Mr Birling Flashcards
Describe words mr Birling
Birling is a successful and ambitious business man:
His daughter’s marriage is like a business deal hoping it will bring “lower costs and higher prices”
He is optimistic and thinks strikes won’t be a problem for his company and dismisses any fear of war as “silly little war scares”
Dramatic irony
Foolish and short sighted
Undermines his authority
He won’t accept responsibility for the death of evacuees smith
He sees other people as “cheap labour”
2) Birling didn’t just refuse higher wages for his workers — he actively mal things worse for them. He personally fired the ringleaders of the sine
3) Birling is selfish and self-centred. He’d rather pass off the Inspectors visit as a “hoax” or a joke than face up to what he’s done.
Mr Birling is selfish show how
“A man has to make his own way”
“A man has to mind his own business and look after his own”
