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Inspector Calls: Act 1 (Discussing Gerald's socially higher and…
Inspector Calls: Act 1
Overall Descriptions
'a fairly large suburban house' 'not comfortable and homelike' 'pink and intimate until the inspector arrives and then it should be brighter and harder' - Stage directions
'port, cigar box and cigarettes'
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Characters
Mr Birling
'heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties'
Mrs Birling
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'you'll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on business.' 'You'll have to get used to it, just as I had.' -they have to get used to not being treated as her husband's equal.
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Shelia Birling
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'I don't believe I will. (half playful, half serious to Gerald'
Birling Speech
Birling
'Croft Limited are both older and bigger than Birling and Company - and now you've brought us together,'
'Are you listening, Shelia? This concerns you too.'
'I speak as a hard-headed business man,'
'You'll be marrying at a very good time. Yes, a very good time-'
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'Just let me finish, Eric. You've a lot to learn yet.'
'Titanic... -and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.'
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Eric Birling
'not quit at ease, half shy, half assertive.'
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The Inspectors Entrance
Stage directions
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The inspector 'creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.'
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Inspector
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'Burnt her inside out, of course.'
'Yes, she was in great agony.'
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'No. She wanted to end her life. She felt she couldn't go on anly longer,'
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Birling
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'Still, I can't accept any responsibility.'
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'It's about time you learnt to face a few responsibilities.'- ironic as thats what the Inspector is saying to Birling however this is what he's saying to Eric.
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'Nothing to do with you, Shelia. Run along,'
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