Mr Birling

Question 1

I speak as a hard headed business man {Act 1}

Answer 1

• shows his pride in his hard earned success
• hard hearted

Question 2

Unsinkable, completely unsinkable. {Act 1}

Answer 2

• Dramatic irony (it does sink)
• Titanic is a metaphor for the family

Question 3

Girls of that class

Answer 3

• Class
  – Mr Birling shows that he thinks less of working class people and that he’s above them, he thinks so behave differently than those of his class

Question 4

I’d give thousands

Answer 4

– Money – regret – responsibility
– Mr Birling uses money to demonstrate how much is like things to be different it shows his money centred. It shows he takes some responsibility but only a bit