An inspector calls Flashcards
Key quotes for Mr Birling
“unsinkable, absolutely, unsinkable”
“who here will suffer from that more than I will?”
“youre the one i blame for this”
“therell be a public scandal”
“(rather impatient) Yes, yes horrible business”
key quotes about Mrs Birling
“girls of that class”
“You have no power to make me change my mind”
“I did no more than my duty”
“I accept no blame for it at all”
“I was the only one who didn’t give in to him”
Key quotes about Sheila
“I’ll never, never, do it to anybody again”
“They’re not cheap labour, they’re people”
“Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide.”
“The point is – you don’t seem to have learnt anything”
“It’s you two who are being childish – trying not to face the facts.”
key quotes about Eric
“The girl’s dead and we all killed her”
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
“You killed them both - damn you, damn you”
Key quotes about Gerald
“She was young and pretty and warm-hearted - and intensely grateful”
“I’m rather more – upset – by this business than I probably appear to be –”
“It may have all been nonsense”
Key quotes about the Inspector
“We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable”
“you slammed the door in her face.”
“Apologize for what – doing my duty?”
“(massively) “Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.””
“There’ll be plenty of time, when I’ve gone, for you all to adjust your family relationships.”
