quotes from Inspector calls

Question 1

social responsibility

Answer 1

arthur birling- “a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own”
sybil birling- “i did nothing i’m ashamed of”
sheila birling- “but these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people”
eric birling- “we helped to kill her”
gerald-“i didn’t ask for anything in return”
inspector goole-“ we are members of one body”

Question 2

class

Answer 2

arthur- “if you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth”
sybil- “girls of that class”
sheila- “i know i’m to blame- and i’m desperately sorry”
eric- “why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”
gerald- “she was young and pretty and warm-hearted - and intensley grateful”
inspector- “there are millions and millions and millions of eva smiths and john smiths still left with us”

Question 3

gender

Answer 3

arthur- “clothes mean something quite different to a woman”
sybil- “she only had herself to blame”
sheila- “you musn’t try to build up a wall between us and that girl”
eric- “i wasn’t in love with her or anything”
gerald-“ i didn’t install her there so i could make love to her”
inspector- “just used her.. as if she were an animal, a thing, not a person”