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