An Inspector Calls

titanic

unsinkable absolutely unsinkable

Mr Birling

Mr Birling Community

community and all that nonsense

beehive

Mr Birling

you'd think everybody had to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up like bees in a hive

Mr Birling nothing to do

obviously it had nothing to do with the wretched girls suicide

ask for the earth

they'll soon be asking for the earth

better to ask for the earth than to take it

rapid progress

there'll be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere

Mr Birling

cheap labour

Sheila

but these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people

never again

I'll never never do it again to anybody

Sheila

responsible

(miserably) so I'm really responsible?

Sheila

that sort

Mrs Birling

as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!

my duty

in spite of what's happened to the girl since, I consider I did my duty

Mrs Birling

prejudiced

that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her case

Mrs Birling

what matters

I say the girls dead and we all helped to kill her - and that's what matters

Eric

that state where a lad

in that state where a lad easily turns nasty and I threatened to make a row

Eric

brought to life

the girls still dead isn't she? nobody's brought her back to life have they?

Eric

millions

there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John smiths

anguish

if men will not learn that lesson they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish

we dont live alone

we dont live alone. we are members of one body - we are responsible for eachother

share guilt

if there's nothing else, we'll have to share our guilt

Gerald blame

she didn't blame me at all - I wish to god she had now

Gerald sorry for her

I didn't install her there so I could make love to her... I was sorry for her

not criminals

we're respectable citizens and not criminals

Gerald

Gerald ring

how about this ring?