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HOW IS MR BIRLING PRESENTED?
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INCONSIDERATE
ARROGANT
GREEDY
NAIVE
IDIOTIC
INABILITY TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
EXPLOITATIVE TENDENCIES
POWER LUST

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HOW IS MRS BIRLING PRESENTED?
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COLD
UNCARING
THROUGH HER SPEECH VIEWS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER CHARACTERS
SNOBBISH
UNLIKABLE
PATRONISING
DOESNT CARE ABOUT THE GOOD OF THOSE IN LOWER CLASSES

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HOW IS SHEILA PRESENTED?
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SPOILT
SELFISH
GUILTY
JEALOUS
INDEPENDENT
OPEN MINDED

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HOW IS ERIC PRESENTED?
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UNCOMFORTABLE
LACKS CONFIDENCE
REMORSEFUL
ACCUSATORY
UNDERSTANDING
EMPATHETIC

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HOW IS GERALD PRESENTED?
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SOMEWHAT SYMPATHETIC
REMORSELESS
HAD GOOD INTENTIONS
YOUNG CAPITALIST
FUTURE MR BIRLING

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HOW IS INSPECTOR GOOLE PRESENTED?
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INTIMIDATING POWER
BLUNT
ACCUSATORY
AWARE OF THE STRUGGLES OF LOWER CLASSES

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WHAT DOES MR BIRLING REPRESENT?
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SYMBOL TO REPRESENT THE SELFISHNESS AND ARROGANCE OF CAPITALISTS
ENCOURAGE THE AUDIENCE TO SEE BIRLING AS A FOOL
BY REJECTING THE ATTITUDES HELD BY HIM THEY COULD LEAD A BETTER LIFE
EVIL SIDE OF CAPITALISM AND OBSESSION WITH MONEY
DISLIKE OF CAPITALISM DUE TO THE RESULTANT LACK OF CARE IN SOCIETY FOR THE POOR

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WHAT DOES MRS BIRLING REPRESENT?
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THE WEALTHIER PRIVILEGED CLASSES AND THEIR SELFISH ATTITUDES
WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO DESPISE HER AND THE IGNORANT SOCIAL SNOBBERY SHE REPRESENTS
SIN OF PRIDE
SOCIALLY SUPERIOR

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WHAT DOES SHEILA REPRESENT?
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ADVOCATES CHANGE
HOPE FOR A BETTER MORE MORAL EVEN SOCIALIST FUTURE

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WHAT DOES ERIC REPRESENT?
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HOPE FOR A BETTER MORE MORAL EVEN SOCIALIST FUTURE

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WHAT DOES GERALD REPRESENT?
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EMBODIES EVERYTHING HE WANTED TO WARN THE AUDIENCE ABOUT

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WHAT DOES THE INSPECTOR REPRESENT?
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Priestley’s voice – he conveys Priestley’s strong socialist views. He challenges the characters, and therefore the audience, about their treatment of the working class.

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QUOTES FOR MR BIRLING
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YOUD THINK EVERYBODY HAS TO LOOK AFTER EVERYONE ELSE AS IF WE WERE ALL MIXED UP LIKE BEES IN A HIVE

HIS..HIMSELF…HIS OWN - DOORBELL STOPS TO LISTEN

WRETCHED GIRLS SUICIDE

IVE GOT TO COVER THIS UP AS SOON AS I CAN

YOUR THE ONE I BLAME FOR THIS

ITS MY DUTY TO KEEP LABOUR COSTS DOWN

THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC SCANDAL

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QUOTES FOR MRS BIRLING
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NATURALLY THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PREJUDICED ME AGAINST HER

I DID NOTHING IM ASHAMED OF

YOU KNOW OF COURSE THAT MY HUSBAND WAS LORD MAYOR ONLY 2 YEARS AGO

HELPING DESERVING CASES

WHAT AN EXPRESSION SHEILA

GIRLS OF THAT CLASS

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QUOTES FOR SHEILA
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MUMMY DADDY

CAREFUL ILL NEVER LET IT OUT OF MY SIGHT FOR AN INSTANT

BUT THESE GIRLS ARENT CHEAP LABOUR THEYRE PEOPLE

WHAT WAS SHE LIKE QUITE YOUNG

I KNOW IM TO BLAME - AND IM DESPERATLEY SORRY

YOU DONT SEEM TO HAVE LEARNT ANYTHING

FIRE BLOOD AND ANGUISH

WE US

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QUOTES FOR ERIC
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HALF SHY HALF ASSERTIVE

WHY SHOULDNT THEY TRY FOR HIGHER WAGES

YOU SAID YOURSELF SHE WAS A GOOD WORKER ID HAVE LET HER STAY

I WAS IN A STATE WHERE A CHAP EASILY TURNS NASTY - AND I THREATENED TO MAKE A ROW

THEN YOU KILLED HER

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QUOTES FOR GERALD
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YOU COULDNT HAVE DONE ANYTHING ELSE

WHY SHOULD YOU STAY ITS BOUND TO BE UNPLEASANT AND DISTURBING

WERE RESPECTABLE CITIZENS NOT CRIMINALS

NEARLY ANY MAN WOULDVE DONE

EVERYTHINGS ALRIGHT NOW SHEILA NOW WHAT ABOUT THIS RING

HE AT LEAST HAD SOME AFFECTION FOR HER AND MADE HER FEEL HAPPY FOR A TIME

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QUOTES FOR THE INSPECTOR
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AT ONCE AN IMPRESSION OF MASSIVENESS SOLIDITY AND PURPOSEFULNESS

IT IS BETTER TO ASK FOR THE EARTH THAN TO TAKE IT

PUT OURSELVES IN THE PLACE OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN COUNTING PENNIES IN THEIR DINGY LITTLE BACK BEDROOM

DIED IN MISERY AND AGONY HATING LIFE

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF EVE AND JOHN SMITHS

WE ARE MEMBERS OF ONE BODY ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH OTHER

FIRE BLOOD AND ANGUISH.GOOD NIGHT

I DONT PLAY GOLF

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