Inspector Calls Quotes Flashcards

(62 cards)

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Lighting turns from “Pink and intimate” to __________________ when the inspector arrives.

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“Brighter and harder”

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“evening _______”

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“Evening dress”

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“Rather __________ in his speech”

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“Rather provincial in his speech”

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“Her husbands… “

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“Her husbands social superior”

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“easy well bred… “

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“easy well-bred man about town”

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“very please… “

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“very please with life”

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“half shy… “

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“half shy half assertive”

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“Except for all last summer… “

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“Except for all last summer, when you never came near me”

sheila

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“men with… “

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“men with important work to do”

Mrs Birling

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“working together - for… “

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“working together - for lower costs and higher prices”

Mr Birling

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“is it the one… “

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“is it the one you wanted me to have?”

Sheils

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“now I really… “

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“now I really feel engaged”

Sheila

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“Sheila and I better go into the drawing room and… “

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“Sheila and I better go into the drawing room and leave you men”

Mrs Birling

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“there isn’t a chance of ____ “

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“there isn’t a chance of war”

Mr Birling

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“___________, absolutely ___________”

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“unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”

Mr Birling

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16
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“a nice __________________ family”

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“a nice well behaved family”

Gerald

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“You’d think everybody has to… “

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” you’d think everybody has to look after everyone else”

Mr Birling

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“community and all… “

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“community and all that nonsense”

Mr Birling

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“he at once creates an… “

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“he at once creates an impression of massiveness solidity and purposefulness”

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Quotes about Eva smith’s death

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“burnt her insides out”
“she was in great agony”
“several hours of agony”

the Inspector

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“the wretched… “

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“the wretched girls suicide”

Mr Birling

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“a chain… “

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“a chain of events”

The inspector

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“I can’t accept… “

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“I can’t accept any responsibility”

Mr Birling

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“I refused… “

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“I refused of course”

Mr birling

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"Better to ask for the earth... "
"Better to ask for the earth than to take it" The inspertor
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"He could have kept... "
"He could have kept her on" Eric
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"I was quite... "
"I was quite justified" Mr Birling
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"these girls aren't cheap labour... "
"these girls aren't cheap labour they're people" Sheila
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"She got herself... "
"she got herself into trouble there - I suppose?" Mr Birling
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"We're respectable citizens... "
"we're respectable citizens and not criminals" Gerald
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"If she'd been some miserable... "
"if shed been some miserable plain little creature, I don't suppose id have done it" Sheila
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"I'll never, never... "
"I'll never never do it again" Sheila
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"We can keep it... "
"we can keep it from him" Gerald
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"We have to share something. If there's nothing else... "
"We have to share something. If there's nothing else we'll have to share our guilt" The inspector
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"Girls of that ______ "
"girls of that class" Mrs Birling
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"You know him Gerald - and... "
"you know him Gerald - and you're a man" Mrs Birling
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quotes for Gerald and the palace bar
"I happened to look in one night" "Favourite haunt of women of the town" Gerald
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"probably between us... "
"probably between us we killed her"
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"public men have... "
"public men have responsibilities as well as privileges" The inspector
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"one of the things that... "
"one of the things that prejudiced me against her" Mrs Birling
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"she only had... " "I did nothing... " "I used my influence... " "I've done... "
"she only had herself to blame" "I did nothing I'm ashamed of" "I used my influence to have it refused" "I've done nothing wrong" Mrs Birling
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"as if a girl of that sort... "
"as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money" Mrs Birling
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"Therefor, you are quite wrong to... "
"therefor, you are quite wrong to suppose i will regret what I did" Mrs Birling
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"I was in the state... "
"I was in the state where a chap easily turns nasty" Eric
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"Each of you..."
"each of you helped to kill her. Remember that." The inspector
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"Millions and millions of... "
"Millions and millions of Eva smiths and John smiths" the inspector
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"We are members... "
"We are members of one body" the inspector
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"They will be taught in... "
"they will be taught in fire blood and anguish" the inspector
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"there'll be a... "
"there'll be a public scandal" Mr Birling
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"But I care. I was almost... "
"But I care. I was almost certain for a knighthood" Mr Birling
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"There's every excuse... "
"There's every excuse for what your mother and I did" Mr Birling
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"he was _______ from the start. Probably a _________ "
"he was prejudiced from the start. Probably a socialist" Mr Birling
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"be quiet so your father... "
"be quiet so your father can decide what we ought to do" Mrs Birling
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"I suppose we're all... "
"I suppose we're all nice people now" Sheila
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"You're beginning to pretend now... "
"You're beginning to pretend now that nothing really happened" Eric
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"it's what happened to the girl and..."
"it's what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters" Eric
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" I did keep... "
"I did keep a girl last summer" Gerald
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"but the whole thing... "
"But the whole thing's different now" Mr Birling
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"It frightens me... "
"It frightens me the way you talk" Sheila
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"You're ready to go on... "
"You're ready to go on in the same old way" Sheila
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"It's better to ask... "
"It's better to ask for the earth that to take it"
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"We are members... "
"We are members of one body"