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1
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like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense” B*

A
  • sanctimonious
  • presents views as fact
  • shouldn’t be disputed
  • capitalism
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How is Eva smith marginalised?*

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  • Disregarded by the upper class represented by the birlings.
  • treated like she’s inferior
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3
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We are in for a time of steadily increasing prosperity

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Birlings confidence

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“The way some of these cranks talk and write now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else

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Birling on society

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“but these girls aren’t cheap labour - they re people”

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Shiela’s recognition

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it’s the only time I’ve ever done anything like that, and Yll never, never do it again to anybody

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Shiela’s regret

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we all started like that - so confident, so pleased with ourselves until he began asking us questions

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Sheila’s on the inspector

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8
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“he’s beon steadily drinking too much for the last two years”

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Sheila on eric

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9
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unsinkable absolutely unsinkable

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mr birling

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10
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The sharp ring of a front door bell

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inspector enters

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A man has to make his own way- has too look after himself and his family too

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mr birling

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11
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Clothes mean something quite different to a woman

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mr birling

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12
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young and fresh

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gerald

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13
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when you’re married youll realise

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mrs birling

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14
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we are members of one body

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inspector

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15
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the point is you dont seem to have learned anything

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shiela

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16
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if men will not learn that lesson they will learn it in fire blood and anguish*

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inspector - polysyndeton “and”.
prolonged consequences for their actions
semantic field of hell
eternal punishment

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17
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girls of that class*

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mrs birling - patriarchy and capitalism

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18
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I am not defending him

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mr birling

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19
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wretched girls suicide

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mr birling

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20
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a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own

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birling

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21
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i cant accept any responsibility

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birling

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22
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lower costs and higher prices

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birling

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23
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I accept no blame for it

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mrs birling

24
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There are millions of eva smiths and john smiths still with us

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inspector

25
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I think you did something terribly wrong- and i think that you are going to spend the rest of your life regretting it.

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Inspector

26
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she was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd for a girl in her position

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mrs birling defending herself

27
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well i was in a state when a chap easily turns nasty

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eric

28
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but each of you helped to kill her. remember that.

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inspector

29
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“I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business… there isn’t a chance of war”

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mr birling

30
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“It’s my duty to keep labour costs down”

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mr birling

31
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“She’d had a lot to say – far too much – so she had to go”

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mr B

32
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“Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank”

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birling

33
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“When you’re married you’ll realize that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business”

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mrs B

34
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“You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago and that he’s still a magistrate”

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mrs b

35
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“I’m very sorry. But I think she had only herself to blame”

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mrs b

36
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“Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of”

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mrs b

37
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“Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility”

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mrs b

38
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“I accept no blame at all”; “I blame the young man who was the father of the child”

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mrs b

39
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“You’re not the type – you don’t get drunk”

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mrs b

40
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“I was the only one of you who didn’t give in to him”

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mrs b

41
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“I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you hadn’t told me”

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sheila

42
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“I think it was a mean thing to do. Perhaps that spoilt everything for her”

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sheila

43
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“Why – you fool – he knows. Of course he knows”

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sheila

44
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“You and I aren’t the same people who sat down to dinner here”

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Sheila

45
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“Between us we drove that girl to suicide”

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sheila

46
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“It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters”

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eric

47
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“You lot may be letting yourself out nicely, but I can’t… we did her in all right”

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eric

48
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“She didn’t want me to marry her… In a way, she treated me as if I were a kid”

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eric

49
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“…you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”

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eric

50
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“For God’s sake – don’t say anything to the inspector”

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gerald

51
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“I didn’t install here there so that I could make love to her”

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gerald

52
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“Is there anything else you want to know – that you ought to know?”

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gerald

53
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“I think Miss Birling ought to be excused any more of this questioning”

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gerald

54
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“There are a lot of young women living that sort of existence

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goole

55
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“We have to share something. If there’s nothing else, we’ll have to share our guilt”

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goole

56
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“You’ll be able to divide the responsibility between you when I’ve gone”

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goole

57
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“Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges”

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goole

58
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