Mr Birling Flashcards

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How is Mr Birling described as?

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“heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech”

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What is Mr Birling like

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Hes Extremely selfish

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What does mr birling want to protect more?

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His Family

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What does Mr birling says to show off in front of Gerald

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“Give us the port Edna”

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What does he say to Naive, Capitalism

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‘Fiddlesticks! The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war.’

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What does mr birling say to use Dramatic Irony

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‘The titanic- she sails next week’-‘Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’

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What was the foolish quote he said

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‘We’ve been had, that’s all.’

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What quote is a cliffhanger/plot?

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“That was the police. A girl has just died – on her way to the infirmary.”

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Does Mr Birling change his ways?

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Mr Birling has not changed by the end of the play – he refuses to learn/take on board the Inspector’s lesson.

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What shop is he the owner off

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He is the owner of Birling and Co.,

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