"No, he's giving us rope — so that we'll hang ourselves." - Sheila
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Sheila understands that the family condemns itself, comparing the Inspector's interrogation to being given a hangman's noose.
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"We'll hang ourselves." Sheila recognizes the Inspector's tactics.
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Sheila recognizes the Inspector's tactics, comparing them to "rope".
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We'll "hang ourselves" shows Sheila's deeper understanding of the family's guilt.
Q.2.
"Nothing to do with you, Sheila. Run along." - Mr Birling
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Mr Birling dismisses Sheila. "Nothing to do with you, Sheila."
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Mr Birling dismisses Sheila as if she were a child, telling her to "Run along".
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"Run along," says Mr Birling.
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Mr Birling dismisses Sheila. "Nothing to do with you, Sheila." He talks to her as if she were a small child.
Q.3.
"She was young and pretty and warm-hearted — and intensely grateful." - Gerald
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Gerald shows his fondness for Daisy Renton by remembering her as "pretty", "warm-hearted" and "intensely grateful".
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Gerald's pause before describing Daisy Renton as "intensely grateful" implies that he could go into greater detail if he wished to do so.
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Gerald explains that Daisy Renton's feelings for him arose from her intense gratitude for his kindness.
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All of the above.
Q.4.
"All the best! She's got a nasty temper sometimes — but she's not bad really. Good old Sheila!" - Eric
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Eric thinks his sister is both "good" and "bad".
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Eric thinks Sheila has a "nasty temper", but only "sometimes", and that she's overall "not bad", or at least not "really" and so he wishes the newly-engaged couple "All the best".
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Eric's insults towards Sheila, describing her as having a "nasty temper", for example, demonstrate a deeper affection between the siblings.
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Insulting his sister is one way for Eric to wish the new couple "All the best" but he also wants to warn Gerald that Sheila is not as lovely as she might appear, especially because she has a "nasty temper", demonstrating that women are not always as sweet as society expects them to be.
Q.5.
"You seem to have made a great impression on this child, Inspector." - Mrs Birling
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Mrs Birling uses the word "impression" to impress the Inspector with her vocabulary.
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Mrs Birling speaks fiercely to the Inspector, for example when she uses the word "seem".
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Mrs Birling is shocked that the Inspector does not realize how "impressionable" Sheila is.
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Mrs Birling continues to think of Sheila as an impressionable "child".
Q.6.
"When you marry, you'll be marrying at a very good time. Yes, a very good time — and soon it'll be an even better time. Last month, just because the miners came out on strike, there's a lot of wild talk about possible labor trouble in the near future. Don't worry. We've passed the worst of it." - Mr Birling
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Mr Birling tells Sheila and Gerald about "labor" trouble and "strikes".
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Mr Birling gives Sheila and Gerald advice for when they "marry".
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Mr Birling's optimism is misplaced when he states confidently that times are improving and that the country has "passed the worst of it".
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Wild "talk", "miners'" strikes and "possible" labor trouble make Mr Birling "worry".
Q.7.
"She was giving herself ridiculous airs. She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position." - Mrs Birling
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"Fine" and "feelings" show that Mrs Birling wishes she could feel sorry for Eva Smith.
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"Fine feelings" are not appropriate in a young woman.
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Mrs Birling ridicules Eva Smith for having "feelings".
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Mrs Birling finds the idea of a poor woman such as Eva Smith having moral values "ridiculous" and "absurd".
Q.8.
"Your daughter isn't living on the moon. She's here in Brumley too." - The Inspector
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"Your daughter isn't living on the moon." shows the Inspector's determination to make the Birlings face reality.
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The Birlings think Sheila lives on the "moon" instead of in "Brumley".
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The "moon" and "Brumley" are important places in the Inspector's view.
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The Inspector reminds the Birlings that they cannot protect Sheila from reality, contrasting the real world of Brumley with the fantasy of "living on the moon".
Q.9.
"You'll hear some people say that war's inevitable. And to that I say — fiddlesticks!" - Mr Birling
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"Fiddlesticks!" is a strange outburst from Mr Birling.
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Mr Birling expresses his contempt for those who warn of war with his colloquial exclamation, "fiddlesticks".
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Mr Birling does not believe that "war" is inevitable.
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"Inevitability" and "war" are juxtaposed in Mr Birling's view of the future.
Q.10.
"You began to learn something. And now you've stopped. You're ready to go on in the same old way." - Sheila
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"You're ready to go on in the same old way" Mr and Mrs Birling have not changed.
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Sheila's disappointment in her parents is clear when she tells them they are "ready to go on in the same old way".
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Mr and Mrs Birling want to return to the "old" ways.
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By using the word "old" Sheila displays her anger.
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