English- An inspector calls Flashcards

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Mr Birling quotes

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1) is there any reason my wife should answer questions from you’- posessiveness
2)Its a free country i told them // Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together- for lower costs and higher prices’ Capitalist
3)’…and not only something to make em look prettier’ patronising views about women
4) ‘ i refused of course’//’ unsinkable absolutely unsinkable’ arrogance

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Eric quotes

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1) this girl is still dead isnt she? nobodys brought her to life have they’- emotional
2) ‘and i dont see why she should have been sacked just because she’d a bit more spirit than the others’- opinionated
3)’ i dont know- really suddenly i felt i just had to laugh’- lacking confidence
4)“…you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”

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Sheila quotes

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1) thats what i meant when i talked about building up a wall thats sure to be a knocked flt// but these girls arent cheap labour they’re people’Insightful
2)’i tell you- whoever that inspector was, it was anything but a joke’-assertive
3) Oh I wish you hadn’t told me”// pretty?- naive
4) Between us we drove that girl to suicide”

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sybil quotes

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1) i did nothing im ashamed of- cold
2) ‘what an expression. sheila! really the things you girls pick up these days’snobbish
3)’‘no of course not hes only a boy’ - ignorent
4)“Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of”
5)“I accept no blame at all”

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themes-gender

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-fine feelings and scruples that were simply abaurd for a girl in her position- mrs birling
i hate those hard eyed dough face women-gerald
-not only something to make em look prettier- mr birling

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themes-social responsibility

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-their lives their hopes and fears their suffering and chance of happpiness all intertwines with our lives inspector
- girl og that sort sybil
-mr b - its my duty to keep labour costs down

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themes-age

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-why you hysterical fool- mr b
- you beginning to pretend now that nothing has happened at all
-so i was perfectly justerfied

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themes-inequality

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gerald croft

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1)“I think Miss Birling ought to be excused any more of this questioning”
2)“I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me”

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inspector goole

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1)“…each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it”
2)millions and millions and millions of eva smiths
3)-their lives their hopes and fears their suffering and chance of happpiness all intertwines with our lives inspector

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