AIC quotes Flashcards
(28 cards)
sheila’s immaturity
“mummy” “daddy”
mr birlings arrogance
“unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
mrs birling belittling the lower class
“girls of that class”
mrs birling blaming eric
“go and look for the father of the child. it’s his responsibility”
mrs birling shaming the poor for wanting money
“as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money”
sheila defending eva
“but these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people”
eric description
“half shy, half assertive”
eric frantic about defending himself about eva
“she was pretty and a good sport”
eric blaming his father
“you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”
gerald description
“easy well-bred young man-about-town”
gerald cocky about upper class morality
“we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
gerald ignoring eva and focusing on sheila
“everything’s all right now sheila. what about this ring?”
sheila description
“a pretty girl in her early twenties”
mrs birling rejecting responsibility
“i’m very sorry. but i think she only had herself to blame”
inspectors final speech
“in fire and blood and anguish”
eva’s description of death
“and died after several hours of agony”
inspector calls telling mr birling he has a duty to care
“public men, mr birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges”
inspector calls about mr birling
“youre partly to blame, just as your father”
sheila sarcastic to mother
“so theres nothing to be sorry for, nothing to learn”
mrs b - “well, why shouldnt we?”
sheilas half rejection
“wed have to start all over again”
houses showing upper class
“heavily comfortable”
sheila gets the ring
“really engaged”
eric taking responsibility
“just used her for the end of a stupid drunken evening as if she was an animal, a thing, not a person”
mr birling labour prices
“its my duty to keep labour costs down”
