flashcards
Mr Birling: “I say there isn’t _ ______ __ ___”
Mr Birling: “I say there isn’t a chance of war”
Mr Birling: “____ _____ war scares”
Mr Birling: “silly little war scares”
Mr Birling: “ I speak as a ____-______ business man… -I say you can ignore all this ____ _________ talk”
Mr Birling: “I speak as a hard-headed business man… - I say you can ignore all this silly pessimistic talk”
Sheila Birling: “ Very ______ with life and _____ _______”
Sheila Birling: “Very pleased with life and rather excited”
Sheila Birling: “But these _____ aren’t cheap labour - _____ ______”
Sheila Birling: “But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people”
Sheila Birling: “He knows. Of course __ ______. and I hate to think ___ _____ __ _____ that we don’t know yet”
Sheila Birling: “He knows. Of course he knows, and I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet”
Gerald: “She’d better ___ __ ___ ___ __ __ ____ at once”
Gerald: “She’d better let me take her out of here at once”
Gerald: “I asked her ________ ____ ______”
Gerald: “I asked her questions about herself”
Gerald: “you were the ________ _______ ____, ____ _____ ___ _____ __”
Gerald: “you were the wonderful fairytale prince, you must have enjoyed it”
Mrs Birling: “Girls __ ____ ____”
Mrs Birling: “Girls of that class”
Mrs Birling “It wasn’t I who ___ ___ _____ ___ __ ________”
Mrs Birling “It wasn’t I who had her turned out of employment”
Mrs Birling: “It was simply a peice of ____ ________ and naturally…_______ __ _____ ___ ___”
Mrs Birling: “It was simply a price of gross impertinence and naturally…prejudiced me against her case”
Eric: “Half shy - ___ _______”
Eric: “Half shy - Half assertive”
Eric: “I never ____ _______ that”
Eric: “I never quite understood that”
Eric: “Your _________ friends”
Eric: “Your respectable friends”
Inspector Goole: “There are _____ ___ ______ of Eva Smith’s and John Smith’s…left with us”
Inspector Goole: “There are millions and millions of Eva Smith’s and John Smith’s…left with us”
Inspector Goole: “If men do not learn that lesson… ___ ___ __ _____ __ __ ___ __ ___ ___ ______”
Inspector Goole: “If men do not learn that lesson…they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish”
Inspector Goole: “We are ____ ____ ___ ____. We are responsible for each other”
Inspector Goole: “We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other”
What does Mr Birling say in response to the chance of war?
“I say there isn’t a chance of war”
What does Mr Birling shrug of the war scares as?
“silly little war scares”
What does Mr Birling have to say about being bees in a hive?
“as If we were mixed up together like bees in a hive”
What is Sheila described as in the character descriptions?
“very pleased with life and rather excited”
What does Sheila say in response to Mr Birlings stance on the girls in his factory?
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people”
What does Sheila say in response to Gerald trying to hide the fact he had an affair with Daisy Renton from the inspector?
“He knows. Of course he knows and I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet”
What does Gerald tell the cast he said to Eva Smith when meeting her in ‘the bar’?
“She’d better let me take her out of here at once”
What does Sheila remark at Gerald after he makes the speech of taking Eva Smith out of ‘the bar’?
“you were the wonderful fairytale prince, you must have enjoyed it”
How does Mrs Birling Describe girls like Eva Smith?
“girls of that class”
What does Mrs Birling snap at Mr Birling after her involvement with Eva Smith is revealed?
“It wasn’t I who had her turned out of employment”
How does Mrs Birling feel about Eva Smith using the name Mrs Birling to appeal at her charity?
She believes it was “simply a price of gross impertinence” and “naturally prejucided” her “against her case”
How is Eric Described in the character descriptions?
“Half shy - Half assertive”
What does Eric passive agressively say about his father’s friends that go to ‘the bar’?
“your respectable friends”
What does the inspector say about Eva Smith and others similar to her being left?
“there are millions… of John’s Smith’s and Eva Smith’s… left with us”
What does The Inspector say about the lesson of sharing in regards to the war?
“If men do not learn that lesson…they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish”
How does The Inspector Mirror Mr Birlings words in his speech at the end of the play?
“We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other”
