Inspecter Calls Flashcards
Description of Mr Birling
“heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech.”
Port
it’s exactly the same port your father gets.”
Describes day before inspector
“is one of the happiest nights of my life.”
View on working
“a man has to make his own way.”
When Eric stole money Mr B says
“I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can.”
Description of Eric
“in his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive.”
Eric drinking
“I have gathered that he does drink pretty hard.” Gerald
Eric and workers wages
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”
What does Eric say to his parents when they can’t admit what they have done
“I’m ashamed of you.”
Eric realising that it is all the families fault
“We did her in all right.”
Description of Gerald
“an attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred man-about-town.”
Why take Eva home
“because I was sorry for her;”
Description of Eva Smith
“very pretty - soft brown hair and big dark eyes.”
Mr B taking about the Titanic
and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.
Mr B description of himself
And I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business.
Mr B chance of war
there isn’t a chance of war. The world’s developing so fast that it’ll make war impossible
Mr B clothes and women
clothes mean something quite different to a woman.
Eric lacking confidence
“I don’t know - really. Suddenly I felt I just had to laugh.”
Eric being assertive and disagreeing with his parents
You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all.
Gerald being evasive when he has done something wrong
All right. I knew her. Let’s leave it at that
Gerald being honest with Shiela and him caring
The girl saw me looking at her and then gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help
Shiela sees Eva smiling
I caught sight of this girl smiling at Miss Francis
Eva wanting her and Gerald’s relationship to last longer
just to make it last longer’. She felt there’d never be anything as good again for her
