Mr Birling Flashcards
A Phrase to describe Mr birling
‘Heavy-looking, rather portentous man’
Mr Birling thinks he knows everything because he has his own business
“I speak as a hard headed business man”
“The Germans don’t want war”
What he thinks about the Germans
“I say there isn’t a chance of war”
What he believes about war, irony because the play was written after the war but set before so the audience know he was wrong about his prediction
“You’ve a lot to learn” (speaking to Eric)
Mr birling thinks he knows everything and Eric knows nothing
“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
What mr birling thinks about titanic, irony because the audience know he was wrong about his prediction
“Lower cost and higher prices”
Mr birling holds clear capitalist views in a speech which concerns love
“Wretched girls suicide”
Mr birling appears to be unsympathetic about Eva Smith
“I can’t accept responsibility”
Refusing to take blame for Eva’s death
“You must understand that along of young men”
Mr birling makes excuses for geralds bad behaviour because Sheila marrying Gerald would be good for buisness
“You’re the one I blame for this”(to Eric)
Blaming everyone but himself -selfish
“There’ll be a public scandal’ i was almost certain for a nighthood”
Doesn’t care someone’s died he only cares he will lose his social ranking
