Mrs Bennet Flashcards
(22 cards)
who says this quote and the significance “The titanic-she sails….”
“The titanic- she sails next week…. and unsinable, absolutley unsinkable” (Mr Birling) - Dramatic irony - shows his ignorance and overconfidence
“A man has to make….”
“A man has to make his own way- has to look after himsef and his family too” (Mr Birling) - capatilist viewpont- contrast with Inspector’s message
“If we were all responsible…”
“If we were all responsible for everythign that happened to everybody we’s have anything to do with it would be very awkward” (Mr Birling) - refuses social responsibility - represents outdated ideas
” I did nothing….”
“I did nothing I am ashamed of” - Mrs Birling - denial and lack of guilt - shows her pride and class prejudice
“Girls…”
“Girls of that class-“ (Mrs Birling) - snobbery - judges EVa based on her social background
“Go and look for the father…”
“Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility” - Ironic - she unknowingly condemns her own son
“But these girls aren’t”
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people.” shiela - Begining of her change - challenges her father’s views
“I know I’m to blame…”
“I now I’m to blame - and I’m depseratley sorry” (shiela) - takes responsibility - shows maturity and moral growth
“It’s you two who are being….”
“It’s you two who are being childish trying not to face the facts” - shiela - rverse roles- they younger generation becomes more responsible
“you killed her-“
“You killed her - she came to you to protect me- and you turned her away” - Eric - accused his mother - shows emotional breakdown and moral awareness
“the fact remains-“
“The fact remains that I did what I did”- Eric - accepts blame in contrast to his parens
“why shouldn’t they try…”
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?” - Eric sympathetic to workers - early signs he questions his father’s views
“We are members…”
“We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other”- core message of the play - priestley’s socialist views
“Each of you…”
“each of you helped to kill her” - makes thme all face their part in Eva’s death
“if men will not learn that lesson…”
“if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught in fire and blood and angusih” - final warning echoes the world wars; moral and political message
“she had a lot to say- far too much - so she had to go”
Mr Birling dismisses Eva for standing up for herself
“She wasn’t the usual sort”
Geraldd - shows she had dignity and didn’t fit stereotypes
“She lies with a burnt- out inside in a slab”
Inspector - stark image forces audience to face the consequences
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”
Eric hints at agresssion, loss of control and possibly sexual assault but makes it vauge and understated making it even more disturbing
“I didn’t feel….”
“I didn’t deel about her as she felt about me” - acknowledges the power imbalance in his affair with daisy, he used her emotionally and physicaly- class and gender effected their relationship
“She was young and pretty and warm-heared and intensley grateful”
Gerald tries to justify his actions - attraction to Eva partly based on her vunerability, upper class men exploited working class women
“Everything’s all right now sheila. What about this ring?”
He misses the point of the inspector’s visit entirly, suggests that since the inspector may be a hoax they can just go back to how things were, sheila’s refusal shows how much she has changed and he ahsn’t
