inspector goole Flashcards
“need not be a big man
but he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness”
“he speaks carefully,
weighty, and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addresses”
“she’s swallowed a lot
of strong disinfectant. burnt her inside out, of course”
“a chain
of events” (drove her to suicide”
“it’s better to
ask for the earth than to take it”
(to gerald) “and you think
women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things?”
“who never did
anybody any harm. but she died in misery”
“if there’s nothing
else we have to share our guilt”
(the young ones) “are the
most impressionable”
“public men,
mr birling have responsibilities as well as privileges”
“you’ve had children.
you must have known what she was feeling. and you slammed the door in her face.”
“but each of you
helped kill her. remember that. never forget it”
“but there are…
millions of eva smiths and john smiths”
