Mr Birling Flashcards
“hard-headed, practical man of business”
“Heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties with fairly easy manner but rather provincial in his speech”
The appearance of respectability matters to him.
Air of self-importance.
Well built - not muscular but not fat.
“I discharged her”
Clinical, dehumanising verb.
“Lively good-looking girl - country-bred, I fancy”
Livestock, sexual tendencies.
Comical - not considerate of the situation.
Degenerate man.
“I can’t accept any responsibility.”
For his reputation
Tries to avoid scandal
“A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own”
Links to responsibility
Transactional
“unlikely nature of war” and the “unsinkable Titanic”.
Views are discredited
Dramatic irony = applies that knowledge to his views on socialism.
“There’s nothing mysterious - or scandalous - about this business.”
Links to responsibility
