Mr Author Birling Flashcards
1
Q
give quotes from Mr Birlings speech
A
“this engagement means a tremendous lot to me”
“you are just the kind of father in law I always wanted”
“for lower costs and higher prices”
2
Q
give examples of his irony
A
“i don’t often make speaches at you”
“the germans don’t want want war”
“unsinkable absolutley unsinkable”
3
Q
give examples of him criticising socialism
A
“you’d think we were all mixed up like bees in a hive”
“a man has to mind his own buissness”
4
Q
give examples of how Mr Birling reacts to Eva’s death
A
“nothing whatever to do with the wretched girls suicide”
“if you soon come down sharply on these people they will soon be asking for the earth”
5
Q
how Mr birling tries to bribes the inspector
A
“he’s an old friend of mine”
“i’d give thousands yes thousand”
