Inspector Calls Flashcards
Eric says that they are pretending like nothing happened
“You;re beginning to pretend like nothing really happened…the girl’s still dead isn’t she?”
Eric admits the guilt
“We helped to kill her”
Eric about the grandchild
“Your own grandchild - you killed them both”
Eric saying his father is awful
“you’re not the type of father a chap could go to”
Eric blames alcohol
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
Gerald remembers Eva is dead
“I’ve suddenly realised…she’ s dead”
Gerald about his feelings towards Eva
“I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me”
Gerald about the ring
“Everything’s alright now Sheila, how about this ring”
Gerald describes Eva
“She was young and pretty and warm-hearted”
Mr Birling morals
“A man has to mind his own business and look after himself”
Mr Birling about titanic
“Unsinkable absolutely unsinkable”
Mr Birling about Eva’s death
“the wretched girl’s suicide”
Mr Birling’s appearance
“A heavy looking, rather portentous man”
Mrs Birling about Eva and girls similar to her
“Girls of that class”
Mrs Birling being a selfish person
“I did nothing that i’m ashamed of”
Mrs Birling about the father of that child
“Look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility”
Mrs Birling ashamed of Eric
“I should think not, Eric. I’m ashamed of
you”
Inspector about karma
“They will be taught, in fire and blood and anguish”
Inspector about his duty
“It is my duty to ask questions”
Social responsibility from Inspector
“We don’t live alone, we are members of one body, we are responsible for each other”
Family about inspector after the truth reveal
“He never seemed like an ordinary police officer”
Sheila defending women
“These girls aren’t cheap labour they’re people.”
Sheila feels guilty
“I know i’m to blame and desperately sorry”
Sheila admits what she has done
“I had her turned out of her job…she was very pretty”
Eric drunk
‘’Squiffy’’
Mr Birling to Edna
‘’Giving us the port Edna, that’s right’’
=> invisible character, does not speak
Sheila to Gerald after revealing the truth - everything is different
‘’you and I aren’t the same people who sat down to dinner here’’
Inspector about ‘public men’ to Mr Birling
‘’Public men, Mr Birling have responsibilities as well as privileges”
Eva treating Eric as a kid
‘’She didn’t want me to marry her… in a way she treated me if I were a kid’’
Labour costs from Mr Birling
‘’It’s my duty to keep labour costs down’’
Mrs Birling not gonna change
‘’You have no power to make me change my mind’’
Gerald about what Eva wanted from him
‘’All she wanted was to talk - a little friendliness’’
Respect for Gerald from Sheila
‘’I rather respect you more than I’ve ever done’’
Context
- written after the war - 1944
- set before war - 1912
- socialism/capitalism
- feminism
- working class
- JB Priestley
- lost generation
