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An Inspector Calls
English Literature
| Quote | Analysis |
|---|---|
| "Arthur, you shouldn't be saying such things." - Mrs Birling (Act 1) | This is from Mrs Birling, a woman of higher class who has married Me Birling for his wealth. As she was no longer rich despite being aristocracy . She is reprimanding him because he complimented a person of a lower class which highlights her arrogance. |
| " Men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business. You'll have to get used to it, just as i had" - Mrs Birling (Act 1) | Highlights the ever present overarching patriachal hegemony which was present at the time. suggests that men are superior and women don't need to work. Symoblises the beliefs of Mrs birling generation and shows discord between other generations. |
| " You're Squiffy" - Sheila to Eric (Act 1) | Saying that Eric is drunk, highlights their casual sibling relationship, Also shows that Eric drinks too much which shows s immaturity in him and doesn't know self restraint |
| "Germans don't want war. Nobody wants war" - Mr Birling (Act 1) | Dramatic Irony as a number of groups wage war a few years after the play and helps Priestly discredit the capitalistic Mr Birling right from the start. |
| "Well it's my duty to keep labour costs down" - Mr Birling (Act 1) | Makes it seem like its his moral obligation to be rich and stay upper class, as if capitalism is what keeps society together. |
| "Yes, yes. Horrid Business." - Mr Birling (Act 1) | He doesn't care about lower class people at all. Lack of empathy. seems annoyed by the mention of them. Further deepens the division between his older generations and the generation of Shei and Eric etc |
| "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices" - Eric (Act 1) | Eric now presents himself as more of a socialist and display a more humanistic and empathetic side. He is saying that everyone should be allowed to better their own situation which contrast his fathers beliefs |
| " Oh- how horrible!" - Shelia (Act 1) | This mirrors Eric's reaction and further shows the divide between the older and younger generation opinions. It portrays that sheila has moral conscience. |
| "These girls aren't cheap labour - they're people" - Sheila (Act 1) | Priestly uses Sheila as his mouthpiece in place of the inspector and again highlights the division between the generations |
| "I rather respect you more than I've ever done before." - Sheila (Act 2) | Demonstrative of the great change in character that Seila has undergone, she has matured to the point she can forgive Gerald, despite his affair with Daisy Renton due to him not being disrespectful towards her in her desperation |
| "Don't stammer and yammer at me again" - Inspector goole (Act 2) | This is demonstrative of the fact that the Inspector is unconventional for the Edwardian era as he doesn't care about class differences. |
| "Certainly. He ought to be dealt with very severely." - Mrs Birling (Act 2) | She is blaming her son but at this point she is not aware of that yet otherwise she wouldn't blame him. |
| "There'll be plenty of time, when I've gone for you all to adjust your family relationships." - Inspector Google (Act 3) | This shows that the Inspector has realised and highlighted that the mechanics of the family has fundamentally changed. Mr and Mrs Birling purposefully ignoring responsibility concerning Eva Smith whereas Eric and Sheila have formed to accept what they did |
| "Eric! You stole money?" - Mrs Birling (Act 3) | More shocked at Eric stealing money than Eva smith including actions they did which shows her apathy and shows the lack of change Mrs birling has undergone contrasting the younger geneartion. |
| (unhappily) "Look inspector - I'd give thousand's - yes, thousand's-" Mr Birling (Act 3) | Still a capitalist like before as he thinks money can cover for a dead girl. The reaffirming of "yes thousand's" we see how much he values money. - unhappily - which shows he doesn't want to part his money. Similar to Mrs birling undergoing no change |
| "You see, we have to share something . If there's nothing else, we'll have to share our guilt."- Inspector (Act 2) | The inspector is highlighting how the Birlings share nothing but if they should share something it should be their guilt over their actions, otherwise they wouldn't be able to cope with it |
| " We often do on the young ones. Thy're more impressionable" | He suggest that the younger generations are able to change more as opposed to the older generations |
| "Girls of that class" - Mrs Birling ( Act 2) | Again, a demonstration of Mrs Birling's snobbery. 'That' makes it seem like shes denouncing them as if they are criminal or vulgar and she thinks of them completely separate from her. |
| " You know of course that my husband was Lord mayor only two years ago , and he's still a magistrate-" - Mrs Birling (Act 2) | Mrs Birling is trying to reinstate the fact that her husband bares great power and that she has a it of wealth and influence and she could use it to undermine the law. Highlights how she sees herself above the average person |
| " Women of the town?" - Mrs Birling (Act 2) | She is referring to them as prostitutes and again separating them from herself. This is extreme self - centeredness for the lower class which writer is arguing against by using such a pretentious character to present those views |
| "absurd business" - Mrs Birling (Act 2) | She calls the entire case concerning Eva smith absurd which downplays the situation.Highlights her aristocratic uncaring nature concerning the lower classes - she doesn't care at all |
| " The titanic ...... unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable." - Mr Birling (Act 1) | This portrays the didactic nature of Mr Birling and goes to highlight Mr Birling's arrogance as he thinks he knows it all. This also serves as dramatic irony and highlights the fact that whatever he says is subjective. |
| "Just a knighthood of course" - Mr Birling ( act 1) | Social climbing and may als imply the fact that Mr Birling has married a relatively poor aristocrat was a trade deal as he gets to climb the social ladder and she gets the money and from this we can infer the capitalistic nature within the family |
| " Don't get into a police court or start a scandal, eh?" - Mr Birling (Act 1) | Foreshadows the entire accusation involving Eva smith |
| "A man has to make his own way - has to look after himself - and his family too" -mr Birling (Act 1) | Suggests that he feels that he only has responsibility for his own family and himself. This is reinforced by the way the Birlings treat Eva Smith. |
| " As we're all mixed up, together like bees in a hive- community and all that nonsense." - Mr Birling ( Act 1) | He's calling socialists cranks and denounces the ideas of socialism by saying the entire system is weak and sub human. |
| " a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own - and- Mr Birling (Act 1) | Shows how he thinks he knows it all, thinks of himself as an elder teaching the younger generation how to live life ' the right way' He's cut of by the doorbell which is the inspector to show Mr Birling is disreputable as the bell cuts him off |
| ~ He creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity, and purposefulness. ~ | Despite the Inspector being a social inferior, he seems to create an impression of massiveness which hasn't been created by anyone else so far which gives him a sense of authority. 'Goole' sounds like ghoul which means ghost makes him seem supernatural. |
| --- Context------- | Eva smith is name which represents two people. Firstly the common people of lower class has the surname smith and as Eva sound like Eve supposedly the first female according to the Bible encomapsses the idea of lower class women |
| ---Context------ | Daisy Renton brings to the mind the fact she was a prostitute. 'renton' suggests rent out or lend out in this case her body, however daisy could show purity . Norse god Freya's flower the goddes of love, beauty reflected in Daisy towards Gerald. |
| " if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught in fire and blood and anguish." -Inspector (Act 3) | Foreshadows the world wars, if they don't learn then they'll learn by force. represents moral teaching of the play. Highlights judgement day and hell. Wants them to all be responsible for the events that have taken place |
| "What happened to her afterwards may have driven her to suicide, a chain of events." -Inspector (Act 1) | Proves that everyone's actions has a consequence, ones which people may regret." |
| " if all that's come out tonight is true, then it doesn't much matter who it was who made us confess." - Sheila (Act 3) | She feels very guilty despite the accusations may have been false. |
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