Mr Birling Flashcards
Talking about how he is in business
“I’m talking as a hard-headed practical man of business”
Talking about how war wont happen
‘you’ll hear some people say war is Inevitable … fiddlesticks!’
The Titanic wont sink
‘The Titanic – she sails next week…and unsinkable, absolutely
unsinkable.’
Talking about a powerful position
“I gather there’s a very good chance of a knighthood”
How a man has to survive and provide for himself and family
“A man has to make his own way – has to look after himself – and his
family too, of course”
Stage direction and reaction to inspector
“(rather impatiently) Horrid business. But I don’t understand why you
should come here.”
View on socialism
“you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were
all mixed up like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense.”
Talking about his power to intimidate the inspector
“I was an alderman for years – and Lord Mayor two years ago – and
I’m still on the Bench – so I know the Brumley police offers pretty well”
Making excuses for him and his wife
“there’s every excuse for what your mother and I did”
Acting like a boomer towards the children
“Now look at the pair of them- the famous younger generation who
know it all. And they can’t even take a joke-”
