mrs birling Flashcards

prejudiced, capitalist, higher class

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Sybil tells her husband off for saying the food was good in front of a guest - ‘tell cook from me’

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Shows she comes from a higher class than Arthur - she corrects his behaviour (his social superior) and tells her family to have better manners - when Sheila uses slang.

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as if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!

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her social standards make her prejudiced against people from a lower class - she can’t imagine her son going out with women ‘of that sort’

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What role does Mrs Birling have in the death of Eva Smith?

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She uses her influence to convince other members of the board to reject Eva’s appeal, because she was offended that she used her name.

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I accept no blame at all

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She won’t accept responsibility for her actions and claims that she did the right thing

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