Arthur Birling: [Sheila]
● You’ll have a good laugh over it
● It’s about time you learnt to face a few ● All over now
responsibilities ● Just let me finish Eric, you’ve a lot to learn
● If we’re all responsible for everything that ● I protest against the way my daughter, a
happened to everybody we’d all be in an young unmarried girl is being dragged into
impossible situation this-
● A man has to make his own way- has to look ● You must understand that a lot of young
after himself and his family too men-
● What happened to her after that? Get into ● The whole story’s a bit of moonshine
trouble? Go onto the streets? (triumphantly as he produces a huge sigh of
● Community and all that nonsense relief)
● I’ve got to cover this up ● (sharply, shocked) Sheila! [when Sheila
● There’ll be a public scandal talked about Meggarty’s rape attempt
● When this comes out at the inquest, the ● Clothes mean something quite different to a
press might easily take it up woman
● I can’t accept any responsibility
● You’re the one I blame for this [Eric]
● You’ve been spoilt
● If you don’t come down sharply on some of
these people they’d soon be asking for the SOCIALISM AND CLASS
earth
● The Germans don’t want war RESPONSIBILITY
● There’s every excuse for what your mother AGE
and I did
● There’s a lot of difference between this
GENDER
coming out in private and a downright public
scandal
● There are people in this town who dislike me
enough to do this
● How do you get on well with our Chief
Constable, Colonel Roberts
● I speak as a hard headed business man
● I’m talking as a practical man of business
● I’m a public man
● Sheila’s a lucky girl
● Eric, when you’ve a daughter of your own,
you’ll understand
● You don’t seem to care about anything but I
do, I was almost certain for a knighthood
● It’s one of the happiest nights of my life
● Why didn’t you come to me when you found
yourself in this mess
● We’ve passed the worst of it
● So long as we behave ourselves and don’t
get into a scandal
● Nothing much has happened
● We are working together for lower costs and
higher prices
● Probably a socialist or some sort of crank
● You ought to have stood up to him
● Ask Gerald for that ring he gave you, then
you’ll feel better
● Sheila take your mother along to the
drawing room
● I’m trying to settle this sensibly for you
, Sybil Birling: ● As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse
money
● Men with important work to do sometimes
have to spend nearly all their time and ● That’s the story she finally told
energy on their business ● I’m sorry she had to come to such a horrible
● I think Sheila and I had better go into the end, but I accept no blame for it at all
drawing room and leave you men- ● First, the girl herself is to blame. Secondly, I
● You seem to have made quite an impression blame the young man, the father of the child
on this child ● If the girl’s death is due to anybody then it’s
● Forget about this absurd business
● I don’t suppose for a moment we can due to him
understand why the girl committed suicide ● Make sure that he’s compelled to confess in
● Please don’t contradict me like that public to his responsibility
● Girls of that class ● It’s ridiculous
● You know of course that my husband was ● (agitated) I don’t believe it. I won’t believe it
Lord Mayor ● But I didn’t know it was you
● He’s only a boy
● (shocked) Eric! You stole money?
● (staggered) it isn’t true
● It would be much better if Sheila didn’t listen ● (very distressed now) no- Eric- please- I
to this didn’t know- I didn’t understand-
● (staggered) well, really! Alderman Meggarty! ● I’m absolutely ashamed of you
I must say, we are learning something ● Well I must say his manner was quite
tonight extraordinary, so rude and assertive
● I don’t think we want any further details of ● He certainly didn’t make me confess
this disgusting affair ● From the way you children talk, you might
● This wretched business be wanting to help him instead of us
● (with dignity) we’ve done a great deal of ● The rude way he spoke to Mr Birling and
useful work in helping deserving cases me- it was quite extraordinary
● It was simply a piece of gross impertinence- ● I couldn’t imagine a real police inspector
quite deliberate-and naturally that was one talking like that to us
of the things that prejudiced me against her ● Careful what you say to the Colonel, dear
case ● I was the only one who didn’t give into him
● I think she only had herself to blame ● I say we must discuss this business quietly
● If you think you can bring any pressure to and sensibly and decide if there’s anything
bear upon me, inspector, you’re quite to be done
mistaken ● His manner was so severe
● I did nothing I’m ashamed of
● I wasn’t satisfied with the girl’s claims
● I used my influence to have it refused SOCIALISM AND CLASS
● I consider I did my duty
RESPONSIBILITY
● You have no power to make me change my
mind AGE
● I’ve done nothing wrong and you know it GENDER
● Go and look for the father of the child, it’s his
responsibility
● It wasn’t I who had her turned out of her
employment- which probably began it all
● I was justified
● She was claiming elaborate fine feelings
● It was simply absurd in a girl in her position
● She had some fancy reason
● You’ll have a good laugh over it
● It’s about time you learnt to face a few ● All over now
responsibilities ● Just let me finish Eric, you’ve a lot to learn
● If we’re all responsible for everything that ● I protest against the way my daughter, a
happened to everybody we’d all be in an young unmarried girl is being dragged into
impossible situation this-
● A man has to make his own way- has to look ● You must understand that a lot of young
after himself and his family too men-
● What happened to her after that? Get into ● The whole story’s a bit of moonshine
trouble? Go onto the streets? (triumphantly as he produces a huge sigh of
● Community and all that nonsense relief)
● I’ve got to cover this up ● (sharply, shocked) Sheila! [when Sheila
● There’ll be a public scandal talked about Meggarty’s rape attempt
● When this comes out at the inquest, the ● Clothes mean something quite different to a
press might easily take it up woman
● I can’t accept any responsibility
● You’re the one I blame for this [Eric]
● You’ve been spoilt
● If you don’t come down sharply on some of
these people they’d soon be asking for the SOCIALISM AND CLASS
earth
● The Germans don’t want war RESPONSIBILITY
● There’s every excuse for what your mother AGE
and I did
● There’s a lot of difference between this
GENDER
coming out in private and a downright public
scandal
● There are people in this town who dislike me
enough to do this
● How do you get on well with our Chief
Constable, Colonel Roberts
● I speak as a hard headed business man
● I’m talking as a practical man of business
● I’m a public man
● Sheila’s a lucky girl
● Eric, when you’ve a daughter of your own,
you’ll understand
● You don’t seem to care about anything but I
do, I was almost certain for a knighthood
● It’s one of the happiest nights of my life
● Why didn’t you come to me when you found
yourself in this mess
● We’ve passed the worst of it
● So long as we behave ourselves and don’t
get into a scandal
● Nothing much has happened
● We are working together for lower costs and
higher prices
● Probably a socialist or some sort of crank
● You ought to have stood up to him
● Ask Gerald for that ring he gave you, then
you’ll feel better
● Sheila take your mother along to the
drawing room
● I’m trying to settle this sensibly for you
, Sybil Birling: ● As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse
money
● Men with important work to do sometimes
have to spend nearly all their time and ● That’s the story she finally told
energy on their business ● I’m sorry she had to come to such a horrible
● I think Sheila and I had better go into the end, but I accept no blame for it at all
drawing room and leave you men- ● First, the girl herself is to blame. Secondly, I
● You seem to have made quite an impression blame the young man, the father of the child
on this child ● If the girl’s death is due to anybody then it’s
● Forget about this absurd business
● I don’t suppose for a moment we can due to him
understand why the girl committed suicide ● Make sure that he’s compelled to confess in
● Please don’t contradict me like that public to his responsibility
● Girls of that class ● It’s ridiculous
● You know of course that my husband was ● (agitated) I don’t believe it. I won’t believe it
Lord Mayor ● But I didn’t know it was you
● He’s only a boy
● (shocked) Eric! You stole money?
● (staggered) it isn’t true
● It would be much better if Sheila didn’t listen ● (very distressed now) no- Eric- please- I
to this didn’t know- I didn’t understand-
● (staggered) well, really! Alderman Meggarty! ● I’m absolutely ashamed of you
I must say, we are learning something ● Well I must say his manner was quite
tonight extraordinary, so rude and assertive
● I don’t think we want any further details of ● He certainly didn’t make me confess
this disgusting affair ● From the way you children talk, you might
● This wretched business be wanting to help him instead of us
● (with dignity) we’ve done a great deal of ● The rude way he spoke to Mr Birling and
useful work in helping deserving cases me- it was quite extraordinary
● It was simply a piece of gross impertinence- ● I couldn’t imagine a real police inspector
quite deliberate-and naturally that was one talking like that to us
of the things that prejudiced me against her ● Careful what you say to the Colonel, dear
case ● I was the only one who didn’t give into him
● I think she only had herself to blame ● I say we must discuss this business quietly
● If you think you can bring any pressure to and sensibly and decide if there’s anything
bear upon me, inspector, you’re quite to be done
mistaken ● His manner was so severe
● I did nothing I’m ashamed of
● I wasn’t satisfied with the girl’s claims
● I used my influence to have it refused SOCIALISM AND CLASS
● I consider I did my duty
RESPONSIBILITY
● You have no power to make me change my
mind AGE
● I’ve done nothing wrong and you know it GENDER
● Go and look for the father of the child, it’s his
responsibility
● It wasn’t I who had her turned out of her
employment- which probably began it all
● I was justified
● She was claiming elaborate fine feelings
● It was simply absurd in a girl in her position
● She had some fancy reason
