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an inspector calls
quotes and themes
| person | quote |
|---|---|
| mr birling (community) | you'd think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense |
| mr birling (excuse) | there's every excuse for what your mother and I did |
| mrs birling (class) | girls of that class |
| mrs birling (blame) | i'm very sorry. But I think she only had herself to blame |
| mrs birling (confess) | he certainly didn't make me confess – I had done no more than my duty |
| sheila (labour) | but these girls aren't cheap labour- they're people |
| sheila (walls) | you mustn't try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl |
| sheila (nice) | suppose we're all nice people now |
| sheila (talk) | it frightens me the way you talk |
| eric (prices) | why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices |
| eric (stay) | i'd have let her stay |
| eric (dead) | And I say the girl's dead and we all helped to kill her- and that's what matters-” |
| gerald (ring) | everything's all right now Sheila. What about this ring? |
| inspector (earth) | it's better to ask for the Earth than to take it |
| inspector (dingy) | it would do us all a bit of good if sometimes we tried to put ourselves in the place of these young women counting their pennies in their dingy little back bedroom |
| inspector (eva) | one Eva Smith has gone- but there are millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us |
| inspector (body) | We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. |
| eric (throwing) | he could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. |
| mrs birling (horrible) | i'm sorry she should have come to such a horrible end. But I accept no blame at all |
| mr birling (socialist) | probably a Socialist or some sort of crank |
| stage directions (lighting) | the lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrives, then brighter and harder |
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