mr billing

Question 1

the obvious analysis

Answer 1

corrupt and unfeeling
symbolises capitaliist
construct of cruelest capitalist
Priestley message -become a more caring and socialist society

Question 2

the meaning of the name Arthur Birlling

Answer 2

symbolises King Arthur -he is and idealised symbol of a good ruler
opposites -instead of helping people he exploit people

Question 3

pitiful affair

Answer 3

king Arthurs meaning -pity on the people -help others
mr Birlling lack of feeling showing irony -in this instants pitiful means lack of pity and contempt -hatred to the lower class

Question 4

1945b politics

Answer 4

priestly massage -about the hole idea of society caring for one another to avoid war
war=capitalist profit

Question 5

I’m talking as a hard headed man of business

Answer 5

allusion to har headed man of business -phrase used the trimester stanly Borden - audience at the time would no the reference
Priestley did this to show how business owners made profits from war

Question 6

hard headed

Answer 6

happy to sacrifice peoples lives in order to make profits
war is a capitalist dream
this was echoed in the labour campaign-the rich won’t sell m money from your loved ones in depting more

Question 7

mir birling -capitalist -use women as commodities(object you can make money from)

Answer 7

he uses Shiela that way she is a commodity(pawn) -willing to sell his daughter to Gerald as a business opportunity as he can exchange for greater financial and social improvement

Question 8

now Shiela I’m not defending him but you must undersold that a lot of young men…

Answer 8

this is the response to Gerald cheating on Shiela want her to except the infidelity -he doesn’t attach him he just try to justify him
this just how rich men behave and because we are rich you should let us cary on that way .using the word us -sibils says to Shiela she had to put up with Arthur being away on ‘business’ just how the privilege behave

Question 9

business alliance

Answer 9

marriage is also mainly a way to improve business andd refers to the marriage as an “alliance” between companies

Question 10

give thousands yes thousands

Answer 10

this is him saying to the inspector of what he would do to bring Eva back - as soon as he finds out the inspector wasn’t real he stopped caring
this is how priestly present him as capitalism -all about self interest and business and giving promises to give money to the poor is with held also seen when mer b refuses to help Eva in the charity

Question 11

titanic inference one

Answer 11

he carefully stages the ply to be set in 1912-titanic going to sink
a lot of rich people will die -dramatic irony
make him look stupid as well

Question 12

titanic inference 2

Answer 12

the titanic represent the upper class es -priesley want to show that there power will also sink like the titanic -by the peace and the election which followed after the Second World War -he hopes to to sink the capitalist this make mr b who represent the upper class very vulnerable - and capitalism is something of the past what the audience to be the ice berg in this extended metaphor