AIC: Class

Question 1

Sheila realises the workers for what they are

Answer 1

Sheila: But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people

Question 2

Birling looks down on working class and thinks they’re greedy

Answer 2

Birling: Rubbish! If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth

Question 3

Mrs Birling continues class division by embracing barriers

Answer 3

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

Question 4

The Inspectors hyperbolic repetition to show the shared position of the lower class

Answer 4

Inspector: There are millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths