a Flashcards
(32 cards)
U A U
Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable. – Birling – Act 1 – Class, Irony
A M H T M H O W
A man has to make his own way. – Birling – Act 1 – Class, Responsibility
C A A T N
Community and all that nonsense. – Birling – Act 1 – Class, Individualism
T G A C L, T P
These girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people. – Sheila – Act 1 – Class, Gender, Responsibility
W S T T F H W
Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? – Eric – Act 1 – Class, Responsibility, Age
S H A L T S F T M S S H T G O
She had a lot to say – far too much – so she had to go. – Birling – Act 1 – Class, Gender
H H B
Hard-headed businessman. – Birling – Act 1 – Class, Capitalism
I B T A F T E T T I
It’s better to ask for the earth than to take it. – Inspector – Act 1 – Class, Responsibility, Irony
Y T A I W R
You talk as if we’re responsible. – Sheila – Act 1 – Responsibility, Age
W R M S T S P
We really must stop these silly pretences. – Sheila – Act 1 – Age, Responsibility
I W W A R… I W B V A
If we were all responsible… it would be very awkward. – Birling – Act 1 – Class, Irony
Y S T B A N W-B F
You seem to be a nice well-behaved family. – Inspector – Act 1 – Class, Irony
G O T C
Girls of that class. – Mrs. Birling – Act 2 – Class, Prejudice
I D N I’M A O
I did nothing I’m ashamed of. – Mrs. Birling – Act 2 – Responsibility, Class
P M H R A W A P
Public men have responsibilities as well as privileges. – Inspector – Act 2 – Responsibility, Class
I U M I T H I R
I used my influence to have it refused. – Mrs. Birling – Act 2 – Class, Gender, Responsibility
Y’R N T T O F A C G T
You’re not the type of father a chap could go to. – Eric – Act 2 – Age, Gender
I’M S I S S
I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. – Sheila – Act 2 – Responsibility, Gender
S W C T S W G T H A B
She was claiming that she was going to have a baby. – Mrs. Birling – Act 2 – Class, Gender
I’V L T I’ S N A W Y H I L
I’ve learned that it’s not all about what you have in life. – Sheila – Act 2 – Responsibility, Class
W A M O O B
We are members of one body. – Inspector – Act 3 – Responsibility, Socialism
Y D’N U A
You don’t understand anything. – Eric – Act 3 – Age, Responsibility
I U H F A S D E
I used her for a stupid drunken evening. – Gerald – Act 3 – Class, Gender
M A M O E S A J S
Millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths. – Inspector – Act 3 – Socialism, Responsibility