quotes Flashcards
a rather heavy looking portentous man
he uses his size as intimidation and is a very arrogant man
sybil “ a rather cold woman and her husbands superior”
she doesn’t seem welcoming and is of a higher class status.
sybil “ your not supposed to say such things “
telling of mr Birling for thanking the cook when he doesn’t need to it’s ridiculous
“sheila is a very pretty girl in her early twenties very pleased with life and rather excited”
contrasts with eva smith who was also described at very pretty but also “lonely” “half starved” “no money coming in”
gerald “too manly to be dandy” “well bred young man”
his good looks makes him a well bred young man because he’s in a higher status in the upper class
gerald “we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
he sees him self above others
gerald “ the most important person in her life”
he loved having so much power over her till he threw her away and she didn’t know what to do
gerald “what girl four or five girls”
he is very dismissive of the situation and tries to ignore everything that happened to make him self look better and that he had no care for the girl(s)
mrs birling “women of that class”
she looks down on the lower class and sees them as immoral
mrs birling “ impertinently made use of our name”
she tries to distance her self from the working class
mrs b “ your might be wanting help from him not us”
use of “us” shows she sees them as outsiders to her
eric “ half shy half assertive”
shows he has something to be nervous for. he knows what he did and has made him anxious and may be the reason why he drinks
birling “it’s the same port as your father gets”
impressing gerald
birling “for lower costs and prices”
capitalism, selfish. he cares a great deal that the marriage results in a good business deal with the crofts
birling “ titanic … unsinkable”
distances the audience to birling because they think less of him and his bad judgment
gerald “ you seem to be a nice well behaved family”
dramatic irony that the audience realise that they are no such thing
birling “you don’t know what some of these boys get up to nowdays”
very ironic because he doesn’t know what his own son has been doing
birling “ but what so many of you don’t seem to understand”
age. calling the next generation stupid
birling “ a man has to make his own way - has to look after himself”
stubborn capitalism arrogant. highlight social responsibility to show he is wrong
birling “ edna’ll answer it”
he just assumes she’ll answer the door because she is his maid showing social class
birling “ as if we are all mixed up together like in bee hives”
he finds it nonsense if the social classes mix. a bee hive works together as a community and he sneers at this idea
the inspector makes “ an impression of massiveness solidarity and purposeful ness”
shows he will make an impact on this family
birling “ you must keep quiet eric and don’t get to excited”
eric is spoken down to like a child to show age
sheila “ you talk as if we are reaponsible”
the audience suspect these characters are responsible in some way
sheila “ but these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people”
she shows emotion towards the lower class because she doesn’t like the way her father talks about eva and eric agrees
