inspector calls quotes

birling a man

a man has to make his own way

birling responsibility

I can’t accept any responsibility

birling sheila

Nothing to do with you, Sheila. Run along

birling thousands

I’d give thousands – yes, thousands

birling over

all over now

BIRLING

over, thousands, sheila, man, responsibility

sheila pleased

pleased with life and rather excited

sheila people

these girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people

sheila rotten

I felt rotten about it

sheila help

If I could help her now, I would

sheila wall

You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl

sheila drove

Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide

SHEILA

drove, wall, help, rotten people, pleased

gerald man

easy well-bred young man about town

gerald suicide

I don’t come into this suicide business

gerald sorry

I was sorry for her

gerald blame

She didn’t blame me at all. I wish to God she had now.

gerald ring

Everything’s alright now, Sheila. What about this ring?

GERALD

ring, blame, sorry, suicide, man

mrs birling cold

cold woman, and her husband’s social superior

mrs birling affair

don’t think we want any further details of this disgusting affair

mrs birling class

Girls of that class—

mrs birling understand

I didn’t know – I didn’t understand

mrs birling only

i was the only one of you who didn’t give in

MRS BIRLING

only, understand, class, cold, affair

eric ease

not quite at ease, half-shy, half-assertive

eric nasty

that state when a chap easily turns nasty

eric pretty

i wasn’t in love with her or anything- but I liked her- she was pretty

eric knighthood

What does it matter now whether they give you a knighthood or not?

eric dead

the girls dead and we all helped to kill her

ERIC

dead, knighthood, pretty, nasty, ease