an inspector calls quotes

Cards (13)

  • "She was the most beautiful girl I ever saw, she had everything" - Eric
  • "they arent cheap labour, theyre people"- shiela
  • Priestley's message was to make sure that britain didnt repeat its social mistakes again such as class divisions
  • priestley's damming didactic message about the dangers of capitalist greed-" its my duty to keep labour costs down"
  • a political diatribe, seeking to show the consequences of capitalism and promote socialism, collectivism and an equal society
  • Priestely exposes how the upper classes and older generations were shackled by thier ignorance and blindness to lower classes
  • Mr Birling is selfish because he says,"...as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive- community and all that nonsense."
  • thinks he is superior - " if you dont come down hard on some if these people, they'd be asking for the earth"
  • Mrs Birling is prejudiced- "she called herself Mrs Birling.. it was simply a piece of gross impertinence"
  • Mrs B is remorseless and lacks empathy-" she only had herself to blame"
  • mrs birling is unmoving and lacks any regret- "youre quite wrong to suppose i shall regret what i did" or " i did nothing i'm ashamed of"
  • Eric is immature and naive- "Ive never been able to understand why you don't want me to go out with her"
  • eric is self centred- "it doesn't matter about her at all"