Inspector

• who says 'your engagement to Shiela means a tremendous lot to me.'

  Birling
• who says 'now you've brought us together'

  Birling, about Gerald bringing together Croft and Birling
• who says 'for lower costs and higher prices'

  Birling, about making more profit for him and Lord croft
• who says 'Now i really feel engaged'

  Shiela, as without the ring she is not truly engaged due to her spoiled childhood
• who says 'the interest of Capital- are properly protected'

  Birling, as people are rising up and they need to be squashed to keep profit
• who says 'Just let me finish Eric. You've a lot to learn yet.'

  Birling, undermining Eric's opinions as he is seen as imature
• who says 'unsinkable,


  Birling, describing the titanic which was to sail soon
• who says 'Just a knighthood of course'


  Biring, gloating how he will be knighted soon
• who says 'we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive- community and all that nonsense.'


  Birling describing his distaste of socialism and their beliefs
• who says 'Is that why she committed suicide? When was this father?'

  Eric, questioning if Eva's death was his fathers fault
• who says 'Just keep quiet, Eric, and don't get excited.'

  Birling, displaying his strained relationship with his son who he believes is immature
• who says 'End of September, nineteen-ten'

  The Inspector as he knows more than he lets on
• who says 'what happened to her then may have determined what happened to her afterwards'

  The inspector, describing the importance of finding out all the facts
• who says 'it's my duty to keep labour costs down'

  Birling, as he just wants to make lots of money
• who says 'Why the devil do you want to go upsetting a child like that?'

  Birling, treating Shiela like she is a child and unaware of the world around her
• who says 'but i felt rotten about it at the time and now i feel a lot worse.'


  Shiela, showing her remorse for her actions against Eva when she worked at Milwards
• who says 'D'you mind if I give myself a drink Shiela?'

  Gerald as he prepares to tell the truth of Daisy Renton and what it could mean
• who says 'I hadn't set eyes on the girl for at least six months'


  Gerald, trying to justify to Shiela that he is still a good man to marry and he has no involvement in Eva's suicide
• who says 'I hate those hard-eyed dough-faced women'

  Gerald as he talks about other prostitutes as they are lifeless and lack a soul in their eyes only wanting money and being hard for him to control
• who says 'she was very pretty soft brown hair and big dark eyes'

  Gerald as he talks about Eva's innocence compared to other prostitutes
• who says 'And probably between us we killed her.'

  Shiela as she feels guilty for all of their actions together
• who says 'And obviously she wasn't enjoying herself'

  Gerald as he descries Eva's innocent nature being picked on at the cub by old men, and saving her from them as in his eyes he's respectable but he just wanted her
• who says 'I think she only had herself to blame'

  Mrs Birling, as she talks about her involvement with Eva and she called herself Mrs Birling, making an instant prejudice
• who said 'I did nothing I'm ashamed of'


  Mrs Birling showing no remorse for throwing Eva out as she was believed to be lying
• who says 'She came to you for help, at a time when no woman could've needed it more'


  The inspector trying to make Mrs Birling take responsibility for abandoning her
• who says 'As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money.'

  Mrs Birling, as she describes Eva's story of a young boy being the father who drank too much and she didn't want him to give her anymore money
• who says ' I blame the young man who was the father of the child she was going to have.'


  Mrs Birling as she takes no blame, saying the father should've been adult enough to take responsibility and look after his new family
• who says 'But surely... I mean... it's ridiculous'


  Mrs Birling as she slowly realises Eric is the father of the child
• who says 'And that's when it happened. And i didn't even remember-'

  Eric as he described how he forced himself into Eva's place and raped her
• who says 'I don't want any of that talk from you-'

  Birling as he gets angry at Eric for criticising his friends showing again their strained relationship
• who says 'about fifty pounds all told'


  Eric as he says how much money he gave Eva to keep going
• who says 'What do you mean- not really?'


  Birling as he shouts at Eric for stealing his money, angry that he is trying to portray it as not stealing
• who says 'I've got to over this up as soon as i can.'


  Birling as his only worry is to prevent his business and image from collapsing
• who says 'you're not the kind of father a chap could go to if he was in trouble'


  Eric describing his fathers only care was to make more money and not actually to care for his family beyond financially
• who says ' -my child- your own grandchild- you killed them both'

  Eric as his anger at Eva's death because of the hands of his mother for not helping her and believing her
• who says 'You don't understand anything. You never did.'


  Eric as he feels like the black sheep in the family and misunderstood as he is seen as a drunken disappointment
• who says 'My god- im not likely to forget-'

  Eric as he regrets everything he did to be involved with Eva
• who says 'I had turned her out of a job. I started it.'


  Shiela as she feels guilt for making Eva's life even harder and driving her to prostitution
• who says 'We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.'


  The inspector forcing them to realise that their actions have consequences and they're not the only people around
• who says 'They will be taught it in fire blood and anguish'


  inspector- They will be taught it when its too late and their actions have already affected people