inspector calls quotes Flashcards
(38 cards)
responsibility - Mr B
‘i can’t accept any responsibility’
responsibility - Mrs B
‘i did nothing I’m ashamed of’
responsibility - shelia
‘it was all my own fault’
responsibility - inspector
‘we are members of one body’
responsibility - Eric
‘you killed her’
responsibility - gerald
‘i’ve suddenly realised she’s dead’
inspector isn’t real
gender - sheila/ gerald
‘pretty?’
‘is this the one you wanted me to have’
gender - eric/ eva
‘pretty and a good sport’
gender - Mrs B
my husband was ‘lord mayor 2 years ago’
gender - mr B
‘and er… lady croft’
class - Eva
‘ millions of eva and john smiths’
‘girls of that class’
class - mr B
‘same one your father gets’
(climbing social ladder)
‘provincial speech’
class - Mrs B
‘girls of that class’
class - sheila
contrasts eva but learns
‘those girls aren’t cheap labour they’re people’
class - eric
‘why shouldn’t they try for higher wages’
class - gerald
‘i knew it couldn’t last’
(him and eva)
age - young (sheila)
‘it’s you two who are childish not facing facts’
age - old (Mr B)
‘famous younger generation - cant even take a joke’
age - gerald
‘i’ve suddenly realised she’s dead’
inspectors not real
guilt - eric
‘(Involuntary) My God!’
hero complex - gerald
‘i insisted she takes my money’
exploitation- eva
‘young fresh and charming’
‘good sport’
eva - death
‘ in agony hating life’
ignorance - mrs B
‘it isn’t true’