Mr Birling Flashcards
What does Mr Birling sat about the Titanic that is an example of dramatic irony in that it allows the audience to understand that Mr Birling’s opinions and projections are usually incorrect?
‘Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.”
The repetition either side of the adverb suggests that he has fixed opinions and that he is somebody who is unwilling to compromise. This is important later in the play because we learn that he wouldn’t compromise with his striking workers when he sacked Eva.
what does mr birling say about looking after everybody
“a man has to make his own way-has to look after himself-and his family too,of course” this shows that basically he doesnt care about anybody but him self and his family he thinks that he shouldnt have to help anyone and that people need to make there own way for a living and shouldnt get help off any body
Give two reasons why the audience might think Inspector Goole is not a real policeman before the end of Act Three
He is concerned with morals, not crimes. He behaves oddly interviewing them one at a time. He doesn’t seem to care when Birling mentions the chief constable. He knows an awful lot already. He is very bossy. His name
What technique is most obvious in Mr Birling’s long speech before the inspector enters?
Dramatic Irony.
When is the play set, and why?
1912 - It’s set just before World War One at the end of the Edwardian society Priestly wanted to change. It’s also set the night the Titanic sinks.
What term does Mr Birling use to describe himself repeatedly at the start of the play?
‘A hard-headed man of business’
so basically he thinks hes better than everybody else and hes dead full of himself
Name three dramatic devices used throughout the play.
dramatic irony, entrances and exits, lighting, setting, the doorbell, the telephone
When was the play written, and what is the significance of the date?
1946 - just after the Second World War.
What did Priestly want for the future?
A better, more fair world
