Birling Flashcards

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1
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Desperate to be like sir Croft

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Same port your father gets

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2
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Gerald’s parents aren’t there

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Sir George and Lady Croft can’t be with us

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3
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Birling prefers Gerald to Eric

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Just the son in law I’ve always wanted

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4
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Talks business in speech

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Friendly rivals in business

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5
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What birling wants

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Lower costs and higher prices

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6
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Says he thinks talking business is wrong

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Mentioned it in passing

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7
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Interpretation of himself

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Hard headed business man

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8
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Wrong prediction of future events

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Isn’t a chance of war
Titanic…unsinkable
1940… a world that’ll have forgotten… these war scares

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9
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Russia

Fact

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Russia behind naturally

11th largest GDP

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10
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Foreshadowing trouble

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Start a scandle-eh?

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11
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About cloths

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Token of their self respect

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12
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Right wing view

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Has to look after himself

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13
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Intial reaction to Eva dead

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Yes, yes horrid business

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14
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Tries to scare inspector

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I was Lord Mayor… son of sir Gerald Croft

He’s an old friend

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15
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Defends Gerald affair

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A lot of young men-

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16
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Aggressive to Eric

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Get back or I’ll

17
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Selfishness about impacts of a scandal

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Suffer from than more than i will

18
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Wants to do what to help Eva

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I’d give thousands

19
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Goes back like nothing happened

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Whole story’s just a lot of moonshine

20
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Thoughts on youth

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Younger generation who know it all

21
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Bitten hard due to his selfishness

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A girl has just died