An Inspector Calls Act 1 - 1

Mr Birling: I speak as...

• a businessman first and foremost.

• someone who looks after his own.

• a hard-headed businessman.

• someone without any responsibility for any of this.

By talking of no war, The Titanic, "peace and prosperity" in 1940, Priestley is introducing

• sarcasm

• dramatic irony

• temporal change

• situational irony

The Titanic... ________ _____________ _______

I have an idea that your mother - Lady Croft - while she doesn't object to my girl - feels you might have

• done better for yourself socially

• married someone of higher social standing

• got a wife from your own class

• married better for yourself

public _______... As long as we behave ourselves, don't get into the police courts or start a _______

• scandal

• disgrace

• distraction

• ignominy

She's got a ______ ________ sometimes - but she's not bad really.

"She's got a nasty temper sometimes - but she's not bad really" is used to...

• create dramatic irony.

• make Mrs Birling an unlikeable character.

• foreshadow Sheila's story.

a man has to ___ ___ ___ ___

a man has to make his own way - has to look after _____ - and his ______too, of course

Mr Birling: "They worked us hard in those days and kept us short of cash." - this quote...

• foreshadows Eric's story.

• presents Mr Birling as an unlikeable character.

• shows Mr Birling as part of the proletariat.

• introduces dramatic irony.