Inspector Calls Quotes Flashcards
“The girl”
Gerald about Eva
“Pretty and a good sport”
Eric on Eva
“It’s the way I like to go to work. One person and one line of inquiry at a time. Otherwise there’s a muddle”
Inspector
“Perhaps I ought to warn you that he’s an old friend of mine and that I see him fairly frequently. We play golf together sometimes up at the west Bromley”
(Dryly) “I don’t play golf”
Mr Birling and a response from an inspector
“And you use the power you had, as a daughter of a good customer and also of a man well known in the town to punish the girl just because she made you feel like that”
Inspector to Sheila
(Massively taking charge)
Inspector
“You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago and that he is till a magistrate”
Mrs birling
“Was it owing to your influence as the most prominent member of the committee, that help was refused the girl”
Inspector
(Firmly) “Yes.” (As Birling looks like interrupting explosively) “I know he’s your son and this is your house but look at him. He needs a drink now just to see him through.”
Inspector
(Taking charge masterfully) “Stop!” They all are suddenly quiet staring at him. “And be quiet for a moment and listen to me.”
(Jovially) “But the whole things different now. Come, come you can see that can’t you?” (Imitating inspector in his final speech) “You all helped to kill her.”
Mr Birling
“I won’t believe it.”
Mrs Birling denying her role in Eva’s suicide
“You’re behaving like a hysterical child.”
Mrs Birling dismissing Sheila
“What business is it of yours?”
Mrs Birling
“What business is it of yours?”
Mrs Birling
“I beg your pardon!”
Mrs Birling
“Ought to go to bed and forget about this absurd business.”
Mrs Birling to Sheila
“I didn’t like her manner.”
Mrs Birling
