inspector calls

Cards (27)

  • i say fiddlesticks ! the germans dont want war. nobody wants war -
    mr birling
  • the way some of these cranks talk- community and all that nonsense
    -mr birling
  • a police inspector is on his way here to ask some questions
    -last line of the play (mr birling)
  • unsinkable , absolutely unsinkable
    -mr birling
  • i wasnt satisfied with th girls claim...i used my influence to have it refused...i consider i did my duty
    -mrs birling
  • i think she only had herself to blame
    -mrs birling
  • as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money
    -mrs birling
  • i accept no blame at all
    -mrs birling
  • she'd swallowed alot of strong disinfectant. burnt her insides out
    -description of when sheila died
  • died in misery and agony - hating life
    (sheila)
  • why shouldnt they try for higher wages
    -eric
  • (miserably)' can i have a drink first'
    -erid
  • oh- its wonderful ! look mummy - isnt it a beauty
    -sheila
  • but these arent cheap labour- theyre people
    -sheila
  • between us, we drove that girl to commit suicide
    -sheila
  • you musnt try to build up a kind of wall between us an that girl
    -sheila
  • the lighting should be pink and intimate... until the inspector arrives, then it should be brighter and harder
  • an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addresses
    (inspector)
  • we dont live alone . we are members of one body . we are responsible for eachother
    (act 3 climactic speech)
  • if people will not learn the lesson , then they will be taught it in blood and fire and anguish
    -inspector
  • dont say anything to the inspector we can keep it from him
    -gerald croft
  • so pretty and intensely grateful ... i became at one the most important person in her life
    -gerald croft
  • everythings alright now. sheila how about this ring
    -gerald croft
  • you killed her- and the child ... my child, your grandchild you killed them both
    -eric
  • i insisted ... i was in the state when a chap easily turns nasty ... i threatened to make a row
    -eric
  • young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down there
    -gerald about eva
  • one eva smith has gone but there are millions and millions and millions of eva smiths ... still with us