an inspector calls

• Community and all that nonsense. A man has to mind his own business and look after himself.: 'Arthur Birling'
• Inspector Goole


  • Makes an enormous impression from the moment he steps through the door
  • Represents a higher supernatural power
• It's my duty to keep labour costs down.: 'Arthur Birling'
• We're respectable citizens and not criminals.: 'Gerald Croft'
• If she'd been some miserable plain little creature I don't suppose I'd have done it.: 'Sheila Birling'
• We have to share something if there's nothing else we'll have to share our guilt.: 'Inspector Goole'
• Girls of that class.: 'Mrs Birling'
• She called herself Mrs Birling and naturally that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her case.: 'Mrs Birling'
• I wasn't in love with her or anything. She was pretty and a good sport.: 'Eric Birling'
• We are members of one body. If men will not learn that lesson then they will be taught it in Fire and Blood and anguish.: 'Inspector Goole'
• Eva Smith may not have just been one girl but several and also it seems she never even died
• Everything's all right now.: 'Gerald Croft'
• 'The time has come when we must face the truth about ourselves.'
• 'It was my fault, it is my responsibility.'
• Eva Smith is a representation of all working class women who were exploited by their employers during the early twentieth century
• 'She had no friends left to turn to.'
• 'They are human beings - and what happens to them matters.'
• Her name change from Daisy Renton to Eva Smith shows her transformation into a strong independent woman.
• i did nothing im ashamed off- Mrs birling
• she only had herself to blame- Mrs Birling
• as if a girl of the class would ever refuse money- Mrs Birling
• these girl aren't cheap labour they are people- Sheila
• hard headed practical man of business- Mr Birling
• The Germans don't want war- Mr Birling
• unsinkable absolutely unsinkable- Mr Birling