Mr Birling key quotes Flashcards
“Im talking as a…”
“I’m talking as a hard-handed practical man of business”
…fiddlesticks”
“You’ll here some people say war is inevitable… fiddlesticks”
Use of dramatic irony here
Language is very dismissive - he belittles others ideas
… alderman”
“I was an alderman for years.. and lord mayor two years ago… and im still on the bench… so i know the brumley police officers pretty well”
Often uses ‘I’ which conveys his selfish attitude, however as the play continues, he switches to the inclusive pronoun ‘we’ to diminish the scale of the problem (eva) and shift blame
“The titanic….
“The titanic - she sails next week… and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
Exclamatory sentence - passionate/convinced with what he is saying
Titanic symbolizes his own family - believes they are untouchable until the inspector was introduced brought forward gruff/brisk enlightenment
Dramatic irony
“Horrid business…
“(rather impatiently)Horrid business… But I don’t understand why you should come here”
“I gather there…
“I gather there is a very good chance of knightood”
