Mr birling Flashcards
Shows he’s a business man
“I’m talking as a hard-headed practical man of business”
He thinks war will never happen
‘you’ll hear some people say war is Inevitable … fiddlesticks!’
He thinks the titanic is unsinkable
‘The Titanic – she sails next week…and unsinkable, absolutely
unsinkable.’
He thinks he will soon have knighthood
“I gather there’s a very good chance of a knighthood”
He thinks a man has to look after himself and his family
“A man has to make his own way – has to look after himself – and his
family too, of course”
Confused why an inspector comes to his house just because some random girl committed suicide
“(rather impatiently) Horrid business. But I don’t understand why you
should come here.”
He thinks should look after your self and not worry about the poor
“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.”
Try to scare the inspector and show off his power
“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”
Saying theres an excuse for what he and his wife did
“there’s every excuse for what your mother and I did”
Showing his views on socialists. The inspector might be one
“Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank”
The younger generation ganging up on the older generation
“Now look at the pair of them- the famous younger generation who
know it all. And they can’t even take a joke-”
