Inspector calls - quotes

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What are the main themes of An Inspector Calls?
Class,social responsibility, age and gender
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What is Mr Birling described as?
"Heavy-looking,rather portentous main in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech"
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Mr Birling is showing off - quote
"its exactly the same port your father gets"
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Mr Birlings ignorance quote (titanic)
"The titanic, and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable"
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Mr Birlings lack of community
"Community and all that nonsense"
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Impact of the inspector - stage directions
"The inspector need not be a big man but he creates an impression of massiveness"
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Inspector and the photograph - stage directions
"but the inspector interposes himself between them and the photograph"
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Inspectors view on younger generation
"We often do on the young ones. They're more impressionable"
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Birlings inferiority towards sheila
"Nothing to do with you,Sheila.Run along"
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Mrs Birlings ignorance to the situation
"Im very sorry.But i think she only had herself to blame"
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Mrs birlings view of the lower class
"Girls of that class"
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Mrs Birlings view of the man who Eva was involved with (Eric)
"I blame the young man.He ought to be dealt with very severely"
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Gerald claiming he didn't feel love for Eva
"I didn't feel about her as she felt about me"
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Gerald taking in the fact that Eva is dead
"My God! I've suddenly realised - taken it in properly - that she is dead!"
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Erics blame upon his own family for Evas death
"We helped to kill her"
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Erics anger towards his parents actions
"You're beginning to pretend as if nothings really happened at all"
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Sheila talking about the lower classes worth
"But these girls aren't cheap labour- they're people"
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Sheilas opinion on the inspector knowing things
"I hate to think how much he knows that we dont know yet"
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Sheilas apology
"I know I'm to blame and i desperately sorry
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Inspector promoting responsibility
"we are members of one body" " we are responsible for each other"
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What is Mr Birling described as?

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"Heavy-looking,rather portentous main in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech"

Card 3

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Mr Birling is showing off - quote

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Card 4

Front

Mr Birlings ignorance quote (titanic)

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Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

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Mr Birlings lack of community

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Preview of the front of card 5
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