Quotes

Question 1

Mr birling quotes

Answer 1

I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can -shows he cares about his image more than the girls death

“You’re just the kind of son-in-law I always wanted-euphemism for Eric being a disappointment to him

t’s my duty to keep labour costs down”
Shows the capitalistic pig that mr birling exhibits

Question 2

Mrs birling quotes

Answer 2

I’m very sorry. But I think she had only herself to blame”-shows her true lack of empathy and the inability to absorb responsibility

Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of”-once again highlighting how her children’s are foils to her charector

t wasn’t I who had her turned out of her employment -shifting the blame onto her husband -goes against woman at the time

Question 3

Sheila

Answer 3

“I’ll never, never do it again to anybody… I feel I can never go there again”-hit with a wave a guilt that causes the repetion and somewhat panic of herself

I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you hadn’t told me”-shows that before the inspector she was a charector how shared the same trails as her parents

And let’s not start dodging and pretending now. -the inspector has catalysed Sheila and caused her to become a socially responsible female

Question 4

Eric

Answer 4

I’ve had a few drinks, including rather a lot of champagne”-shows that alchol fills the void that his fathers love couldn’t -addictive personality

“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out”-shows he is only birling or Croft that has remorse at the start of the play

Your not the kind of father a chap can go to when he’s in trouble -colloquial language signifys that he dosnt belong with them

Question 5

Gerald

Answer 5

didn’t feel about her as she felt about me”-shows the inability he has to love someone who’s in a differnt class it shows his arrogance

Everything’s all right now, Sheila. What about this ring?”-he dosnt care about Shiela,he only cares about getting good with her father for profit purposes

Question 6

Inspector goole

Answer 6

“Burnt her inside out… she was in great agony”-shock factor to try to distill a scence of remorse within the Birlings

But just remember this… fire and blood and anguish. Good night-symbolises hell and where the older birlings will reside in when dying.

I think you did somthing terribly wrong -Peraon pronoun I shows that his views in comparison to the birlings differs significantly

There are millions and million and Millions of John smiths and Eva smiths still left with us -polysyndeton of the word and -this emphasises the amount of people who are marginalised