An Inspector Calls

7 Mrs Birling: (To EDNA, who is about to go, with tray.) All right, Edna. I’ll ring from the drawing-room when we want coffee. Probably in about half an hour.

Edna: (going): Yes, Ma’am.

Explore how the treatment of the working class is significant in the play .

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Sheila: (half serious, half playful) Yes – except for all last summer, when you never came near me, and I wondered what had happened to you. (speaking to Gerald)

In what ways are secrets important in An Inspector Calls ?

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

7 Inspector: … she’d used more than one name. But her original name – her real name – was Eva Smith.

Explore how Eva Smith/Daisy Renton is significant in An Inspector Calls.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Sheila: I got that girl sacked from Milwards. And now you’ve made up your mind I must obviously be a selfish, vindictive creature.

In what ways is selfishness important in the play?

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

7 Sheila: I have an idea – and I had it all along vaguely – that there was something curious about him. He never seemed like an ordinary police inspector.

In what ways is mystery significant in the play?

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Sheila: You’re squiffy.

Eric: I’m not.

Mrs Birling: What an expression, Sheila! Really the things you girls pick up these days!

Explore the importance of the younger generation in An Inspector Calls.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

7 Inspector: This girl killed herself – and died a horrible death. But each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.

Explain how the chain of events is important in the play.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Birling: (angrily) Look here, Inspector, I consider this uncalled-for and officious. I’ve half a mind to report you.

In what ways is anger significant in An Inspector Calls ?

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

7 Mrs Birling: I don’t suppose for a moment that we can understand why the girl committed suicide. Girls of that class –

Explore the importance of Mrs Sybil Birling in the play.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Birling: Already we’ve discovered one important fact – that that fellow was a fraud and we’ve been hoaxed –

How is appearance significant in An Inspector Calls ?

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

7 Mrs Birling: …you have no power to make me change my mind.

Inspector: Yes I have.

Explain the importance of power in An Inspector Calls.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Gerald: I drink to you – and hope I can make you as happy as you deserve to be.

Explore how the relationship between Gerald Croft and Sheila Birling changes throughout the play.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

7 Eric: Because you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble.

Explore the importance of the Birling family relationships in An Inspector Calls.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Birling: There’s no Inspector Goole on the police. That man definitely wasn’t a police inspector.

In what ways is the Inspector significant in the play?

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

7 Eric: Well, she hadn’t a job – and didn’t feel like trying again for one – and she had no money left…

Explore the significance of money in An Inspector Calls.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Birling: I speak as a hard-headed business man, who has to take risks and knows what he’s about…

In what ways is Mr Arthur Birling important throughout the play?

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

7 Sheila: I know I’m to blame – and I’m desperately sorry… It’s simply my fault.

Explore the importance of guilty consciences in the play.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Gerald: I’m sorry, Sheila. But it was all over and done with, last summer. I hadn’t set eyes on the girl for at least six months.

Explore the significance of Gerald in An Inspector Calls.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)