An Inspector Calls - Characters

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three quotes from each character in 'An Inspector Calls' by J.B Priestley
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An Inspector Calls - Characters
  1. Sheila Birling
    1. "I suppose we are all nice people now"
      1. "It frightens me the way you talk"
        1. "All last summer when you hardly ever came near me"
          1. Dependent on Gerald
        2. Eric Birling
          1. "We did her in all right"
            1. "It's still the same rotten story"
              1. Shows the young generation can take responsibility for what they've dome
                1. Towards the end of the play
                2. "Why shouldn't they try for higher wages?"
                  1. Shows that Priestely believed young people would be a vehicle for change

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                    1. After Mr Birling is questioned
                      1. Shows that once the younger generation lose trust in authority, they have a more socialist view
                  2. Mrs Birling
                    1. "Girls of that class"
                      1. "Her husband's social superior"
                        1. "I did nothing I'm ashamed of"
                        2. Inspector Goole
                          1. "Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges"
                            1. "Fire and blood and anguish"
                              1. "One line of inquiry at a time"
                              2. Mr Birling
                                1. "Unsinkable"
                                  1. "You're the one i blame for all this...there'll be a public scandal"
                                    1. "Lower costs and higher prices"
                                    2. Gerald Croft
                                      1. "What about this ring then?"
                                        1. "We've been had"
                                          1. "You seem like a nice well behaved family"
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