An Inspector Calls and Other Plays (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Birling: ( angrily ) Look here, Inspector, I consider this uncalled-for and officious. I've half a mind to report you. I've told you all I know – and it doesn't seem to be very important – and now there isn't the slightest reason why my daughter should be dragged into this unpleasant business. a b Gardner, Lyn (13 November 2016). "An Inspector Calls review – Stephen Daldry helps make the case for justice". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018 . Retrieved 7 February 2018. Birling: (rather angrily) Unless you brighten your ideas, you'll never be in a position to let anybody stay or to tell anybody to go . It's about time you learned to face a few responsibilities . That's something this public-school-and-varsity life you've had doesn't seem to teach you.

Birling: ( with a marked change of tone) Well, of course, if I’d known that earlier, I wouldn't have called you officious and talked about reporting you. You understand that, don't you, Inspector? I thought that – for some reason best known to yourself – you were making the most of this tiny bit of information I could give you. I'm sorry. This makes a difference. You sure of your facts? This comprehensive An Inspector Calls GCSE English bundle holds all the secrets you need for Set Text success. Mrs Birling: if you think you can bring any pressure to bear upon me, Inspector, you're quite mistaken. Unlike the other three, I did nothing I'm ashamed of or that won't bear investigation. The girl asked for assistance. We were asked to look carefully into the claims made upon us. I wasn't satisfied with the girl's claim – she seemed to me not a good case – and so I used my influence to have it refused. And in spite of what's happened to the girl since, I consider I did my duty. So if I prefer not to discuss it any further, you have no power to make me change my mind. Mrs Birling: Well, really, I don't know. I think we've just about come to an end of this wretched business-- The Inspector makes a final speech, telling the Birlings, “We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.” He exits.

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A Code must be redeemed before the title it is linked to can be accessed. An unredeemed Code may be transferred to another person or organisation who can then redeem it. Sheila: but you're forgetting I'm supposed to be engaged to the hero of it. Go on, Gerald. You went down to the bar, which is a favourite haunt of the women of the town. Mrs Birling: that's the story she finally told after I'd refused to believe her original story – that she was a married woman who'd been deserted by her husband. I didn't see any reason to believe that one story should be any truer than the other. Therefore, you're quite wrong to suppose I shall regret what I did. Codes are used to transfer access provisions to other users. School customers will be given Codes on printed vouchers so they can provide students with access to titles. Sheila: (with sharp sarcasm) of course not. You were the wonderful fairy prince . You must have adored it, Gerald.Remember Eva Smith: The Inspector's Russian Journey". 100 Objects from Special Collections at the University of Bradford. Yorkshire, England: University of Bradford. 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015 . Retrieved 4 October 2015.

This superb GCSE Poetry Guide for English Literature covers the entire Worlds and Lives poetry anthology for AQA — from William Wordsworth and Emily ... Birling: I don't see we need to tell the Inspector anything more. In fact, there's nothing I can tell him. I told the girl to clear out, and she went. That's the last I heard of her. Have you any idea what happened to her after that? Get into trouble? Go on the streets? Birling: Yes, my dear, I know – I’m talking too much. But you youngsters just remember what I said. We can't let these Bernard Shaws and H.G.Wellses do all the talking. We hard-headed practical business men must say something sometime . And we don't guess – we've had experience - and we know. Birling makes a lengthy speech, not only congratulating Gerald and Sheila, but also commenting on the state of the nation. He predicts prosperity, particularly referring to the example of the “unsinkable” Titanic, which set sail the week earlier. Birling styles himself as a “hard-headed man of business.”

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Eric: (sitting down) Yes, please. (takes decanter and helps himself.) mother says we mustn't stay too long. But I don't think it matters. I left'em talking about clothes again. You'd think a girl had never any clothes before she gets married. Women are potty about 'em. Birling: All right, Edna. Show him in here. Give us some more light. // Edna does, then goes out .// I’m still on the bench. It may be something about a warrant. Sheila: (staring at him) yes. That's true. You know. (she goes close to him, wonderingly.) I don't understand about you.Priestley, J.B. (1950). Introduction to the Plays of J.B.Priestly. Vol.III. London: Heinemann. pp.xii–xiii.