Mr birling

Question 1

The titanic… unsinkable

Answer 1

The use of the hyperbole illustrates how he is out of touch with society and how he has no clue about anything and the unhappiness with the working class

Question 2

Its my duty to keep labour costs down and profits high

Answer 2

He dehumanises Eva Smith by calling her labour which illustrates at the time how business workers mistreated and exploited the women workers and working class in general.

Question 3

Famous younger generation

Answer 3

Mocks Sheila and Eric for wanting change which shows even at the end of the play he is refusing change. This gives us the cyclical structure as he is back to where he started off.