An Inspector Calls - Quotes

An Inspector Calls - Quotes

1. Sheila Birling

   • "I suppose we are all nice people now"
     • She is trying to catch Gerald out
   • "It frightens me the way you talk"
   • "All last summer when you hardly ever came near me"

2. Eric Birling

   • "It's still the same rotten story"
   • "We did her in all right"
   • "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages?"
     • He understands why people were trying for wages which automatically distinguishes him from his dad.

3. Mrs Birling

   • "Girls of that class"
     • She looks down on people of lower class and doesn't see them as humans like her family.
   • "Her husband's social superior"
   • "I did nothing I'm ashamed of"

4. Inspector Goole

   • "Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges"
     • The Inspector is already hinting that people should take responsibility for their actions.
   • "Fire and blood and anguish"
   • "One line of inquiry at a time"
     • He is showing that he has control over the situation and Mr Birling can not intervene.

5. Mr Birling

   • "Unsinkable"
   • "You're the one i blame for all this...there'll be a public scandal"
   • "Lower costs and higher prices"

6. Gerald Croft

   • "What about this ring then?"
   • "We've been had"
     • This is almost seen as Gerald joking about the situation that has happened.
   • "You seem like a nice well behaved family"