Eric birling Flashcards

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-“In his early twenties , not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive.”
-“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out.”
-“why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? we try for higher prices.”
-“it isn’t if you cant go and work somewhere else” in response to Mr birling saying “ its a free country”

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” I’m afraid he may have had rather to much to drink tonight.” Mrs birling
“he’s been steadily drinking too much for the last two years.” Sheila.
“[Eric enters, looking extremely pale and distressed]”

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“you haven’t made it any easier for me have you”
“ I was in that state where a chap turns nasty”
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything”
“in a way she treated me as if I were a kid”
“ your not the kind of father a chap can go to when he’s in trouble”
“what does it matter now if they give you a knighthood or not”
“You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing really happened”
“Its still the same rotten story story whether it’s been told to a police inspector or to somebody else.”

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