Changing the way you learn

Sheila Birling
1. "I suppose we are all nice people now"
  1. They should listen to the Inspector to become better people
2. "It frightens me the way you talk"
3. "All last summer when you hardly ever came near me"
  1. Trying to trick Gerald
Eric Birling
1. "It's still the same rotten story"
2. "We did her in all right"
3. "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages?"
  1. Eric is becoming a socialist instead of listening to the capitalist views of his mother and father
Mrs Birling
1. "Girls of that class"
  1. Showing capitalist views of how they are better than everyone else
2. "Her husband's social superior"
3. "I did nothing I'm ashamed of"
  1. Trying not to take blame for what is done
Inspector Goole
1. "Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges"
  1. Trying to make Mr Birling realise what he has done and take responsibility
2. "Fire and blood and anguish"
  1. Telling the Birlings and the audience that if they do not look after each other and take responsibility then there will be chaos
3. "One line of inquiry at a time"
Mr Birling
1. "Unsinkable"
  1. Shows dramatic irony, which is used to make Mr Birling look like a fool
2. "You're the one i blame for all this...there'll be a public scandal"
  1. worried about his reputation more than the death of Eva Smith (Capitalist views)
3. "Lower costs and higher prices"
Gerald Croft
1. "What about this ring then?"
2. "We've been had"
  1. Still trying to get out of situation
3. "You seem like a nice well behaved family"

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