English- An inspector calls Flashcards
Mr Birling quotes
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
Eric quotes
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”
Sheila quotes
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”
sybil quotes
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”
themes-gender
-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
themes-social responsibility
-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
themes-age
-why you hysterical fool- mr b
- you beginning to pretend now that nothing has happened at all
-so i was perfectly justerfied
themes-inequality
gerald croft
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”
inspector goole
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