mrs birling

Question 1

what type of character is mrs birling

Answer 1

she is her husband’s social superior and is cold-hearted and snobbish as well as judgmental

Question 2

mrs birling quote one

Answer 2

a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior

Question 3

quote one annotations

Answer 3

cold- adjective, meaning clinical and lack of affection. foreshadows her lack of empathy toward lower classes (eva)

superior- noun. her position in society is clear and she relishes it. she looks down on others.

Question 4

mrs birling quote one

Answer 4

girls of that class

Question 5

mrs birling quote one annotations

Answer 5

girls- collective noun.dehumanises eva and generalises lower class women.implies all disadvantaged “girls” behave immorally.

that- determiner. implies disdain and a huge disregard for poorer girls. foreshadows that mrs b instigate toward eva.

Question 6

mrs birling quote 3

Answer 6

i’m sorry she should have come to such a horrible end. but i accept no blame for it at all

Question 7

mrs birling quote 3 annotations

Answer 7

horrible- adjective. suggest she is repulsed by what happened but distances herself from it ( class )

blame- abstract noun. couples with determiner “no” reflects naivety and apathy that her actions caused suicide

Question 8

preistleys purpose

Answer 8

Q1- preistleys frustration with social hierarchy is clear from the start.

Q2- uses mrs B to criticise upper class people who thought they were superior

Q3- uses her to claim capitalists don’t have a moral conscience