Key Quotes for An Inspector Calls Flashcards
1
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Key quotes for gender
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- “You’d think a girl had never had any clothes before she gets married.”
- “Is it the one you wanted me to have?”
- “young, fresh and charming”
- “Several hundred young women”
2
Q
Key quotes for socialism vs capitalism
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- “I don’t see why she should have been sacked just because she’d a bit more spirit than the others.”
- “you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else”
- “but each of you helped to kill her”
- “there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us.”
3
Q
Key quotes for the Inspector
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- “Each of you helped to kill her.”
- “We are responsible for each other.”
4
Q
Key quotes for Mrs Birling
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- “Girls of that class”
- “It would be much better if Sheila didn’t listen to this story at all.”
5
Q
Key quotes for Shelia
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- “We really must stop these silly pretences”
- “I suppose we’re all nice people now.”
6
Q
Key quotes for Mr Birling
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- “I speak as a hard-headed business man”
- “Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
- “Look Inspector, I’d give thousands…”
- “Look at the way he talked to me…”
7
Q
Key quotes for Eric
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- “You’re squiffy.”
- “You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble.”
- “That doesn’t matter to me”
8
Q
Key quotes for Gerald
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- “She was very pretty - soft brown hair and big dark eyes.”
- “Everything’s alright now, Sheila.”
