'An Inspector Calls' - Key quotes - ACT 1 5.0 / 5 based on 1 ratingTeacher recommended ? English LiteratureAn Inspector CallsGCSEWJEC Created by: MRJA-1Created on: 28-03-17 19:07 "Working together - for lower costs and higher prices." Mr. Birling - ACT 1 1 of 25 "We're in for a time of steadily increasing prosperity." Mr. Birling - ACT 1 2 of 25 "I'm talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business." Mr. Birling - ACT 1 3 of 25 "As long as we behave ourselves, don't get into the police court or start a scandal." Mr. Birling - ACT 1 4 of 25 "A man has to make his own way." Mr. Birling - ACT 1 5 of 25 "Yes, yes. Horrid business." Mr. Birling - ACT 1 6 of 25 "It's my duty to keep labour costs down." Mr. Birling - ACT 1 7 of 25 "Arthur, you're not supposed to say such things-" Mrs. Birling - ACT 1 8 of 25 "Sounds a bit fishy to me." Gerald - ACT 1 9 of 25 "You know, we're respectable citizens and not criminals." Gerald - ACT 1 10 of 25 "I don't come into this suicide business." Gerald - ACT 1 11 of 25 "- is it the one you wanted me to have?" Sheila - ACT 1 12 of 25 "Mummy", "Daddy" Sheila - ACT 1 13 of 25 "I'll never let it go out of my sight for an instant." Sheila - ACT 1 14 of 25 "Oh I wish you hadn't told me." Sheila - ACT 1 15 of 25 "Pretty?" Sheila - ACT 1 16 of 25 "These girls aren't cheap labour - they're people." Sheila - ACT 1 17 of 25 // Gives a half stifled sob, then runs out // Sheila - ACT 1 18 of 25 "You fool - he knows. Of course he knows." Sheila - ACT 1 19 of 25 "What about war?" Eric - ACT 1 20 of 25 "My God!" Eric - ACT 1 21 of 25 "He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out." Eric - ACT 1 22 of 25 // He creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness // Inspector - ACT 1 23 of 25 "The girl's dead though." Inspector - ACT 1 24 of 25 "No relatives to help her, lonely, half-starved." Inspector - ACT 1 25 of 25
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