inpector calls

• “just a knighthood“


  he is desperate to impress gerald and improve his social status. it implies the system used to award knighthoods is corrupt.
• “look inspector- i’d give thousands yes thousands“-mr b 


  he becomes desperate and tries to bribe the inspector to save his damaged reputation
• ”nothing got to do with you shiela run along“- mr b 


  the abrupt language shows he is dismissive and patronising to his children. he is uninterested in what the young generation have to say.
• “why you hysterical young fool-get back -or i’ll “ - mr b 


  he threatens his son eric after finding out about the stolen money and pregnancy
• “i know the brumly officers pretty well”-mr b 


  he used passive aggression to try intimidate the inspector at first.
• “your just the kind of son in law i’ve always wanted “-mr b 


  he is trying to ingratiate himself with the higher class gerald who he likes more for the potential business dealing than making sheila happy.
• “unsinkable absolutely unsinkable”-mr b 


  dramatic irony. the audience will question his judgment after he gets it so wrong about the titanic-priestly is mocking his foolish arrogance.
• “lower cost and higher prices” mr b 


  as a capitalist employer he wants to pay his workers as little as he can to increase his profit-he doesn’t care for his employees
• “i’m talking to the inspector now if you don’t mind“- MRS BIRLING 


  she thinks her voice and opinions are more important than everyone elses.
• “i blame the young man who was the father of the child“-MRS BIRLING 


  priestly sets her up to look foolish as she doesn’t realise the father was her own son.
• “as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money“-MRS BIRLING


  she refers to eva smith as “that sort” connoting on how she snobbishly looks down on the lower classes and links poverty to lack of morals
• “don’t be childish sheila”-MRS BIRLING


  she constantly replimands her children off if they behave in a way she doesn’t consider proper
• “half shy half asserted“ ERIC 


  in the initial stage directions he seems uncertain and anxious it hints he is stuck finding his place in the world
• “you’re squiffy”ERIC


  at the start of the play sheila hints that he has a drinking problem this hints at his decadent lifestyle which typifies the young and wealthy of the era.
• “i wasn’t in love with her or anything but she was pretty and a good sport” ERIC 


  he is superficial and treats his relationship with eva as just a game he has only viewed the relationship through the lens of his own privileged mindset.