Quotes - AIC Flashcards
Dramatic irony showing Mr Birling’s inadequacy (Titanic).
Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable
Shows Mr Birling’s arrogance and helps introduce the idea that capitalism is majorly flawed (bees).
Like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense
Dramatic irony showing Mr Birling’s inadequacy (war).
Nobody wants war
Sets the mood for the Inspector’s interrogation (lights).
Pink and intimate… brighter and harder
The Inspector interrupting Mr Birling’s heavily capitalist speech.
The sharp ring of a door bell
Mr Birling’s description.
A heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties, rather provincial in his speech
Mrs Birling’s description.
A rather cold woman
Sheila’s description.
A pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited
Eric’s description.
Half shy, half assertive
Gerald’s description.
Well-bred young man-about-town
Mr Birling’s description of himself that the audience knows is overstated.
A hard-headed, practical man of business
Mr Birling criticising the younger generation and the Inspector’s message.
The famous younger generation who know it all
Mr Birling demonstrating capitalism’s problems (lower…).
Lower costs and higher prices
Mr Birling dismissing the Inspector’s message by saying he guessed everything.
A few smart guesses/hoaxed
Demonstrating how low women are in society by saying their clothes are a major part of who they are.
A token of their self-respect
Mr Birling saying socialists are cranks.
Socialist or some sort of crank