Inspector Calls Quotations Flashcards
1
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Opening
A
- pink and intimate; brighter and harder
- evening dress
- pleased with themselves
2
Q
Birling before the Inspector arrives
A
- rather portentous man
3
Q
Mrs Birling before the Inspector arrives
A
- cold
4
Q
Gerald before the Inspector arrives
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- well-bred young man-about-town
5
Q
Sheila before the Inspector arrives
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- rather excited
6
Q
Eric before the Inspector arrives
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- half-shy, half-assertive
7
Q
Inspector keeping control
A
8
Q
Birling attitude
A
9
Q
Sheila attitude
A
10
Q
Gerald attitude
A
11
Q
Mrs Birling attitude
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- but I didn’t know it was you
12
Q
Eric attitude
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- (miserably)
- fat old tarts
- not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble
13
Q
Eva Smith and actions towards her
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- [Eric] threatened to make a row
14
Q
Inspector final speech
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- (taking charge, masterfully)
- millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths left with us
- we are all responsible for each other
- fire and blood and anguish
15
Q
Birling after the Inspector visits
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- nothing much has happened!
- (excitedly); (triumphantly)
- nothing but an elaborate sell
16
Q
Mrs Birling after the Inspector visits
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- he certainly didn’t make me confess
- (triumphantly)
17
Q
Gerald after the Inspector visits
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- (slowly) that man wasn’t a police officer
- everything’s all right now Sheila
18
Q
Sheila after the Inspector visits
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- (scornfully); (bitterly)
- I suppose we’re all nice people now
- he inspected us all right
19
Q
Eric after the Inspector visits
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- laughs rather hysterically
- he was our police inspector all right
- [the way Birling talks] frightens me too
