Responsibility Flashcards
“Still I cannot ……….” - and who said this
“….. Accept any responsibility” - mr birling
“(……) so I’m really…….?” - and who said it
“(Miserably)….. Responsible?” - Sheila
“But there are millions …………………… Still left with us” - and who
“……. And millions of Eva smiths and John smiths…” - the inspector
Their ….., their…… And……., their….. And chance of……., all ………” - and who said this
“Their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we think and say and do” - the inspector
“I simply………………” - and who said it
“…… Cannot take any responsibility” - Mrs birling
“Everything we said…………… Really…… If it didn’t…….., then ………. But it might have done” - Sheila
“Everything we said had happened really had happened. If it didn’t end tragically, then that’s lucky for us. But it might have done”
“As if we were all mixed…………………” - mr birling
“……….. Up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense”
“Unlike the other three, ……………………, you have no ………….” - Mr birling
“……… I did nothing I’m ashamed of, ………… No power to make me change my mind”
“I felt …………. And now I feel a lot worse ………..?” - and who said it
“……. Rotten about it at the time…….. Did it make much difference to her?” - Sheila
“The girls ……………. All helped to …………………..” - and who said it
“The girls dead and we all helped to kill her - and that’s what matters” Eric
“Fire …………….” - and who said it
“……… Blood and anguish” - the inspector
“A man has to mind his own …………………(we hear………………)” - mr birling
“……… Business and look after himself and his own (…… The sharp ring of a door bell)
What is the message of the play
We should take responsibility for our own actions
What were the upper class unwilling to do
Take responsibility for their actions
What is Priestley trying to show us
We have social responsibility to take care of other and not just ourselves
