mr birling - quotes Flashcards
1
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(triumphantly) ‘proof positive famous younger generation’
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mr birling - act 3 - gloats and is sarcastic/mocks children = juxtaposition of old vs young
2
Q
‘Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank.., his antics rattled me’
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mr birling - act 3 - irony, contrasts ‘businessman’
3
Q
‘l don’t like the way you’re handling this inquiry’
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mr birling - act 2 - powerful language, pronoun to assert authority
4
Q
‘i can’t accept any responsibility’
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mr birling - act 1 - definite statement, modal verb = unlikely to change
5
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‘hard-headed businesssman’
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mr birling - act 1 -repeated throughout, metaphor for Capitalism
