English Literature – An Inspector Calls Quotes – Flashcards
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"You mustn't try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl."
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Sheila to Mrs Birling's defensive attitude to Goole - Responsibility - Class
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"First, the girl herself... Secondly, I blame the young man who was the father of the child... He should be made an example of."
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Mrs Birling when asked by Goole who is to blame - Responsibility
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"I wasn't in love with her or anything- but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport."
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Eric about Eva/Daisy - Gender - Class
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"We are member of one body. We are responsible for each other."
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Inspector Goole's parting words - Responsibility - Class - Age
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"The point is, you don't seem to have learnt anything"
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Sheila to Mrs Birling's lack of responsibility - Responsibility
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"Probably a socialist or some sort of crank"
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Mr Birling to Inspector Goole - Age
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"Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide"
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Sheila about how Eva was pushed to suicide - Responsibility
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"The famous younger generation who know it all."
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Mr Birling about Eric and Sheila's reaction to their parents - Age
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"[As they stare guiltily and dumbfounded, the curtain falls.]"
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Stage Directions an final line (form and structure) - Responsibility
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"A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own"
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Mr Birling's capitalist view - Responsibility - Class
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"The Germans don't want war... Everything to lose and nothing to gain by war"
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Mr Birling's capitalist and naive views on war - Class - Age - Responsibility
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"But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people."
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Sheila's response to Eva's sacking by Mr Birling - Gender - Class - Responsibility
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"She'd had a lot to say - far too much - so she had to go"
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Mr Birling's response to the strike - Class - Responsibility - Gender
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"So long as we behave ourselves, don't get into the police court or start a scandal- eh"
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Mr Birling's reference to 'Knighthood' - ironic statement - Class
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"If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we'd had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn't it?"
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Mr Birling refusing responsibility - Responsibility
