An Inspector Calls - Quotes

Sheila Birling
1. "I suppose we are all nice people now"
  1. She is trying to catch Gerald out
2. "It frightens me the way you talk"
3. "All last summer when you hardly ever came near me"
Eric Birling
1. "It's still the same rotten story"
2. "We did her in all right"
3. "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages?"
  1. He understands why people were trying for wages which automatically distinguishes him from his dad.
Mrs Birling
1. "Girls of that class"
  1. She looks down on people of lower class and doesn't see them as humans like her family.
2. "Her husband's social superior"
3. "I did nothing I'm ashamed of"
Inspector Goole
1. "Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges"
  1. The Inspector is already hinting that people should take responsibility for their actions.
2. "Fire and blood and anguish"
3. "One line of inquiry at a time"
  1. He is showing that he has control over the situation and Mr Birling can not intervene.
Mr Birling
1. "Unsinkable"
2. "You're the one i blame for all this...there'll be a public scandal"
3. "Lower costs and higher prices"
Gerald Croft
1. "What about this ring then?"
2. "We've been had"
  1. This is almost seen as Gerald joking about the situation that has happened.
3. "You seem like a nice well behaved family"

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