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9 Cards in this Set
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Social responsibility 6 |
-Mr Birling- “a man has to [...] look after himself” -Mrs Birling- “he’d be entirely responsible” -Inspector- “we are members of one body. We are responsible for each other” Mr or Mrs Birling-“I should think not. Eric I’m absolutely ashamed of you” Mrs Birling-“your the one I blame for this” Mr Birling-“if we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’ve had anything to do with, it would be very awkward wouldn’t it?” |
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Class, status and power 6 |
-Gerald- “I MADE the people at the county find some food for her” -Mr Birling- “I was an alderman for years- and Lord Mayor 2 years ago- and am still on the bench” -Mrs Birling- “I used my influence to have it refused” -Eric- “ as if she were an animal .... not a person” -Mr Birling-“ if you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth” -Mrs Birling-“as of a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!” |
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Gender roles 5 |
-Mr Birling-“we may look forward to a time when Croft’s and Birlings are no longer competing” -“clears his throat” - Mrs Birling- “I blame the young man who was the father” - “nothing to do with you Sheila, run along” -Mr Birling-“ a man has to make his own way” |
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Truth and deception 4 |
-Shelia to Gerald- “at least it’s been honest” -Gerald from inspector- “we can keep it from him” (believes that they are better than him as higher class) -Mrs Birling- “I won’t believe it” -Sheila- “I wish you hadn’t told me” |
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Family 3 |
-Mrs Birling- “Unlike the other 3” -Eric- “you’re not the type of father a chap could go to” -Mr Birling-“[angrily to Eric] you’re the one I blame for this” |
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Secrets and revalations 3 |
-Mrs Birling about Eric’s drinking- “It isn’t true” -Shelia-“I wish you hadn’t told me” -Gerald-“and I’ve told you- I was awfully busy at the works” |
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Wealth and greed 3 |
-Shelia about ring-“ now I really feel engaged” -Mr Birling-“ I was almost certain for a knights hood” -Mr Birling-“ they wanted the rates raised- so I refused of course” |
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Dramatic irony 3 |
-Mr Birling about development- “the titanic ... absolutely unsinkable” -Mr Birling about conflict- “Germans don’t want war” -Mr Birling about his family- “nice, well-behaved family” |
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Young versus old (3) |
-Mr of Mrs Birling-“ you hysterical young fool” -?-“ the famous younger generation who knows it all” -Sheila-“ you’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all” |
