Inspector Calls Quotes Flashcards
Lighting turns from “Pink and intimate” to __________________ when the inspector arrives.
“Brighter and harder”
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“evening _______”
“Evening dress”
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“Rather __________ in his speech”
“Rather provincial in his speech”
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“Her husbands… “
“Her husbands social superior”
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“easy well bred… “
“easy well-bred man about town”
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“very please… “
“very please with life”
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“half shy… “
“half shy half assertive”
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“Except for all last summer… “
“Except for all last summer, when you never came near me”
sheila
“men with… “
“men with important work to do”
Mrs Birling
“working together - for… “
“working together - for lower costs and higher prices”
Mr Birling
“is it the one… “
“is it the one you wanted me to have?”
Sheils
“now I really… “
“now I really feel engaged”
Sheila
“Sheila and I better go into the drawing room and… “
“Sheila and I better go into the drawing room and leave you men”
Mrs Birling
“there isn’t a chance of ____ “
“there isn’t a chance of war”
Mr Birling
“___________, absolutely ___________”
“unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
Mr Birling
“a nice __________________ family”
“a nice well behaved family”
Gerald
“You’d think everybody has to… “
” you’d think everybody has to look after everyone else”
Mr Birling
“community and all… “
“community and all that nonsense”
Mr Birling
“he at once creates an… “
“he at once creates an impression of massiveness solidity and purposefulness”
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Quotes about Eva smith’s death
“burnt her insides out”
“she was in great agony”
“several hours of agony”
the Inspector
“the wretched… “
“the wretched girls suicide”
Mr Birling
“a chain… “
“a chain of events”
The inspector
“I can’t accept… “
“I can’t accept any responsibility”
Mr Birling
“I refused… “
“I refused of course”
Mr birling
“Better to ask for the earth… “
“Better to ask for the earth than to take it”
The inspertor
“He could have kept… “
“He could have kept her on”
Eric
“I was quite… “
“I was quite justified”
Mr Birling
“these girls aren’t cheap labour… “
“these girls aren’t cheap labour they’re people”
Sheila
“She got herself… “
“she got herself into trouble there - I suppose?”
Mr Birling
“We’re respectable citizens… “
“we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
Gerald
“If she’d been some miserable… “
“if shed been some miserable plain little creature, I don’t suppose id have done it”
Sheila
“I’ll never, never… “
“I’ll never never do it again”
Sheila
“We can keep it… “
“we can keep it from him”
Gerald
“We have to share something. If there’s nothing else… “
“We have to share something. If there’s nothing else we’ll have to share our guilt”
The inspector
“Girls of that ______ “
“girls of that class”
Mrs Birling
“You know him Gerald - and… “
“you know him Gerald - and you’re a man”
Mrs Birling
quotes for Gerald and the palace bar
“I happened to look in one night”
“Favourite haunt of women of the town”
Gerald
“probably between us… “
“probably between us we killed her”
“public men have… “
“public men have responsibilities as well as privileges”
The inspector
“one of the things that… “
“one of the things that prejudiced me against her”
Mrs Birling
“she only had… “
“I did nothing… “
“I used my influence… “
“I’ve done… “
“she only had herself to blame”
“I did nothing I’m ashamed of”
“I used my influence to have it refused”
“I’ve done nothing wrong”
Mrs Birling
“as if a girl of that sort… “
“as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money”
Mrs Birling
“Therefor, you are quite wrong to… “
“therefor, you are quite wrong to suppose i will regret what I did”
Mrs Birling
“I was in the state… “
“I was in the state where a chap easily turns nasty”
Eric
“Each of you…”
“each of you helped to kill her. Remember that.”
The inspector
“Millions and millions of… “
“Millions and millions of Eva smiths and John smiths”
the inspector
“We are members… “
“We are members of one body”
the inspector
“They will be taught in… “
“they will be taught in fire blood and anguish”
the inspector
“there’ll be a… “
“there’ll be a public scandal”
Mr Birling
“But I care. I was almost… “
“But I care. I was almost certain for a knighthood”
Mr Birling
“There’s every excuse… “
“There’s every excuse for what your mother and I did”
Mr Birling
“he was _______ from the start. Probably a _________ “
“he was prejudiced from the start. Probably a socialist”
Mr Birling
“be quiet so your father… “
“be quiet so your father can decide what we ought to do”
Mrs Birling
“I suppose we’re all… “
“I suppose we’re all nice people now”
Sheila
“You’re beginning to pretend now… “
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing really happened”
Eric
“it’s what happened to the girl and…”
“it’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters”
Eric
” I did keep… “
“I did keep a girl last summer”
Gerald
“but the whole thing… “
“But the whole thing’s different now”
Mr Birling
“It frightens me… “
“It frightens me the way you talk”
Sheila
“You’re ready to go on… “
“You’re ready to go on in the same old way”
Sheila
