Quotes Flashcards
“A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own.”
Mr Birling
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people.”
Sheila
“If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?”
Mr Birling
“First, the girl herself. … secondly, I blame the young man who was the father of the child… He should be made an example of.”
Mrs Birling (Dramatic irony)
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything - but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport.”
Eric
“We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.” (Metaphor)
The Inspector
“But remember this. One Eva Smith has gone- but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives… if men will not learn that lesson then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.
The Inspector
“When you’re married, you’ll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend all their time and energy on their business.”
Mrs Birling
“Clothes mean something quite different to a woman.”
Mr Birling
“The point is, you dont seem to have learnt anything.”
Sheila
“Go and kook for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility”
Mrs birling - dramatic irony
“I’m very sorry, but i think she only had herself to blame”
Mrs Birling - refusing responsibility
“The Germans dont want war”
“Absolutely unsinkable”
Mr Birling - dramatic irony. Priestley wants to warn audience of things to come if their views on social class arent changed
“We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other”
Inspector - social class
“They’re more impressionable”
Inspector - young vs old, social class, change the world
