AIC QUOTES:
MR BIRLING
MRS BIRLING
SHEILA
ERIC
GERALD
INSPECTOR
THEMES:
Responsibility:
‘still I can’t accept any responsibility’
‘As if we were all caught up like bees in a beehive’
‘Community and all that nonsense’
‘theres every excuse for what both your mother and I did’
‘it would be very awkward wouldn’t it?’
‘weve been had that’s all’
‘Nonsense! Youll have a good laugh over it yet’
‘werent asked to come here to talk to me about my responsibiites’
‘I was justified’
‘Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges’
‘I think she only had herself to blame’
‘I did nothing I’m ashamed of or that won’t bear investigation’
‘I consider it my duty’
‘I used my influence to have it refused’
‘I’ve done nothing wrong- and you know it’
‘I was the only one of yoy who didn’t give in to him’
‘I had done no more than my duty’
‘Oh – My God! – how stupid it all is’
‘youre beginning to pretend now that nothings really happened at all’
‘the girls still dead- isn’t she?’
‘the fact remains that I did what I did’
‘Each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.’
‘Remember what you did Mrs birling’
‘burnt her insides out, of course’
‘My god- I’m not likely to forget’
‘I behaved badly too… Im ashamed of it’
‘youre just beginning to pretend all over again’
‘between us we drove that girl to commit suicide’
‘so im really responsible?’
‘I was in a furious temper’
‘it was my own fault’
‘probably between us we killed her’
‘he certainly didn’t make me confess’
‘Arthur, you mustn’t say such things’
‘I suppose were all nice people now’
Social class:
‘probably a socialist or some sort of crank-‘
‘I don’t like that tone’
‘don’t get into a police court or start a scandal, eh?’
MR BIRLING
MRS BIRLING
SHEILA
ERIC
GERALD
INSPECTOR
THEMES:
Responsibility:
‘still I can’t accept any responsibility’
‘As if we were all caught up like bees in a beehive’
‘Community and all that nonsense’
‘theres every excuse for what both your mother and I did’
‘it would be very awkward wouldn’t it?’
‘weve been had that’s all’
‘Nonsense! Youll have a good laugh over it yet’
‘werent asked to come here to talk to me about my responsibiites’
‘I was justified’
‘Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges’
‘I think she only had herself to blame’
‘I did nothing I’m ashamed of or that won’t bear investigation’
‘I consider it my duty’
‘I used my influence to have it refused’
‘I’ve done nothing wrong- and you know it’
‘I was the only one of yoy who didn’t give in to him’
‘I had done no more than my duty’
‘Oh – My God! – how stupid it all is’
‘youre beginning to pretend now that nothings really happened at all’
‘the girls still dead- isn’t she?’
‘the fact remains that I did what I did’
‘Each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.’
‘Remember what you did Mrs birling’
‘burnt her insides out, of course’
‘My god- I’m not likely to forget’
‘I behaved badly too… Im ashamed of it’
‘youre just beginning to pretend all over again’
‘between us we drove that girl to commit suicide’
‘so im really responsible?’
‘I was in a furious temper’
‘it was my own fault’
‘probably between us we killed her’
‘he certainly didn’t make me confess’
‘Arthur, you mustn’t say such things’
‘I suppose were all nice people now’
Social class:
‘probably a socialist or some sort of crank-‘
‘I don’t like that tone’
‘don’t get into a police court or start a scandal, eh?’
