An Inspector Calls Flashcards
(24 cards)
‘Lower costs and higher prices’
capitalist quote
‘hard headed businessman’
capitalist quote
’ Just the kind of son in law i’ve always wanted’
Eric is a reject
‘i don’t often make speeches’
irony
‘mummy’
immaturity
‘you’re squiffy’
squiffy = drunk
‘Run along Sheila’
imperative
‘Germans don’t want war’
irony/foolish
‘The Titanic is unsinkable’
irony/foolish
‘look mummy isn’t it beautiful!’
materialistic
‘I think Sheila and i had better go into the drawing room and leave you men’
gender roles
‘Clothes mean something quite different to a woman’
gender roles
‘what happened to her then may have determined what happened to her afterwards’
collective responsibility
‘nothing to do with you, Sheila. Run along. ‘
attitude towards women
‘i just cant help thinking about this poor girl’
emotional intelligence
‘but these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people’
socialism
‘we’re respectable citizens and not criminals’
ironic
‘if there’s nothing else we’ll have to share our guilt’
message of the play
‘we often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable’
hope for the future
‘Girls of that class’
social status
‘No hes giving us the rope so that we hang ourselves’
emotional intelligence
‘i became at once the most important person in her life- you unbderstand’
selfish
‘Public men mr birling have responsibilities as well as privileges ‘
Summary of play
‘We are responsible for each other ‘
Key message of the play
