Mrs Birling Flashcards
Quotes at the beginning of the play: Mrs Birling (x3)
Rather cold woman and her husbands social superior
“(Reproachfully) Arthur, you’re not supposed to say such things -“
“What an experssion sheila! Really, the things you girls pick up these days!”
Quotes during interrogation: Mrs Birling (x4)
(SD) Mrs Birling enters briskly and self confidently, quite out of key with the little scene that has just passed
“She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd of a girl in her position. As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money”
“She said that the father was only a youngster - silly and wild and drinking too much”
“Im sorry she should’ve come to such a horrible end. But i accept no blame at all”
Quotes at the end of the play: Mrs Birling (x3)
[Sheila: “so theres nothing to be sorry for, nothing to learn we can go on behaving just as we did.”]
Mrs Birling: “Well, why shouldn’t we?”
(Smiling) “And I must say Gerald, you’ve argued this very cleverly, and I’m most grateful.”
“They’re over-tired. In the morning, they’ll be as amused as we are.”
