an inspector calls key quotes

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"a girl of that class"
Mrs Birling
1 of 49
"every man for himself"
Mr Birling
2 of 49
"the germans don't want war"
Mr Birling
3 of 49
"burnt her inside out"
Eva Smith
4 of 49
"cheap labour"
Mr Birling
5 of 49
"i felt rotten about it at the time"
sheila
6 of 49
"try for the highest possible prices"
Mr Birling
7 of 49
"you know, it wasn't disgusting"
Gerald
8 of 49
"women of the town"
Gerald
9 of 49
"wonderful fairy prince"
sheila
10 of 49
"just to make it last longer"
eva
11 of 49
"there'd never been anything good again"
inspector
12 of 49
"have to start all over again , getting to know each other"
sheila
13 of 49
"you must understand that a lot of young man have-(mistresses)
mr birling
14 of 49
"unsinkable absolutely unsinkable"
Mr Birling
15 of 49
"piece of gross impertinence"
mrs birling
16 of 49
"youngster-silly and wild and drinking too much"
eva
17 of 49
"confess in public his responsibility"
mrs birling
18 of 49
"its the fathers responsibility and he should be made an example of"
mrs birling
19 of 49
"extremely pale and distressed"
stage direction (about eric)
20 of 49
"you know, don't you "
eric
21 of 49
"a good sport"
eric about eva
22 of 49
"pretty"
eric
23 of 49
"pitiable little bit of organized charity"
inspector
24 of 49
"fire and blood and anguish"
inspector
25 of 49
"members of one body"
inspector
26 of 49
"absolutely ashamed"
mrs birling to eric
27 of 49
"everythings alright now"
gerald
28 of 49
"the rude way he spoke to mr birling and me was quite extraordinary"
mrs birling
29 of 49
"and then you decided to keep her as your mistress"
inspector to gerald
30 of 49
"this girl was going to have a child"
inspector
31 of 49
"can't help thinking about this girl destroying herself"
sheila
32 of 49
"there's a very good chance of a knighthood"
mr birling
33 of 49
"silly little war scares"
mr birling
34 of 49
"there'll be a public scandal - unless we're lucky"
mr birling
35 of 49
"when you're married you'll realise"
mrs birling
36 of 49
"i was the only one of you who didn't give into him"
mrs birling
37 of 49
"as if a girl of the sort would ever refuse money"
mrs birling
38 of 49
"i used my influence to have it refused"
mrs birling
39 of 49
"you have no power to make me change my mind "
mrs birling
40 of 49
"i accept no blame for it at all"
mrs birling
41 of 49
"i don't believe i will. so be careful"
sheila
42 of 49
"he's giving us the rope - so that we will hang ourselves"
sheila
43 of 49
"you used the power you had [...] to punish the girl"
sheila
44 of 49
"but these girls aren't cheap labour they're people"
sheila
45 of 49
"i'm not a child"
sheila
46 of 49
"we must stop with these silly pretences"
sheila
47 of 49
"you and i aren't the same people who sat down to dinner here"
sheila
48 of 49
"i didn't even remember thats the hellish thing"
eric
49 of 49

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Card 2

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Mr Birling

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"every man for himself"

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Front

Mr Birling

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Card 4

Front

Eva Smith

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Card 5

Front

Mr Birling

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