An Inspector Calls Quotations

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Act 1 - Inspector Goole quote about power and punishing
"and so you used the power you had... to punish the girl"
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Act 1 - Inspector Goole quote about Eva being dead
"(harshly) yes, but you can't. Its too late. She's dead.
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Act 1 - Inspector Goole quote about asking for the Earth
But after all, it's better to ask for the Earth than to take it"
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Act 2 - Inspector Goole quote about sharing our guilt
"we have to share something if there's nothing else, we'll have to share our guilt"
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Act 2 - Inspector Goole quote about impressions on younger ones
"we often do on the young ones. They're more impressionable"
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Act 2 - Inspector Goole quote about Eva
"A pretty,lively sort of girl who never did anybody any harm"
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Act 3 - Inspector Goole quote about responsibility
"We are members of one body"
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Act 3 - Inspector Goole quote about Eva's and Johns
"millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths"
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Act 1 - Mr Birling quote about rates
"they wanted the rates raised... I refused, of course"
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Act 1 - Mr Birling quote about asking for the Earth
"if you don't come down sharply on some of these people, they'd soon be asking for the Earth"
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Act 1 - Mr Birling quote about responsibility and capitalist ideads
"a man has to make his own way"
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Act 2 - Mr Birling quote about age / youth
"whats the matter with that child?"
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Act 2 - Mr Birling quote about business
"when thid comes out at the inquest, it isn't going to do us much good"
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Act 3 - Mr Birling quote about business and social status
"I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can"
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Act 3 - Mr Birling quote about community
"together like bees in a hive community and all of that nonsense"
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Act 1 - Sheila quote about gender
"But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people"
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Act 1 - Sheila quote about naivety
"Why – you fool – he knows. Of course he knows."
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Act 1 - Sheila quote about remorse
"And if I could help her now, I would"
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Act 2 - Sheila quote about rope
"He's giving us the rope so we'll hang ourselves"
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Act 2 - Sheila quote challenging gender stereotypes
"Then I'm staying"
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Act 3 - Sheila quote repeating the Inspector's words
"fire and blood and anguish"
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Act 3 - Sheila quote about responsibility
"(bitterly) I suppose we're all nice people now"
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Act 1 - Mrs Birling quote about social status
"her husband's social superior"
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Act 1 - Mrs Birling quote about gender stereotypes
"I think me and Sheila had better go into the drawing room and leave you men"
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Act 2 - Mrs Birling quote about blame and responsibility
"I think she only had herself to blame"
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Act 2 - Mrs Birling quote about social class
"As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money"
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Act 3 - Mrs Birling quote about not giving in
"I was the only one who didn’t give in to him"
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Act 1 - Gerald quote about being respectable
"We're respectable citizens and not criminals"
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Act 1 - Gerald quote about family
"You seem to be a nice well-behaved family"
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Act 1 - Stage direction about Eric
"not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive!
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Card 2

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"(harshly) yes, but you can't. Its too late. She's dead.

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Act 1 - Inspector Goole quote about Eva being dead

Card 3

Front

But after all, it's better to ask for the Earth than to take it"

Back

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Card 4

Front

"we have to share something if there's nothing else, we'll have to share our guilt"

Back

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Card 5

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"we often do on the young ones. They're more impressionable"

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