Mr Birling Flashcards
Ambitous, Aspirational
“Some people say that war is inevitable. And to that I say fiddlesticks. The Germans don’t want war”
Wealthy, Affluent
‘Look, Inspector, I’d give thousands, yes, thousands’
Businessman, employed labour
‘When Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together for lower costs amd higher prices”
Egocentric, boastful, conceited
‘I was an alderman for years and Lord Mayor two years ago’
Political views and Social class
‘If you don’t come down hard on these people they’ll soon be asking for the world’
Class conscious, disrespectful, contemptuos
‘You’re just the kind of son in law I always wanted.’
Selfish with a narrow view of capitalism, opinionated
‘A man has to make his own way’
Beligerent, stubborn
‘I’m a public man’
