Key Themes+Quotes AIC

• Birling A1-Business capitalism

  • "Hard-headed business men/man"
  • "My duty to keep labour costs down"
  • "Lower costs and high prices"
• Birling Irony A1

  • "Unsinkable absolutely unsinkable"
  • "Russian will be behind hand naturally"
  • "Don't want war"
  • DRAMATIC IRONY
• Birling A1 Responisbility

  • "A man has to make his own way"
  • "Mixed up together like bees in a hive"
  • "Community and all that nonsense"
  • "I still can't accept any responsibility"
• Mrs B ,Sheila &Other characters A1

  • "Men with important work... spend nearly all their time...on their business"
  • "I think Sheila and I had better go into the drawing room"
  • These girls aren't cheap labour, they're people"
  • "Girl of that class"
• Describing The Inspector (Sharp ring of a front door bell)

  • "Impression of massiveness"
  • "Speaks carefully"
  • "Weightily"
  • "Disconcerting"
  • "Purposefulness"
  • "Plain darkish suit"
• How does Birling React to the death of ES

  "Wretched girl"

  "Yes, yes horrid business"

  "I don't see how I come into this"

  Stage directions (Rather impatiently)
• How does Eric react to the death of ES?

  (Involuntarily) "My God!"

  "Is that why she committed suicide?"
• How does Sheila React to the Death of ES?

  "Oh how horrible"

  "I cant...I've been so happy tonight...I wish..."

  (cutting in)"Why should you"-(When birling tries to rid of her)
• Quotes of Inspector A1

  • (Cutting through massievly)
  • "A chain of Events"
  • "Better to ask for the earth than to take it "
  • "I don't play golf"
• Inspectors Speech at end:

  • "Million and millions and millions of Eva smiths and john smiths"
  • "We are members of one body"
  • "We are responsible for each other"
  • "Taught in fire, blood, and anguish"
• Mr B denial quotes at end

  • "There'll be a public scandal!"
  • "There is every excuse for what both your mother and I did"
  • "Makes all the difference"
  • "I've had dealings with dozens of them"
  • "By jingo! A fake!"
• Mrs B denial quotes at end

  • Don't be childish Sheila"
  • "I couldn't imagine a real police inspector talking like that to us?"
  • "I was the only one who didn't give in to him"