Mr Birling Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
likes control
A
“angrily” when speaking to inspector
2
Q
wants to make money
A
“low costs and higher prices”
3
Q
thinks he’s successful
A
“hard-headed, practical man of business”
4
Q
optimistic for the future
A
“silly little war scares”
5
Q
what he see’s Eva as
A
“cheap labour”
6
Q
believes firing Eva was right
A
“we were paying the usual rats and if they didn’t like the rates, they could go and work somewhere else”
“she had to go”
7
Q
description
A
“heavy looking, rather portentous, man in his middle 50’s, with fairly easy manners but rather provincial in his speech”
8
Q
anxious about social stating
A
“there will be public scandal unless we are lucky”
9
Q
wanting to show of to Gerald
A
“very good chance of a knighthood”
10
Q
impatient
A
“a touch of impatience”
11
Q
wanting to avoid scandal
A
would give “thousands”
