Inspector calls quotes Flashcards

1
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Sheila recognises family need to change and drop these

A

Silly pretences

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2
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Sheila has moral standards £ hand back engagement ring

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

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3
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Sheila accepts responsibility

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All my own fault

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4
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Social class, mrs B to Eva Smith

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Girls of that class

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5
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Gerald is respectable

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The easy well-bred young man-about-town

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6
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Sheila is sharp

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He’s giving us rope - so that we’ll hang ourselves

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7
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Mrs Billing / social responsibility

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I accept no blame for it at all

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8
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Sheila is moral

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But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people

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9
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Billing believes community responsibility is

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Nonsense

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10
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Sheila starts stating her own opinions not those she is supposed to have

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That’s what’s important and not whether a man is a police inspector or not

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11
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At first it seems Eric has the lowest morals of all the characters, but at least he regrets his mistakes

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The fact remains that I did what I did

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12
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Sheila is strong minded

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I don’t believe I will. So you be careful.

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13
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Not just trying to make feel guilty about Eva Smith but recognise difficulties faced by the

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Millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths

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14
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Geralds character shows that younger people can be selfish and old fashioned - sacking of Eva smith

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You couldn’t have done anything else

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15
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Inspector is Preistley’s mouthpiece

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He never seemed like an ordinary police inspector

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16
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Social class, dehumanized

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Country bred

17
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Older generation revert back to old way of thinking

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You lot may be letting yourself out nicely, but I can’t

18
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Age vs youth, Billing sarcasm

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The famous younger generation who know it all

19
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Birling looks after number one, profit before morals

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A man has to mind his own business and look after himself

20
Q

The Birling family is held together by lies

A

You seem to be a nice well-behaved family