Inspector calls quotes

Question 1

Mrs Birling

Answer 1

‘When your married you’ll realise men have to spend nearly all time and energy on business’ Act 1

‘girls of that class’ Act 2

‘As if a girl of that sort would refuse money’ Act 2

‘Go and look for the father of the child, its his responsibility’ Act 2

‘I think it was gross impertinence’ Act 2

‘A girl of her position’ Act 2

‘I must say Gerald, you’ve argued this very cleverly’ Act 3

Question 2

Mr Birling

Answer 2

‘for lower costs and higher prices’ Act 1

‘Titanic……. Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’ Act 1

‘You’d think we were all mixed up like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense’ Act 1

‘a man has to make his own way in life’ Act 1

‘I cant accept any responsibility’ Act 1

‘the press might easily take it up’ Act 2

‘look inspector, id give you thousands’ act 3

‘you don’t seem to care about anything, but I care. I was almost certain for a knighthood’ Act 3

Question 3

Shiela

Answer 3

‘oh how horrible’ Act 1

‘these girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people’ Act 1

‘you mustn’t try and build up a wall between us and that girl’ Act 2

‘I know i’m to blame, i’m desperately sorry’ Act 2

‘probably between us we killed her’ Act 2

‘your just pretending all over again’ Act 3

‘everything we said happened’ Act 3

Question 4

Eric

Answer 4

‘yes you piled it on a bit tonight father’ Act 1

(Shiela to Eric) ‘you’re squiffy’ Act 1

‘you don’t understand anything, you never did, you never even tried’ (directed towards Mr Birling) Act 3

‘for Gods sake, what does it matter if you get a knighthood or not’ Act 3

‘Im ashamed of you as well, yes you both’ (directed at his parents) Act 3

‘you beginning to pretend now that nothing really happened here’ Act 3

‘whoever the chap was, the fact remains I did what I did’ Act 3

Question 5

Gerald

Answer 5

‘you seem to be a nice well behaved family’ Act 1

‘Not if it was after the holidays, they’d be all broke’ (about the working class) Act 1

‘I don’t see that this inquiry gets you anywhere inspector’ Act 1

‘getting a bit heavy handed aren’t we inspector’ Act 1

‘I hate those hard eyed dough-faced women’ Act 2

‘now Sheila everything alright now, how about this ring’ Act 3

Question 6

The Inspector

Answer 6

‘Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges’ Act 2

‘Just remember this. One Eva Smith has gone - but there are millions of Eva and John Smiths still left with us’ Act 3 (inspectors final speech)

‘their lives, hopes and fears, their suffering and chances of happiness, all intertwined with our lives’ Act 3 (inspectors final speech)

‘If men will not learn their lesson, they be taught it in fire blood and anguish. Good night. (foreshadowing WWI) Act 3 (inspectors final speech)