Mrs Birling Flashcards

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“The things you..

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Girls get up to these days”
Looking down on her daughter
Showing the disregard she has for the younger generation

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Talking down to the lower class?

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“Girl of that sort” 
The way she says this suggests that she has no care of girls in that class whatsoever
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“You have no power…

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To make me change my mind”
Addressing the inspector and believes that she has done nothing wrong and easily pushes the blame onto anyone but herself

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A quote about the amount of blame she will take

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“I accept no blame”

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Go and look for the….

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Father it’s his responsibility”
What she isn’t aware of at the time that the father of the child is her son and she has just pushed all of the blame onto him

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