Inspector Calls - Key Quotes

Mr Birling referring Sheila and treating her like a child (Act 2)

Mr Birling referring Sheila and treating her like a child (Act 2)

'but i see no point' in 'mentioning the subject - especially'

Mr Birling still treating Sheila and Eric like children (Act 3)

'leave this to us'

Mrs Birling treating Sheila and Eric like children (Act 3)

'they're over-tired' 'they'll be as amused as we are'

Eric saying how he doesn't remember raping Eva/Daisy (During Interview)

'I don't even remember' 'that's the hellish thing'

Mr Birling's stage direction at that very beginning (Act 1)

'heavy looking, rather portentous man'

Mr Birling's mentioning expensive alcohol (Act 1)

'port'

Mr Birling making Sheila and Gerald's engagement party about him (Act 1)

'one of the happiest days on my life'

Mr Birling referencing the Titanic (Act 1)

'unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable'

Mr Birling saying war isn't near (Act 1)

'not a chance of war'

Mr Birling accidently foreshadowing latter events (Act 1)

'nothing mysterious - or scandalous'

Mr Birling trying to bribe the Inspector to keep quiet (Act 3)

'I'd give thousands, yes thousands'

Mrs Birling's stage directions at the very beginning (Act 1)

'a rather cold women'

Mrs Birling saying to Sheila how men are always busy which foreshadows Gerald's interview (Act 2)

'you'll have to get used to that'

Mrs Birling othering lower classes (Act 2)

'girls of that class'

Mrs Birling infantizing Sheila (Act 2)

'ought to go to bed'

Mrs Birling talking to the Inspector how she won't need to be interviewed (Act 2)

'nothing I'm ashamed of'

Mrs Birling states how she is justified to not let Eva/Daisy be assisted (Act 2)

'perfectly justified'

Mrs Birling doesn't take responsibility for Eva/Daisy's death (Act 2)

'I accept no blame'

Sheila's use of childlike terms (Before Interview)

'Mummy' 'Daddy'

Sheila shows her shallow nature in relation to Eva Smith (Before Interview)

'Pretty?'

Sheila showing her first sign of maturity (Before Interview)

'But these girls aren't cheap labour, they're people'

Sheila's stage directions (Before Interview)

'is a pretty girl' in her 'early twenties, very please with life and rather excited'

Sheila in reference to her engagement ring (Before Interview)

'isn't it a beauty?'

Sheila says how she is responsible for Eva getting fired from her second job (During Interview)

'It was my own fault.'

Sheila's stage directions in relation to nearly failing apart when talking to the Inspector (During Interview)

'but just controls herself'

Sheila says how she will never do what she did ever again (During Interview)

'never, never do it again to anybody'

Sheila shows she has changed as before she wouldn't stand her ground when being told to leave (After Interview)

'I'm staying'

Sheila saying to her father that she isn't a child (After Interview)

'and I'm not a child, don't forget.'

Stage direction of Sheila handing Gerald the engagement ring very straightforwardly (After Interview)

'[she hands him the ring]'

Sheila telling of Mr + Mrs Birling for not getting the Inspector's message of social responsibility.

'you two' 'being childish'

Eric's stage directions (Before Interview)

'half shy, half assertive.'

Eric responding to when Sheila asks why he has just laughed (Before Interview)

'I don't know'

Eric's first showcase of him trying to be more assertive (Before Interview)

'they try for higher wages' 'we try' 'highest possible prices'

Sheila says to Eric that he's drunk (Before Interview)

'you're squiffy'

Eric trying to excuse the fact he raped Eva/Daisy (During Interview)

'in a state' 'a chap easily turns nasty'

Eric shifting blame onto Mrs Birling (After Interview)

'You killed her!'

Eric talking about how they all helped killed Eva/Daisy (After Interview)

'and that's what matters'

Gerald's stage directions (Act 1)

'attractive chap' 'easy well-bred young man'

Gerald showing his cold-heartedness (Act 1)

'suicide business'

Gerald accidently foreshadowing the later events (Act 1)

'respectful citizens' 'not dangerous criminals'

Gerald showing his casual sexism about the prostitutes (Act 2)

'hard-eyed dough faced women'

Gerald referring to his talk with Eva/Daisy and how he acted like a white knight (Act 2)

'let me take her out of there'

Gerald justifying his actions (Act 2)

'suppose it was inevitable'

Gerald says how she didn't blame him for the breakup and that he only feels remorse after her death (Act 2)

'I wish to God she had now'

Gerald shows that he hasn't changed from what he was like in the beginning (Act 3)

'everything is all right now'

Mr Birling getting cut off by the Inspector's ringing of the bell (Act 1)

'own-and-'

Inspector Goole saying he doesn't play a sport associated with the rich (Act 2)

'I don't play golf.'

Inspector Goole straightforwardly saying how Eva/Daisy is dead (Act 2)

'she's dead.'

Inspector Goole stating that every man has a responsibility. (Act 2)

'public men' 'have responsibilities as well as privileges.'

Inspector Goole stating how he just wants them to understand (Act 2)

'losing all patience' 'you people'

Inspector Goole stating how we are all a community (Act 3)

'we are members of one body'

Inspector Goole saying how many people are like Eva who are still alive and are struggling (Act 3)

'millions, millions, millions' 'left with us.'

Inspector Goole stating the consequences of humanity's inability to change (Act 3)

'fire and blood and anguish'

Mr Birling being anti-community (Act 1)

'community and all that nonsense'