An Inspector Calls Flashcards
(50 cards)
How did Sheila feel about firing Eva Smith?
“I felt rotten about it”
What does Sheila perceive that the inspector is doing?
“He’s giving us the rope so that we hang ourselves”
What shows that Sheila knows that she has changed?
“You and I aren’t the same people that sat down to dinner here”
What was Sheila’s reasoning as to why she could target Eva Smith?
“If she’d been some miserable, pain little creature I don’t suppose I’d have done it”
How does Eric describe himself as being when he’s drunk?
“In that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
What shows how Eric is overlooked?
“Just keep quiet Eric”
How did Eva Smith treat Eric?
“as if I were a kid”
What does Eric think about Eva protesting about wages?
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages”
What does Eric think about his parent’s denial?
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all, and I can’t really see it like that.”
What does Eric think about his father?
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to”
What grotesque imagery does the Inspector use nonchalantly”
“Burned her inside out, of course.”
What shows the Inspector’s lack of respect for Mr Birling?
(cutting through massively)
How does Mr Birling describe Eva?
“a lively, good looking girl”
What does the Inspector say about respect?
“It’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it”
Give an example of dramatic irony.
“Some say that war is inevitable, to that I say fiddlesticks!”
What does Sheila say about the girls working at the factory?
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people”
What shows the Inspector thinks the Birlings’ actions are irreparable?
“It’s too late, she’s dead”
Why did Gerald sleep with Eva?
“I suppose it was inevitable. She was young and pretty and warmhearted and intensely grateful.”
How does Gerald use euphemisms?
“It’s a favourite haunt of women of the town”
How does Mr Birling describe community?
” Community and all that nonsense”
What is Mr Birling’s response towards Eric stealing?
“I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can”
What does Birling think about Eric’s lifestyle?
“More money to spend and more time to spare than I ad when I was Eric’s age.”
Why is Birling so harsh on the working class?
“If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the Earth.”
How did Gerald feel about Eva Smith?
“I was sorry for her”
